Bell pepper - description and characteristics of the variety

This exotic plant with beautiful fruits in the form of colorful bells will decorate your site. This variety of pepper belongs to perennial vegetable crops. They grow it only in seedling method. Fruits can be preserved, stuffed, cook various dishes, decorate the table. At the place of attachment of the fetus to the peduncle, there is an extension that gives the fetus the shape of an exotic flower, the walls of pepper at the base thicken. These amazing fruits are well transported and stored after harvest for up to two weeks.

Description and characteristics of bell pepper

This variety belongs to a rather rare type of berry pepper. In height, plants, as a rule, reach two meters in height. The variety owes its name to the shape of the fruit, which is somewhat reminiscent of a bell. This is a late ripe variety. With proper care and favorable climatic conditions, 1.5 kg of product can be collected from one bush. Ripe fruit reaches 70 g. Taste qualities are quite high. The growing season of the plant ranges from 140 to 155 days. Fruits are formed in brushes of 4-6 pieces.

1. In our country, this variety of pepper began to grow recently. The bell quickly gained popularity, both among experienced gardeners and among amateurs.
2. When ripe, the berries acquire various bright shades. The flesh of the Bell tastes good, fleshy, of moderate hardness.
3. Ripe fruits are distinguished by the fact that they acquire different shades, such as, for example, red, pink, green or orange. On the garden plot, the variety Bellflower will look quite original, elegant.
4. Growing seedlings must begin 65 days before the expected time of planting in open ground. On average, harvesting can be done after 150 days from planting. The advantages of this culture include resistance to a large number of various diseases and pests and, of course, the original appearance.

Grade history

This culture came to us from Africa, it is popular today. The first mention of this pepper appeared three thousand years ago in ancient Indian scriptures.

Advantages and disadvantages

Undoubtedly, this variety has a large number of positive qualities, but there are also disadvantages. These include long maturity. Culture advantages:

• perennial grade;
• when grown in a greenhouse, you can get a plentiful crop;
• The variety is ideal for both canning and fresh consumption.

Preparing and planting seeds

Experienced gardeners and gardeners strongly recommend growing crops in seedlings. The variety is unpretentious in care and at a minimal cost can give a decent crop.

1. Seed preparation should begin in early February. Seeds are preferably purchased in specialized stores. Before sowing, they need to be treated with fugitive agents or hardened in an unconcentrated solution of potassium permanganate to prevent the appearance of fungal diseases.
2. After this procedure, you need to select seeds. As a result of selection, the largest, most full-bodied specimens should remain. To select seeds, they must be filled with water, those that emerge are considered marriage.
3. After the soaking procedure, the seeds must be laid on cheesecloth and left for germination. When the seeds are sufficiently swollen, they can already be planted, preferably in small peat pots.Using large pots is undesirable, as the root system is slowly developing in this culture.

Growing seedlings

The soil for growing seedlings must be loose, consist of humus and sand in a ratio of one to one. To protect the seedlings from diseases, the soil is heated in the oven or frozen.

About twenty grams of ash must be added per kilogram of this soil. When planting pepper for the maximum result, you must follow these rules:

1. Pour the soil mixture into the cups, sow the seeds, moisten the soil from the spray gun.
2. When the seeds germinate, they must be placed in wet gauze for several days at a temperature of at least 20 degrees.
3. Planting seeds is necessary no deeper than two to three centimeters, since otherwise you can slow down the germination of pepper. If you did everything right, then sprouts can ideally be seen in three days.
4. After planting in the pots, it is advisable to water and cover everything with film or glass to create a greenhouse effect.
5. After the first shoots appear, the temperature will need to be maintained in the region of 25-28 degrees.
6. Be especially careful when watering seedlings. You should not overdo it with him, as otherwise it will lead to rotting of the roots.
7. Planting seedlings is possible only when the final frost has finally passed. In order for seedlings to grow well, it is important to plant seeds in nutritious soil. When growing seedlings in closed ground, overheating should not be allowed.
8. Try not to flood the plant, otherwise the seedlings will be affected by a black leg fungal disease.
9. Watering can be carried out with warm, settled water. From February to March, seedlings need additional lighting with special photo tubes.

In order for the plants to feel more comfortable in the open ground, about a week before planting, they should be accustomed to colder air. To do this, it is necessary to take out pots with seedlings in fresh air for a couple of hours.

When transplanting, plants are especially sensitive to damage to small roots, so transplant pepper with a lump of earth without injuring the root system.

The root system is located in the upper soil layer, so the plant needs regular watering, loosening the soil and mulching row spacing.

Greenhouses for growing seedlings

There are many designs of warm greenhouses: single-pitched, gable, in-depth, ground. They are made of different sizes, often adapting the window glass frames remaining after the repair.

Before planting pepper, compost and mineral fertilizers are added to each well: 3 g of superphosphate, 4 g of potassium sulphide, 3 g of ammonium nitrate. Compost is prepared directly in the garden, picking weeds and tops during the summer. Before planting, compost is mixed with mineral fertilizers.

Pepper plantings are usually taken care of: they are watered, mulched, they destroy pests, and they are regularly watered in holes or furrows.

Open transplant

When 4 leaves appear on the seedlings, it can be planted in open ground. This procedure is best performed in late May, when the temperature at night does not drop below thirteen degrees.

1. When planting in the soil at the bottom of the hole, it is recommended to add a spoonful of complex mineral fertilizer.
2. After transplanting seedlings into open ground, you can shade it with non-woven covering material for several days. This will protect young plants from scorching sunlight during the period when they are most vulnerable.
3. Very carefully you need to hush up the bushes during flowering and the appearance of the ovary.
4. Plants are responsive to fertilizing with organic fertilizers. The interval between the first and second feeding is ten to twelve days. In total for the season spend several dressings.
5. When overgrowing, it is recommended to remove large leaves. This technique will increase productivity.

In rainy years, you can get up to 50% of the bell pepper crop. They can be affected by gray rot or fusarium. Means of control - broad-spectrum fungicides.

This variety of exotic peppers was recently bred, but has already gained a lot of fans among both experienced gardeners and amateurs.

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