Plant PulseChilli pepper
Capsicum annuum L
Chilli pepper. Sourced figures stay next to their citation. Planting windows are listed for locations that have one. Unsourced fields say coming soon.
Unverified — based on Field Crops – Chilli – Sinhala, Department of Agriculture Sri Lanka, Sinhala page, accessed 2026-10-20: https://doa.gov.lk/field-crops-chilli-si/; confirm for your microclimate.
Spacing
- In-row spacing
- coming soon
- Between-row spacing
- coming soon
Other sourced figures
- Days to first harvest
- 70–80 days
From farmer field experience
Based on hands-on growing experience from Sri Lankan farmers. Not yet verified against official sources.
- Nursery days: 21–28 days
- Nursery days before transplanting.
- Farmer field notenoted Oct 2026
- Days to first harvest: 75–90 days
- Days after transplanting. The Sinhala page states 70–80 days, which is the number stored on the crop.
- Farmer field notenoted Oct 2026
- Harvest window: 60–90 days
- Picking period.
- Farmer field notenoted Oct 2026
- In-row spacing: 15–30 cm
- In-row spacing, one plant per hill or a double-row ridge. The Sinhala page states 60 × 45 cm and 60 × 60 cm patterns instead.
- Farmer field notenoted Oct 2026
- Between-row spacing: 30–60 cm
- Between-row spacing assigned with the in-row figure.
- Farmer field notenoted Oct 2026
- Container volume: 10–15 L
- One plant. The container planner uses 10 L, the low end, as the minimum.
- Farmer field notenoted Oct 2026
- Container diameter: 25 cm
- Pot diameter about 25 cm.
- Farmer field notenoted Oct 2026
- Container depth: 30 cm
- Pot depth about 30 cm.
- Farmer field notenoted Oct 2026
- Plants per container: 1
- One plant in that pot.
- Farmer field notenoted Oct 2026
Planting windows
Colombo — Low Country Wet Zone
Official planting windows: coming soon.
From farmer field experience
Based on hands-on growing experience from Sri Lankan farmers. Not yet verified against official sources.
Year round
Direct sow or transplant
Using 70–80 stored days. First harvest is about 70–80 days after planting. Calculated from the stored day count and the planting month. It is not a separate harvest calendar. Farmer field experience. Using 75–90 stored days. First harvest is about 75–90 days after planting. Calculated from the stored day count and the planting month. It is not a separate harvest calendar.
Farmer field notenoted Oct 2026
Grower note for Colombo and the Sri Lankan wet zone: chilli can be planted in any month. Most farmers time planting so the harvest lands when these vegetables are scarce in the market, to get higher prices. Direct sow versus transplant was not stated. This is not an official Department of Agriculture window.
Unverified — based on Farmer field experience, noted 2026-10-20; confirm for your microclimate.