Years ago our customers asked for this semi-sweet frying pepper and we quickly understood why. 2x6" waxy yellow-green fruits turn red. Not pungent. “Hands down our biggest fruit producer of all pepper varieties for many years now,” reports Michigan farmer Anne Elder.
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| Variety | Product Type | Hybrid Status | Skin Color | Days to Maturity | Lifecycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Mega Marconi Organic |
seeds | open pollinated | red | 90 days | perennial grown as an annual |
|
Banana Organic |
seeds | open pollinated | red | 65 days | perennial grown as an annual |
| Takara Shishito | seeds | F-1 hybrid | red | 60 days | perennial grown as an annual |
|
Resilient Shishito ECO |
seeds | open pollinated | red | 65 days | perennial grown as an annual |
| Greek Pepperoncini | seeds | open pollinated | red | 65 days | perennial grown as an annual |
|
Rhode Island Fry Pepper Blend ECO |
seeds | open pollinated | multi-colored | 70 days | perennial grown as an annual |
|
Carmen Organic |
seeds | F-1 hybrid | red | 70 days | perennial grown as an annual |
|
Jimmy Nardello’s Organic |
seeds | open pollinated | red | 76 days | perennial grown as an annual |
|
Apple Organic |
seeds | open pollinated | red | 80 days | perennial grown as an annual |
| Cubanelle | seeds | open pollinated | red | 80 days | perennial grown as an annual |
| Aconcagua | seeds | open pollinated | red | 85 days | perennial grown as an annual |
|
Odessa Market Organic |
seeds | open pollinated | red | 87 days | perennial grown as an annual |
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:
About 110–210 seeds/g.
For the latest results of our germination tests, please see the germination page.
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.
From early May through mid-December, 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.
