Organic fertilizing effect on the sweet pepper crop in poly-tunnels, in NE area of Romania, during the conversion period

Abstract

In the last years, the ecological agriculture has seen worldwide exquisite advancement. Ecological sweet pepper crop, produced in poly-tunnels will be successful only if there is an adequate fertilization programme and biological crop protection management. Therefore, the ecological vegetables crops will have the guaranteed success as long as they will be efficient. To obtain a certified biological production, it was necessary to pass through a conversion period, of two years in the pepper crop. For farmers, the conversion period represented the most difficult step, because this stage was the moment when the farmer could estimate if the farm is or not economically profitable. It is the time when most of the farmers give up this system and choose again the conventional one.