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Min germination temp: | 18°C (64°F) |
Max germination temp: | 32°C (90°F) |
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Germination time: | 10 days |
Time to transplanting: | +22 days |
Time to harvesting: | +81 days |
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Mature height: | 55cm (21½in) |
Mature spread: | 30cm (12in) |
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Soil type: | Loam |
Ideal pH range: | 5.5 - 7.5 |
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Sow depth: | ½cm (¼in) |
Sow spacing: | 2½cm (1in) |
Growing plant spacing: | 45cm (18in) |
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References: | [1][2] |
"Pepper" redirects here. For other uses, see Chilli.
Sweet pepper is a cultivar group of the species Capsicum annuum. Cultivars of the plant produce fruits in different colors, including red, yellow and orange. The fruit is also frequently consumed in its unripe form, when the fruit is still green. Peppers are native to Mexico, Central America and northern South America. Pepper seeds were later carried to Spain in 1493 and from there spread to other European, African and Asian countries. Today, Mexico remains one of the major pepper producers in the world.
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Growing[edit]
Location[edit]
- Outdoors
Choose a sunny, sheltered site with well-drained, fertile soil.
- Outdoors
Add a general-purpose fertiliser before planting.
- Greenhouse
Grow in 23cm (9in) pots filled with compost or in grow bags with a maximum of 3 per bag.
Raise seedlings under glass at 15-21°C (60-70°F). Sow two seeds in a compost-filled peat pot - remove the weaker seedling once they have both emerged.[2] Plants may need to be re-potted in several stages before transplanting.
- Outdoors
Harden plants off outdoors before transplanting.
Transplanting[edit]
- Outdoors
Cover soil with a cloche two weeks before planting to warm the soil.
Upturn pots and retain the root ball. Transplant into pre-made holes the size of the pots and cover and firm the roots with soil. Leave 48cm (18in) between plants. Cover with cloches.
Aftercare[edit]
Mist plants to keep down red spider mite and encourage fruit to set.
Support once the stems grow tall enough.
Do not pinch out the growing tip as with cordon tomatoes.
Harvesting[edit]
Pick as required. Pepeprs will usually change colour as they ripen.
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Troubles[edit]
- Full troubles list: Pepper troubles
References[edit]
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Pepper varieties |
Chilli · Sweet pepper |
C. annuum | Aleppo · Ammazzo · Anaheim · Antohi romanian · Apache · Ancho gigantea · Arizona chiltepin · Azr · Baby belle · Banana · Banana sweet · Bassotto · Beaver dam · Bell · Berbere · Bhavnagari long · Big bomb · Blushing beauty · Bolivian rainbow · Born fire · Bulgarian carrot · Buran · California wonder · Candlelight · Carmen · Cayenne · Cayenne long purple · Charleston hot · Chervena chushka · Cherry bomb · Cheyenne · Chilly chili · Chiltepin · Chimayo · Chinese five colour · Chocolate beauty · Chocolate bell · Ciliegia picante · Cobra · Cow horn · Crest · Cubanelle · Cyklon · Czechoslovakian black · Dagger pod · De árbol · Demon red · Devil · Doe hill golden · Don emilio · Dutch hot · Early jalapeño · Elephant trunk · Etna · Explosive ember · Fajita bell · Fire cracker · Fish · Fooled you · Gamba · Garden salsa · Garden sunshine · Giallo d'asti · Giallo di cuneo · Giant szegedi · Giant thai · Goat's weed · Golden heat · Golden horn · Golden nugget · Grande jalapeño · Guajillo · Gypsy · Hershey · Hidalgo · Hot portugal · Hot summer · Hungarian black · Hungarian hot wax · Hercules · Italian hot · Jalapeño · Jimmy Nardello · Joe Parker · Joe's long · King of the north · Krakatoa · Krimzon lee · Kung pao · Lamuyo · Lombardo · Marconi red · Mariachi · Melrose · Mirasol · Moragot · Navaho · NuMex big jim · NuMex twilight · Orange cayenne · Pasilla · Pasilla bajio · Pelita · Peppino · Pepperoncini · Pequin · Peruvian purple · Piccante de cayenne · Piccante rosso di caienna · Pico de gallo · Pimento · Pimento elite · Pimiento de padrón · Pinocchio's nose · Poblano · Pritavit · Purple beauty · Pusa jwala · Raja's pride · Red peter · Red ruffled pimiento · Riot · Rota basco · Roumanian rainbow · San ardo · Santa fe grande · Señorita · Serrano · Sheepnose pimiento · Shishito · Sigaretto di bergamo · Sizzler · Stavros Greek pepperoncini · Sunrise orange · Super cayenne · Super red pimento · Sweet cherry · Tequila · Thai dragon · Thai yellow · Thor · Turkish cayenne · Volcano · Watermelon · Wenk's yellow · Wisconsin lakes · Yellow belle · Yellow cayenne |
C. baccatum | Aji · Aji amarillo · Aji blanco · Aji colorado · Aji crystal · Aji exploding fire · Aji limón · Aji old mother's teat · Aji rojo · Balloon · Bolivian marble · Brazilian pumpkin · Brazilian starfish · Earbob · Hot lemon · Kaleidoskop · Pimenta pitanga · Piquanté · Pumpkin |
C. chinense | Aji brown · Ají dulce · Aji umba · Antillais caribbean · Australian lantern · Belize sweet · Caribbean red · Carmine · Carolina yellow · Charapita · Chichen itza · Chocolate habanero · Datil · Fatalii · Fogoso · Habanero · Golden habanero · Habanero big sun · Habanero little finger · Hot paper lantern · Jamaican hot chocolate · Limo · Luciferino · Madame Jeanette · Naga jolokia · Orange plum · Peach habanero · Red mushroom · Red savina · Safi · Scotch bonnet · Scotch bonnet yellow · Tazmanian · Trinidad moruga scorpion · Trinidad scorpion · Trinidad seasoning · White bullet · White habanero |
C. frutescens | Ají caballero · Bangalore torpedo · Bird's eye chilli · Cabai burong · Kurnool · Malagueta · Megh · Piri piri · Tabasco · Thai bangkok upright · Zimbabwe bird |
C. praetermissum | Cumari |
C. pubescens | Rocoto · Rocoto canario |
Peppers by Scoville rating: · (1) 0-100 · (2) 101-500 · (3) 501-2,500 · (4) 2,501-10,000 · (5) 10,001-30,000 · (6) 30,001-50,000 · (7) 50,001-100,000 · (8) 100,001-350,000 · (9) 350,001-2,000,000 |
- ↑ Sweet pepper. myfolia.com. Retrieved: 2010-09-01.
- ↑ a b Hessayon, D.G. (2009). The Vegetable & Herb Expert. Transworld Publishers, London. p. 39. ISBN 9780903505468