The best pepper varieties for Siberia
The harsh continental climate of Siberia negatively affects heat-loving crops. This region requires varieties of peppers adapted to difficult growing conditions, which is what breeders have been working on for many years. Many hybrids and varieties of sweet peppers have been bred, which, if agricultural technology is followed, produce fairly good yields. Usually these are crops of early and mid-early ripening period.
Sowing of seeds begins in February. Pepper seedlings will be ready in 2 months. Plants are most often planted in greenhouses and after 95–120 days, depending on the variety, the first harvest is harvested. Typically, early crops produce up to 4 kg of fruit per 1 m2 and a pulp thickness of about 6 mm. However, there are hybrids that produce fleshy peppers with a wall thickness of 10 mm.
The video shows a selection of pepper varieties for cold climates:
The time has come to move smoothly to a review of early peppers, but first I would like to consider two popular varieties that are considered the Siberian standard.
Kolobok
The culture of Moldavian breeders perfectly adapted to Siberian conditions. The early variety of pepper bears fruit well in open beds and under film cover. The plant is a low-growing bush that is easy to care for. Three- and four-chambered fruits have delicate red flesh about 9 mm thick. The maximum weight of one pepper is 90 g. The vegetable is considered to have a universal purpose.
Topolin
The plant can be formed with two stems, resulting in a tall bush that requires staking to a trellis. With conventional molding, a medium-sized bush grows, which is grown without tying it up in a standard form. The first harvest can be harvested 110 days after germination of the seedlings. Green peppers turn red as they ripen. The fruits are not fleshy with thin walls and weigh a maximum of 150 g. If measured on a large scale, then from 1 hectare you can harvest about 50 tons of crop, which is 5 kg/1 m2.
Peppers 2019. I grow proven and test new varieties for open ground
I grow peppers every year in large quantities. I prefer large, thick-walled, multi-colored varieties, as well as “rotunda” or “gogoshar” type peppers, from early to mid-ripening, sometimes mid-late. Of course, I grow peppers of other shapes and sizes, depending on the needs of a particular season. I use only varieties, collecting seeds of the varieties I like in my bank.
Growing sweet peppers in open ground
The agricultural technology is quite simple, as far as my conditions allow - south-facing windows without lighting and my own soil (chernozem) for seedlings, beds in exhaust gas, watering with heated artesian water (without restrictions). I talked about the seedling period in the life of peppers last year.
In general terms, methods of growing in open ground, fertilizer, etc. similar to eggplants, I talked about them earlier: Eggplants 2019. Growing in open ground, opinion about varieties There are, of course, small differences, but not significant - in timing, in pests, in pruning.
I start sowing seedlings very first - traditionally on February 23rd. The February group includes mid-late and mid-ripening varieties.
This time it was:
- Bogatyr, NK Russian Garden
- Chocolate cup, Gavrish
- Solnyshko, NK Russian Garden
- Background Baron Red, Gavrish
- Background baron yellow, Gavrish
- Tamara (your seeds)
I talked in detail about this process at the beginning of the year: The 2019 season has started. February events
For February sowing of seedlings
On March 1, sowing of the remaining varieties began:
- once again Chocolate Cup, Gavrish
- Little Red Riding Hood, Aelita
- Prodigy, Aelita
- Belozerka, NK Russian Garden
- Dolce de Spain (own seeds, collected in 2015, formerly from Biotechnika)
- Kuzya, Search
- Banana dessert, Gardens of Siberia
- Hussar Cup, Gardens of Siberia
- Bugai, Gardens of Siberia
- Golden Calf, Gardens of Siberia
Pepper seeds for growing in 2022
Peppers were planted for seedlings on May 7, 2 each. into the hole, immediately under the agrofibre for protection from the sun.
Seedlings in OG, May 11, first watering
Nightshade seedlings are usually planted in the garden bed when they are usually a little tired from living in the house, and after transplanting, having acclimatized to the exhaust zone, they then develop normally. But adjusted for weather somersaults, of course. May 19 June 9 July 10 In 2019, due to the abnormally hot and dry May and June, all plants had a hard time, the peppers showed their discomfort with their leaves - they somehow turned up and there were many “gathered” along the central vein. But I never noticed insects like mites or any kind of cobwebs. Colorado beetles ignore peppers.
There was also a suspicion of aphids, because... Nearby there was a large pea plantation that was subject to aphid expansion. I treated the peas with Fitoverm (it didn’t help) and assumed that there would be migration to the pepper. But I still didn’t process it, because... I didn’t find any aphid colonies on it.
