Product Description

Black pepper is a plant of humid tropics requiring adequate rainfall
and humidity. The hot and humid climate of sub mountainous tracts
of Western Ghats is ideal for its cultivation. It grows successfully
between *0∞ North and South latitude, and from sea level up to
***0 meters above sea level. The crop tolerates temperatures
between *0o and *0∞ C. A well distributed annual rainfall of ******0
cm is considered ideal for black pepper. Black pepper can be grown
in a wide range of soils with a pH of 4.5 to 6.5, though in its natural
habitat it thrives well in red laterite soils.
The black pepper growing areas in the West Coast of India include
(i) coastal areas where black pepper is grown in homesteads (ii)
midlands and where black pepper is extensively cultivated on a
plantation scale and (iii) hills at an elevation of *******0 m above
sea level, where the crop is mostly grown on shade trees in coffee,
cardamom and tea plantations