Peppers

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Sweet Bell Pepper Seeds

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Capsicum annuum (68 days) Open-pollinated. Prolific yields of long tapering 2"red sweet peppers on short stocky plants. Great for cold-climate growers. read more

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Peacework -

Sweet Bell Pepper Seeds

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Capsicum annuum (65 days) Open-pollinated. An exciting early red bell pepper with medium-thick walls, good flavor and full-bodied sweetness. read more

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Purple Beauty -

Sweet Bell Pepper Seeds

Capsicum annuum (74 days) Open-pollinated. Blocky 3x3" bells ripen from purple to green to deep red. At purple stage they sell at a premium. Early and prolific. read more

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Revolution

Sweet Bell Pepper Seeds

Capsicum annuum (72 days) F-1 hybrid. Red stout blocky 12-14 oz bell. Thick-walled, juicy, delicious and hefty. Superb yields. read more

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Staddon’s Select -

Sweet Bell Pepper Seeds

Capsicum annuum (74 days) Open-pollinated. This large blocky market-type pepper produces good-sized glossy dark green 3–4 lobed peppers on tall bushy plants, even in adverse conditions. read more

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Takii’s New Ace

Sweet Bell Pepper Seeds

Capsicum annuum (60 days) F-1 hybrid. Red thin-walled bell peppers, not consistently blocky. Easy to grow. Consistently early. Good for home gardens. read more

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