I was worried, of course, that the fruits would be crivello, but in my opinion it turned out okay. No significant diseases were observed; several bushes at the end of the bed had to be removed, because... A mole passed there and dug up the roots, the plants withered and died (including both bushes of the Kuzya variety), but they were already with fruits.
I fertilized the peppers using urea and different types of humates, the scheme is the same as for eggplants. Back in mid-June, I sprayed it with “Bud” for company with tomatoes, deciding that it wouldn’t hurt the peppers either.
Pepper grows fruit, early July
Unlike tomatoes and eggplants, I never shape or trim peppers or cut off the leaves. Perhaps only at the end of the season, during the mass harvest - if there are peppers left on the bushes that have almost reached the condition, then I cut off all the excess, leaving on the bush only the branch on which the fruit sits, cutting off its top.
A little about the pepper varieties grown in 2022
Pepper Bogatyr (NK Russian Garden)
Pepper Bogatyr
Bogatyr is a mid-season variety (125-135 days), not very tall, grown for the third year in a row, productive, walls of medium thickness, sometimes thicker, but the taste is excellent. All three years, regardless of weather conditions, showed stability in development and maturation. This time I sowed already expired seeds; the sales deadline expired in 2022. The germination rate of the remaining seeds was only 40%.
In my OG, these peppers are medium in size, 140-180 g, although the manufacturer promises up to 300 g. But, probably, for this, the bush needs to be grown alone in a hole, somehow shaped... but that’s fine with me. I believe that Bogatyr is a reliable lifesaver variety for OG.
Pepper Bogatyr
Pepper Chocolate Cup (Gavrish)
Pepper Chocolate Cup
Chocolate cup - gorgeous cube-shaped fruits, beautiful dark cherry color, and in places the color of dark chocolate, but not bitter at all, I really liked it.
The seeds were covered with a stimulant, the last two years I grew them without soaking, the germination rate was 50%, this season the seeds were already expired, and I soaked them, despite the coating, the germination rate was still 50%, but in the future, with my own seeds, I hope , I will get better germination rates.
Pepper Chocolate Cup
Pepper Chocolate Cup, September 2
Pepper Chocolate Cup, September 9
The variety is mid-season (110-118 days), standard and large-fruited, it needs to be tied to a support, otherwise it may fall on its side under the weight of the fruit. Thick-walled, aromatic, juicy and tasty. Over the three years of cultivation, I fell in love with it. The manufacturer recommends it for greenhouses, but in my climate it did great in exhaust gas. I gained weight in 400 g.
Pepper Chocolate Cup
Pepper Chocolate Cup
Pepper Dolce de Spain Pepper Dolce de Spain
Dolce de Spain is a mid-season, productive, tall variety, it grows a lot of leaves, but at the same time it resembles a palm tree - the trunk does not particularly overgrow with side shoots, does not need shaping, the fruits hang in the upper part, in a lush crown.
It is unpretentious, but I plant it last, at the northern end of the bed, since there was a season when in the row planted in the first line, and moreover with an east-west orientation, its fruits were baked in our hot summer. I sowed my own seeds for seedlings, harvested in 2015, germination rate 70%.
Pepper Dolce de Spain, September 2 The fruit is large, but not thick-walled, and not particularly juicy. I always use it for pickling and freeze it into slices for first courses, as it has a bright and rich smell and a sweet taste. Probably, if you dry it and grind it, it will be an excellent paprika seasoning).
Pepper Dolce de Spain, September 9 Pepper Golden Calf (Gardens of Siberia) Pepper Golden Calf
Golden Taurus is a mid-early variety, for open and protected ground, height 70 cm. The manufacturer promises large fleshy fruits (250-500 g) and a wall of 10 mm, but subject to growing no more than 5 bushes per 1 m².
This condition is not met for me, the fruits are of medium size, I have not recorded the thickness of the walls, but they are definitely larger than average. The mass also let us down, but the peppers are beautiful and the taste is very good - rich and sweet. Next season I want to grow it at the recommended planting density, I’ll see what the fruits will be like). Of 8 pcs. I received 4 bushes of seeds, germination rate 50%, seeds with a sell-by date of 2022. Pepper Golden Calf, August 19, weight 166 g
Von Baron peppers , red and yellow
Von Baron is a “rotunda” type variety, with fruits in the shape of a small pumpkin, ripening period is 110-115 days, for OG and GR, compact, unpretentious, the walls are promised to be 7-9 mm, and the weight is 140-180 g. I grew these peppers for the first time and am very pleased with the purchase of seeds for my collection.
