Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Ball Technical Services specialist Dr. Josh Henry joins host Bill Calkins to share best practices for producing ornamental peppers as part of the Tech On Demand series covering crop culture for key annuals and perennials.
From the importance of sanitation and purchasing tested seed to keeping temperature, light and nutrition up, Josh takes ornamental peppers from propagation through to finish to help you achieve success. He spends time on protocols for preventing INSV and TSWV as key diseases to watch out for, as well as bacterial leaf spot.
WATCH THE VIDEO! (youtu.be/H-nVawJFmw0?si=I_bKoD6gfngl7XkI)
Resources:
At Risk Crops—Peppers (Bacterial Leaf Spot) (ballseed.com/documents/productionguides/BallSeed-AtRiskCrops-Pepper.pdf)
TSWV & INSV Management (ballseed.com/Literature/TechDocs/Document/1628/tech-on-demand-tswv-and-insv-management-rev)
Properly Conducting a Pour-Thru Test for pH & EC (VIDEO) (youtu.be/WyJ2fgkng-8?si=EkosHsZOLYKnyNTM)
Ball Technical Services specialist Dr. Josh Henry joins host Bill Calkins to share best practices for producing ornamental peppers as part of the Tech On Demand series covering crop culture for key annuals and perennials.
From the importance of sanitation and purchasing tested seed to keeping temperature, light and nutrition up, Josh takes ornamental peppers from propagation through to finish to help you achieve success. He spends time on protocols for preventing INSV and TSWV as key diseases to watch out for, as well as bacterial leaf spot.
WATCH THE VIDEO! (youtu.be/H-nVawJFmw0?si=I_bKoD6gfngl7XkI)
Resources:
At Risk Crops—Peppers (Bacterial Leaf Spot) (ballseed.com/documents/productionguides/BallSeed-AtRiskCrops-Pepper.pdf)
TSWV & INSV Management (ballseed.com/Literature/TechDocs/Document/1628/tech-on-demand-tswv-and-insv-management-rev)
Properly Conducting a Pour-Thru Test for pH & EC (VIDEO) (youtu.be/WyJ2fgkng-8?si=EkosHsZOLYKnyNTM)
