Growing Bell Peppers
Organic Vegetable Gardening
Fact Sheet
Botanical name: Capsicum annuum
Seed |
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| Planting time: | SU | ||
| Seeds per ounce: | 4500 | ||
| Ounces per square foot: | 0.006 | ||
| Minimum legal germination rate: | 55% | ||
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Notes Harvest bell peppers at any point after they reach an appetizing size. Most bell peppers are green when young and can be harvested at that time. Mature bell peppers can be green, orange, red, yellow, or purple depending on the variety. You harvest bell peppers by cutting them off the plant. You can pull them off if you’re careful. Bell peppers will continue to produce until the first frost. Bell Peppers are a fantastic source of vitamin C. Green Bell Peppers has two times the vitamin C by weight than citrus (oranges, lemons etc.) and Red Bell Peppers have three times more than Green Bell Peppers. |
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Planting |
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| In garden spacing (inches): | 12 | ||
| In flat spacing (inches): | 1 | ||
| Planting depth (inches): | cover seeds with soil. | ||
| Maximum number of plants per square foot: | 1.5 | ||
| Nutrient relationship:: | Heavy Feeder | ||
Harvest |
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| Days to maturity: | 63-77 | ||
| Harvesting period (days): | 119 | ||
| Minimum yields in pounds /square foot: | .7 | ||
Cultural |
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| Diseases: | Anthracnose, Bacterial Spot, Bacterial Wilt, Blossom End Rot, Elephant's Foot, Fusarium Stem Rot, Leaf Spot, Pepper Stem Scald, Phytophthora Blight, Southern Blight, Tobacco Mosaic Virus, Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus, Wet Rot. |
| Insect pests:(Insect Pest Finder) | Army Cutworm, Beet Armyworm, Cabbage Looper, Cutworm, Eastern Field Wireworm, Fall Armyworm, Northern Mole Cricket, Pepper Maggot, Tomato Hornworm |
Varieties |
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| Ancho, Banana, Buran, Chocolate Beauty, King of the North, Miniature Yellow Bell, Napolean Sweet, Nepalese Bell, Orange Bell, Poblano, Purple Beauty, Quadrato Asti Giallo, Red Cap Mushroom, Wisconsin Lakes | |
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