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Sweet Pepper Plants - Description
- Sweet Pepper Plant
- AKA Bell Pepper Plant
- Pot Size: 9cm
- Capsicum Annuum Spaanse
- Sweet Red Pepper
- Quantity: 1
- Plant Height: Approx. 20cm
- Ready to Transplant
Sweet Pepper Plants - Sowing Instructions
- Transplant pepper plants into 20L pot, grow bag or directly into soil in greenhouse
- Can be grown in larger hanging baskets also
- Keep in greenhouse
- Requires full sun, avoid frost
- Keep soil moist
- Feed with potassium based fertiliser once flowering starts
- Harvest in August to October
- Can take a long time to turn red
- Can be used and eaten when green
- Can also be picked when green and ripened off / reddened in a cardboard box using the old banana method
Sweet Pepper Plants - Uses
- Sweet peppers have endless culinary uses
- Bell peppers can be eaten raw or cooked
Sweet Pepper Plants - Advantages
- Suitable for growing on windowsills
- Great taste, thick crispy flesh
- Sweet pepper plants have a vigorous grow rate
- Low cost
- Resistant to potato blight
- Note: Peppers are part of the Potato Family 'Solanaceae'
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