Von Baron red I also liked the peppers. They didn’t skimp on the quantity and grew more fruit than what the manufacturer promised. The Red Baron, in my opinion, turned out to be more pumpkin-shaped). Seeds with a sales date of 2022. Germination rate for red is 60%, for yellow 80%. The universal variety is also suitable for salads, culinary processing, canning, and freezing whole.
Background Baron yellow
Von Baron yellow, August 24
Pepper Solnyshko (NK Russian Garden)
Pepper Sun
Not all of them reached biological ripeness, but there was still time, I picked them in batches for preservation, without waiting for condition. But in general, the seeds were sown in the first group, in February, so it really needs a lot of time, apparently. Out of 8 seeds (sales date 2022), 6 sprouted. Weight 219 g Total weight 511 g
Pepper Belozerka (NK Russian Garden)
Belozerka is a mid-early variety, productive, unpretentious and reliable, small fruits with walls of medium thickness - good for stuffing, ripens together, which is convenient when preparing, for example, marinating a batch of stuffed ones - that's it).
Pepper Belozerka
Pepper Banana Dessert (Gardens of Siberia) Pepper Banana Dessert Banana Dessert is a mid-early variety (120-125 days), long-fruited, for OG and SG. The manufacturer promised an abundant ovary, a wall thickness of 8-10 mm, a yield of 5-6 kg/m², in the technical phase. When ripe, the fruits are milky white, biologically bright red, long, even, 200-250 g. Pepper Banana dessert
This pepper somehow didn’t appeal to me. Yes, there were long fruits, in this they reminded me of Dolce de España, only not such a dark red color, brighter. But there weren’t many ripened fruits; he didn’t have enough time. I sowed on March 1st, it should have been in February.
Not all fruits are smooth; when ripe, they are light green, not milky white, with a medium-thick wall. Maximum weight - 155 g. And the germination rate was also not impressive - out of 8 seeds, 2 germinated. (deadline 2022) In general, I haven’t decided yet whether I will grow it again.
Pepper Banana dessert Pepper Bugai (Gardens of Siberia) Pepper Bugai
Bugai - early ripening, large-fruited, for greenhouses and open ground, fruits are cube-shaped, thick-walled - up to 10 mm, luminous soft yellow in color with a pearl tint, weight up to 500 g. Bugai pepper
Pepper Bugai
Benefit re-grade
Separately, I would like to pay attention to three varieties that turned out to be an over-cultivation, but did not disappoint, but ended up in my seed bank.
Pepper Prodigy (Aelita)
Pepper is supposedly a prodigy
As you can see, the shape of the pepper is not at all the same as on the packet with the seeds, but I liked the cube-shaped one - magnificent fruits, fleshy, juicy, thick-walled, sweet.
Pepper supposedly Prodigy, September 2 Pepper supposedly Prodigy, weight 174 g
Pepper is supposedly a prodigy
Pepper is supposedly a prodigy
I also want to find red cube-shaped peppers with thick walls for my collection. I’m still searching, and two varieties have already failed based on these characteristics. The red cap turned out to be cone-shaped, not very large, with medium-thick walls; overall, the variety is not bad, something between Bogatyr and Belozerka, but not at all what I need.
Pepper not-Little Riding Hood
Non-Little Red Riding Hood Pepper, weight 153 g Hussar Cup (Gardens of Siberia)
Allegedly, I really liked the Hussar Cup, a magnificent large, thick-walled, juicy and aromatic “rotunda” for universal use, I will continue to grow it, I collected the seeds, there is a resemblance to Von Baron, but this is also not a cube-shaped pepper.
Pepper supposedly Hussar Cup
Pepper allegedly Hussar Cup, weight 231 g
Plans for the 2022 gardening season
Firstly , I bought myself several interesting cube-shaped varieties to try, I will try a couple next season. So the search continues.
New varieties for testing
Secondly , from the newcomers of this season, Bugai, Golden Calf, Von Barons, Solnyshko, and the false Hussar Cup will definitely go to the repeat round.
Thirdly, there will still be new varieties to try:
New varieties for cultivation in OG
Fourthly, varieties will be added from my seed bank, I haven’t decided which ones yet. In general, the list of the sweet pepper team has not yet been finally approved.
Review of early varieties
Now let's get started with a general overview of early peppers. This does not mean that they are worse than those considered above; it is just that the first two cultures were singled out as the most famous.
Novosibirsk
An early ripening variety of peppers was bred for cultivation in the botanical garden of Siberia. Seeds sown in February after 2 months produce strong seedlings that can be transplanted into a greenhouse. After 95 days, the first peppercorns ripen. As for yield, you can get about 4 kg of fruit from 1 m2. The bushes grow up to 1 m high, bearing peppers weighing up to 58 g with aromatic red flesh 6 mm thick.
