King of the North Sweet Bell Pepper - Organic

seeds
Capsicum annuum
(70 days) Open pollinated. A good choice if you want early marketable blocky peppers. Back in the late ’80s when Seed Savers Exchange co-founder Kent Whealy keynoted at the Common Ground Fair, we asked him to suggest a pepper that would ripen in the North. His suggestion was King and it has been our most popular open-pollinated bell ever since. Prone to blossom-drop in heat.

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3713 King of the North - Organic

A: 0.2g
$2.95
B: 0.4g
$3.45
C: 1g
$5.25
D: 2g
$9.25

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Quick Details
Hybrid Status
open pollinated
Days to Maturity
70 days
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Shipping

From early May through October 31, items shipping from our garden seeds warehouse ship twice a week, usually Tuesday and Thursday. For quickest turnaround time order online by noon Monday or Wednesday.

Additional Information

Sweet Bell Peppers

About 110–175 seeds/g.

Peppers

Days to full-color maturity are from transplanting date.

Capsicum comes from the Greek kapto which means ‘bite.’

Culture: Start indoors in March or April. Minimum germination soil temperature 60°, optimal range 68-95°. Set out in June. Very tender, will not tolerate frost, dislike wind, will not set fruit in cold or extremely hot temperatures or in drought conditions. Black plastic highly recommended. Row cover improves fruit set in windy spots. Pick first green peppers when they reach full size to increase total yield significantly. Green peppers, though edible, are not ripe. Peppers ripen to red, yellow, orange, etc.

Saving Seed: Saving pepper seed is easy! Remove core of the fully ripe pepper (usually red or orange) and dry on a coffee filter. When dry, rake seeds off the core with a butter knife. To ensure true-to-type seed, grow open- pollinated varieties and separate by 30 feet. Use only the first fruits for seed; allow only 3–4 fruits per plant to grow and remove all others. Fewer fruits = larger seeds = greater seed viability. Later fruits often have germination rates of only 60%.

Diseases:

  • BLS: Bacterial Leaf Spot
  • CMV: Cucumber Mosaic Virus
  • TMV: Tobacco Mosaic Virus

Germination Testing

For the latest results of our germination tests, please see the germination page.

Our Seeds are Non-GMO

Non GMO

All of our seeds are non-GMO, and free of neonicotinoids and fungicides. Fedco is one of the original companies to sign the Safe Seed Pledge.