Vegetables
Heredity: Hybrid
History: Cross of bell and hot pepper created bell with mild heat.
Hybridizer or Originator: Sun Seeds/Seeds by Design

Data specific to Peppers (Edit)
General Type: Bell
Disease Resistance: Tobacco Mosaic Virus
Fruit Length: 3.5 - 4"
Fruit Width at Shoulders: 2.5 - 3.5"
Fruit Ripening Color Sequence: Green to Red
Days to First Harvest and Maturity: 60-65 green, 80-85 red.
Scoville Heat Units (approximate SHU): 100 - 750
Heat: Mild 100-2500 SHU

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 18 - 26"
Fruit: Showy
Uses: Vegetable
Suitable as Annual
Awards and Recognitions: AAS (All-America Selection®): 1988 National

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Common names
  • Hot Pepper
Also sold as:
  • Mexibell
  • Mexi-Bell
  • Mexibelle

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Location: Augusta GA
Date: 2005-07-28
Location: Augusta GA
Date: 2005-06-20

Date: 2013-09-19

Date: 2013-08-16

Date: 2013-08-16
Comments:
  • Posted by farmerdill (Augusta Georgia - Zone 8a) on Aug 1, 2013 2:27 PM concerning plant:
    A 5 x 4 inch mildly hot bell pepper. A green to red bell with less than 1000 scoville units. Productive but of limited use to me.

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