COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF CHILLI PEPPERS GROWN ON EASILY WARMING LOAMY-SAND SOIL UNDER GREENHOUSE CONDITIONS

The improvement of the range of horticultural crops can give benefits for the Customers and producers as well. A tool for these efforts is to involve new species and types of different vegetables. In the case of peppers there are some promising wild or partially domesticated species and types. Two years of experiments in Hungary under cold forcing conditions proved that there are opportunities of growing several types of chile on loamy -send soil under greenhose. Different parameters were evaluated Such as the time from sowing to the first anthesis, the time from sowing to the full maturity of the first fruit, and the cumulated yield. C. chinense type "cP" was the earliest in first fruit mature (148 days from sowing), which makes it suitable for forcing. Cupsicum annuum cv. Fogo F1, C annuum cv. Dieng F1 are excellent for growing under cold forcing conditions in Hungary due to the high yield which reached 4966 g m(-2) in the case of C. annuum cv. Dieng F1. The variable shape, colour and special aromatic taste are also added values in the case of wild types which could make them suitable for growing. For these reasons C pendulum cv. Aji Jimon and C chinense "cP" are recommended for production however their yield could be lower than yield of hybrids. The period of intensive fruit ripening should be extended to ensure a better distribution of the production.