Previously a miracle
The culture belongs to the early fruiting period. Ripe fruits can be obtained after 90–105 days from the moment of seedling germination. The plant is immune to viral diseases. The bush can grow up to 1.2 m high, which requires staking the branches. Peppers turn red when ripe.
Montero
Another tall plant up to 1.2 m in height, suitable for growing in any type of greenhouse. The fruits are very large with a pulp thickness of 7 mm and weigh about 260 g. With good feeding, it was possible to grow giant peppers weighing 940 g. The value of the vegetable is its excellent taste. The variety is considered high-yielding, since 7-6 kg of fruit can be harvested from 1 m2.
Merchant
A very early ripening variety brings the first harvest 80 days after the appearance of the first shoots. The small fruits weigh a maximum of 70 g. As they ripen, the 7 mm thick pulp becomes red with a high content of vitamin C. The yield is average; from 1 m2 you can get up to 3 kg of vegetables.
Pioneer
The variety was bred back in 1987 by Ukrainian breeders. The culture has adapted to the Siberian climate and can be grown even in the Urals. The yield is very low, only 800 g per 1 m2, but the plant bears fruit in open ground without any problems. Small cone-shaped peppercorns weighing 55 g grow on a bush up to 70 cm high. The flesh is red, 4 mm thick. The first harvest can be obtained 116 days after planting the seedlings.
Winnie the Pooh
The low-growing plant has a maximum bush height of 30 cm. The first harvest can be obtained 110 days after germination of the seedlings. Cone-shaped small peppercorns ripen together, and on the bush they are grouped in a bouquet.
Firstborn of Siberia
The fact that this is an early Siberian variety is indicated by its very name. The first ripened fruits can be obtained after 100 days. West Siberian breeders endowed the plant with immunity to viral diseases. The characteristics of the culture are similar to the varieties of peppers “Novosibirsky”, “Sibiryak” and “Victoria”.
Donetsk early
The low-growing plant produces its first harvest 120 days after the sprouts germinate. Cone-shaped peppercorns have a rounded top. The plant can withstand sudden changes in weather without fear of fungal diseases. According to the characteristics of the fruit, the variety is similar to “Topolin” and “Kolobok”.
Dandy
The variety is a new product bred by West Siberian breeders. The bush of medium height bears bright yellow barrel-shaped fruits. Large peppers weigh about 200 g, while the thickness of their pulp is 7 mm. The vegetable has an excellent presentation.
Triton
The crop is capable of producing an early harvest 85–90 days after seedling germination. Low-growing bushes 45 cm high are very productive. From 1 m2 you can get about 10 kg of vegetables, and each bush forms up to 50 ovaries during the entire fruiting period. The mass of peppercorns is about 150 g, while the thickness of their walls is 5 mm. As it ripens, the color of the pulp changes from green to red.
Sweet pepper Montero F1 5 pcs
Pepper Montero F1 is an early ripening hybrid. From germination to technical ripeness of fruits 90–100 days, to biological ripeness 110–120 days. The plant is indeterminate, 1.5–2 m high. The fruits are prism-shaped, dark green in technical ripeness, bright red, glossy in biological ripeness, weighing over 260 g. Fruit wall thickness up to 8 mm. Excellent taste. You can buy Montero pepper in our online store.
Agricultural technology of pepper Montero F1
Montero F1 pepper seeds germinate in 15–20 days at a temperature of 23–25 °C. The optimal age of seedlings for planting in a permanent place is 50–55 days. Planting density 2.5–3 plants/m2, planting pattern 70x50 cm. Productivity depending on growing conditions 9–11 kg/m2. Resistant to tobacco mosaic virus (TMV 0–2).
Video about Montero F1 pepper
Nikolay Petrovich Fursov, Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, expert at the agricultural company Partner, talks about the formation of peppers.
Advice from TomatoTomatoes:
If you fertilize the soil well, you can get giant Montero F1 peppers weighing up to 940 g. The culture is valued for its excellent taste.
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Rules for choosing pepper varieties
The short duration of warm days in Siberia greatly limits the choice of suitable varieties of sweet peppers. When choosing seeds, you need to pay attention to the early maturity of the vegetable. A late-ripening crop will not have time to ripen even in a greenhouse.
Advice! Early and mid-early hybrids are best suited for open and closed beds in Siberia. Breeders instilled in them all the best qualities from different varieties and adapted them to the local climate.
When choosing seeds between varietal peppers and hybrids, you need to know that each crop requires different care. For example, the agricultural technology of hybrids is a little more complicated. Here you will need to maintain precise temperature conditions, plus apply fertilizing in a timely manner. However, the yield and quality of hybrid fruits comes first. If all conditions are met, peppercorns weighing more than 400 g can be grown.
