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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| Variety | Product Type | Hybrid Status | Skin Color | Days to Maturity | Lifecycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Takii’s New Ace | seeds | F-1 hybrid | red | 60 days | perennial grown as an annual |
|
Peacework Organic |
seeds | open pollinated | red | 65 days | perennial grown as an annual |
|
Mountaineer Organic |
seeds | open pollinated | red | 68 days | perennial grown as an annual |
| Lady Bell | seeds | F-1 hybrid | red | 68 days | perennial grown as an annual |
|
King of the North Organic |
seeds | open pollinated | red | 70 days | perennial grown as an annual |
| Revolution | seeds | F-1 hybrid | red | 72 days | perennial grown as an annual |
| Golden Star | seeds | F-1 hybrid | yellow | 72 days | perennial grown as an annual |
|
Purple Beauty Organic |
seeds | open pollinated | purple | 74 days | perennial grown as an annual |
|
Staddon’s Select Organic |
seeds | open pollinated | red | 74 days | perennial grown as an annual |
| Flavorburst | seeds | F-1 hybrid | yellow | 75 days | perennial grown as an annual |
|
Chocolate Cake ECO |
seeds | open pollinated | reddish brown | 90 days | perennial grown as an annual |
|
Corona Organic |
seeds | open pollinated | orange | 90 days | perennial grown as an annual |
About 110–175 seeds/g.
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:
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.
