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Spice pepper designed for drying. The fruits are slender at botanical maturity, dark red in color with very uniform ripening.

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Capsicum annum - Parade

A perennial plant originally from Mexico. In cultivation, it is grown as an annual and can reach a height of 0.5–1.5 m. It has alternately arranged lanceolate leaves. The flowers are white and pentamerous. The fruit is a pod, whose natural color is red. About three thousand varieties of peppers are cultivated, both sweet and hot. The heat is caused by the alkaloid capsaicin. It was first grown as an ornamental plant. Its use as a spice or vegetable came later. Today, two main types of peppers are primarily used. The first is the annual pepper (Capsicum annuum). Another pepper widely used for spice production are varieties of the species Capsicum frutescens, referred to as chili. In general, however, peppers are divided into six groups: pointed peppers (Hungarian type), bell peppers, cherry peppers, kapia peppers, bull's horn and ram's horn peppers, and spice peppers or chili.

Peppers contain plenty of potassium, phosphorus and sodium and are, among others, a significant source of vitamin C, U and carotene. Vegetable varieties are used fresh, in salads or in cold and hot cuisine. Spice varieties are excellent spicy seasoning! Peppers have wide applications, they can be heat-treated, eaten cold, are suitable for preparing salads, Asian dishes or for pickling. They are a great supplement for diets.

How to Grow Peppers

  • Requires a warm, sunny, sheltered location. The optimal temperature range during the growing season is 18–23°C. Temperatures below 14 and above 30°C are extreme and not suitable for peppers. We plant peppers 2 next to each other. Peppers should be tied up progressively. Ideal is to attach the plant to a leading stake both at the lower part of the plant and at the upper part. Regular watering and weeding around the plants is important. Under no circumstances should we water or spray in direct sunlight, because we would burn them. In a polytunnel or greenhouse, peppers will also grow much faster, mainly thanks to temperature and humidity. We regularly check peppers to see if they are attacked by pests or showing signs of physiological or fungal diseases.

  • We sow peppers from January at the latest until the end of March. To make sowing easier, we can plant them in peat jiffy pellets. If we choose planting in substrate, it should contain perlite mixed in a suitable ratio with nutrient-rich soil. So we can use special substrate for sowing, which we mix with perlite or sand. We plant seeds approximately 1 cm deep. We treat planted seeds with Previcur, thus ensuring protection against damping off of seedlings. The temperature must be around 25 degrees Celsius. Air humidity should not change for proper seedling growth. Seedlings need plenty of light so they don't stretch. When at least two leaves appear on small plants, it's time to transplant them into a pot. Plants with root ball are pricked out to permanent location at spacing of 60–70 cm x 25–40 cm.

  • Peppers require humus-rich, nutritious soil with sufficient available soil water and pH in the range of 6.5–7.5.

  • Basic fertilization is to incorporate into the soil where we will plant peppers, matured cow manure or alternatively compost. We carry out this fertilization in autumn. In autumn we also lime the area with a dose of approximately 3.6 kg/m2 of ground limestone or 2 kg/m2 depending on the soil at the location. Before planting, it is advisable to incorporate into the soil 50 – 70 g/m2 of NPK fertilizer with a higher nitrogen content. During the growing season, we then fertilize with water-soluble NPK fertilizer - Cererit, Kristalon. It is important that the water-soluble fertilizer also contains microelements! We apply fertilizer every 14 days.

  • Peppers are attacked by sucking pests such as aphids, whiteflies, or spider mites. For protection we can use Mospilan, Decis Mega or Symphony from Natura.

    In high air humidity, fruits can be attacked by molds and fungi. The most well-known fungal diseases are gray and white rot. A suitable preparation for protection against these fungal diseases is Ortiva.

    Bacterial spot of pepper plants is dangerous. Necrotic fruits affected by this spotting usually crack and are destroyed. Various colored spots especially on fruits are caused by bacterial disease called bronze spot. In case of these plant infestations, the best method is their elimination.

    Lack of calcium in the soil, irregular irrigation, or presence of potassium in the soil causes physiological disorders. These deficiencies can manifest as disorders of fruits, leaves, flowers, which are often mistaken for fungal disease. In case the plants are affected by necrosis, we maintain even irrigation, sufficient nutrition and treat them, for example, with effective calcium chloride or special foliar fertilizer.

  • Peppers grown for green fruits are harvested already in mid-July. Red or yellow fruits are harvested at the end of August and in September. Spice peppers (chili) are harvested in autumn, if grown outdoors or in a greenhouse.

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Data sheet

Growing difficulty
Medium
Growing suitability
Garden cultivation
Greenhouse cultivation
Purpose
Edible fruits
Sowing Time
jaro
Harvest time
Autumn
Summer
Fruit color
Red

Specific References

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