Vegetables
Heredity: Open Pollinated

Data specific to Peppers (Edit)
General Type: Other: Snacking
Pepper Shape: Tapered
Fruit Length: 2.5 - 3 inches
Fruit Width at Shoulders: 1 - 1.5 inch
Fruit Ripening Color Sequence: Green to Yellow
Days to First Harvest and Maturity: 63 green, 83 yellow
Heat: Sweet<100SHU

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 24 - 30 inches
Fruit: Showy
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Uses: Vegetable
Suitable as Annual
Propagation: Seeds: Needs specific temperature
Days to germinate: 5-10
Depth to plant seed: 1/4"
Start indoors

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Common names
  • Sweet Pepper

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Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2024-04-28
Sweet Pepper (Capsicum annuum 'Lunchbox Mix')  seedlings
Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: July 2018
Location: Metro Detroit
Date: 2014-03-08
Seedlings have somewhat erratic germination. Largest seedling is

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