Conditions of Huancayo-Fundo La Victoria

Maturity is the period from planting to harvest. It can be evaluated at 120 days, using the experience of many evaluations that tell us how to recognize at once the different maturity levels

• The presence of plants whose stems lying on the furrow are completely dry and leaden and have lost their leaves, and if they have had berries, these are completely soft, indicating that they have been ripe for more than a month, so we are dealing with a very early entry;
• If we find plants whose stems are mostly dry brown, which have not yet lost their leaves and whose berries can still be macerated, i.e. are senescent, we are dealing with an early entry;
• If we find plants whose stems are somewhat weak or drooping, whose leaves look pale and flaccid (not because of disease, but because of maturity or senescence) and whose berries have reached their maximum development but are still hard, or also that the few green parts correspond only to secondary or tertiary branches and the rest is pale, i.e. have reached physiological maturity, then we are dealing with an entry of medium maturity;
• If we observe plants that are still green and robust, but that no longer flower or if they do, there are few flowers and somewhat smaller than the previous ones, these are only from inflorescences that come from secondary or tertiary branches, and their berries are generally still immature, then we are dealing with late entries;
• If we are finally dealing with fairly robust, fully green plants that are in full bloom and fruiting is just beginning, we are dealing with very late entries