The crop record stores an official day count and leaves numeric spacing empty. Farmer field notes store a different spacing, a pot size, and a wet-zone planting note. Read them as separate sources.
Chilli pepper
- Days on the crop record: 70–80 days.
- In-row spacing: not stored.
- Between-row spacing: not stored.
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 and pot size
From farmer field experience
Based on hands-on growing experience from Sri Lankan farmers. Not yet verified against official sources.
Chilli pepper · Nursery days: 21–28 days
Nursery days before transplanting.
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Chilli pepper · 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.
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Chilli pepper · Repeat harvest interval: 60–90 days
Picking period.
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Chilli pepper · 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.
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Chilli pepper · Between-row spacing: 30–60 cm
Between-row spacing assigned with the in-row figure.
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Chilli pepper · Container volume: 10–15 L
One plant. The container planner uses 10 L, the low end, as the minimum.
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Chilli pepper · Container diameter or width: 25 cm
Pot diameter about 25 cm.
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Chilli pepper · Container depth: 30 cm
Pot depth about 30 cm.
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Chilli pepper · Plants in that container: 1
One plant in that pot.
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The seed calculator uses a spacing number only when the crop record itself has one. Chilli's official spacing is empty, so the calculator does not invent a plant count from the field note. The container planner can use the stored pot minimum.
Leaf curl and spider mites
The chilli record does not store a leaf-curl treatment or a spider-mite spray rate, so this guide does not add one. The Short on this page is about checking chilli leaves for spider mites. The companion row below pairs basil with chilli to deter tomato fruit borer. That note is not a mite treatment.
Basil and Chilli pepper · good
Basil with chilli. It deters tomato fruit borer.
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Dry zone
No planting window is stored for chilli in the low-country dry zone. The only stored chilli window is the wet-zone farmer note. This guide does not add a dry-zone month, a rainfall total, or a dry-zone advantage.
Official planting windows
No official planting window is stored for this section.
From farmer field experience
Based on hands-on growing experience from Sri Lankan farmers. Not yet verified against official sources.
Chilli pepper · Low Country Wet Zone
No month pair is stored. · year_round · either
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.
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