Abstract

Cultivation of pepper has become the fastest growing practice in recent years, and specifically, habanero pepper which has surpassed its traditional area of ​​cultivation, and has expanded to other areas, conquering the markets of the rest of the country and the world. In the present study, 3 doses of solarized manure (40, 60 and 80 t ha^-¹) and an absolute control were evaluated for the production of habanero pepper (Capsicum chinense Jacq). The results indicated a significant difference between treatments for the plant height at 30 and 90 days after transplantation. However, for the variables: fruit number and fruit weight (kg per experimental unit, kg m^-² and kg per plant), the results indicated that there was no significant difference among the treatments evaluated. For the variables: polar diameter of the fruit, a significant difference was observed. However, the treatments did not show a significant effect on the equatorial diameter of the fruit.

Key words: Solarized manure, habanero pepper, organic fertilizers.