Advice! Early crops manage to bear fruit in the open ground of Siberia, however, the maximum number of peppers can be taken from a bush only in a greenhouse.
When professionally growing peppers, you need to pay attention to imported hybrids. They bear large fruits with thick walls. Also, varieties must be selected according to the shape and color of the fruit.
Peppers 2019. I grow proven and test new varieties for open ground
I grow peppers every year in large quantities. I prefer large, thick-walled, multi-colored varieties, as well as “rotunda” or “gogoshar” type peppers, from early to mid-ripening, sometimes mid-late. Of course, I grow peppers of other shapes and sizes, depending on the needs of a particular season. I use only varieties, collecting seeds of the varieties I like in my bank.
Growing sweet peppers in open ground
The agricultural technology is quite simple, as far as my conditions allow - south-facing windows without lighting and my own soil (chernozem) for seedlings, beds in exhaust gas, watering with heated artesian water (without restrictions). I talked about the seedling period in the life of peppers last year.
In general terms, methods of growing in open ground, fertilizer, etc. similar to eggplants, I talked about them earlier: Eggplants 2019. Growing in open ground, opinion about varieties There are, of course, small differences, but not significant - in timing, in pests, in pruning.
I start sowing seedlings very first - traditionally on February 23rd. The February group includes mid-late and mid-ripening varieties.
This time it was:
- Bogatyr, NK Russian Garden
- Chocolate cup, Gavrish
- Solnyshko, NK Russian Garden
- Background Baron Red, Gavrish
- Background baron yellow, Gavrish
- Tamara (your seeds)
I talked in detail about this process at the beginning of the year: The 2019 season has started. February events
For February sowing of seedlings
On March 1, sowing of the remaining varieties began:
- once again Chocolate Cup, Gavrish
- Little Red Riding Hood, Aelita
- Prodigy, Aelita
- Belozerka, NK Russian Garden
- Dolce de Spain (own seeds, collected in 2015, formerly from Biotechnika)
- Kuzya, Search
- Banana dessert, Gardens of Siberia
- Hussar Cup, Gardens of Siberia
- Bugai, Gardens of Siberia
- Golden Calf, Gardens of Siberia
Pepper seeds for growing in 2022
Peppers were planted for seedlings on May 7, 2 each. into the hole, immediately under the agrofibre for protection from the sun.
Seedlings in OG, May 11, first watering
Nightshade seedlings are usually planted in the garden bed when they are usually a little tired from living in the house, and after transplanting, having acclimatized to the exhaust zone, they then develop normally. But adjusted for weather somersaults, of course. May 19 June 9 July 10 In 2019, due to the abnormally hot and dry May and June, all plants had a hard time, the peppers showed their discomfort with their leaves - they somehow turned up and there were many “gathered” along the central vein. But I never noticed insects like mites or any kind of cobwebs. Colorado beetles ignore peppers.
There was also a suspicion of aphids, because... Nearby there was a large pea plantation that was subject to aphid expansion. I treated the peas with Fitoverm (it didn’t help) and assumed that there would be migration to the pepper. But I still didn’t process it, because... I didn’t find any aphid colonies on it.
I was worried, of course, that the fruits would be crivello, but in my opinion it turned out okay. No significant diseases were observed; several bushes at the end of the bed had to be removed, because... A mole passed there and dug up the roots, the plants withered and died (including both bushes of the Kuzya variety), but they were already with fruits.
I fertilized the peppers using urea and different types of humates, the scheme is the same as for eggplants. Back in mid-June, I sprayed it with “Bud” for company with tomatoes, deciding that it wouldn’t hurt the peppers either.
Pepper grows fruit, early July
Unlike tomatoes and eggplants, I never shape or trim peppers or cut off the leaves. Perhaps only at the end of the season, during the mass harvest - if there are peppers left on the bushes that have almost reached the condition, then I cut off all the excess, leaving on the bush only the branch on which the fruit sits, cutting off its top.
A little about the pepper varieties grown in 2022
Pepper Bogatyr (NK Russian Garden)
Pepper Bogatyr
Bogatyr is a mid-season variety (125-135 days), not very tall, grown for the third year in a row, productive, walls of medium thickness, sometimes thicker, but the taste is excellent. All three years, regardless of weather conditions, showed stability in development and maturation. This time I sowed already expired seeds; the sales deadline expired in 2022. The germination rate of the remaining seeds was only 40%.
In my OG, these peppers are medium in size, 140-180 g, although the manufacturer promises up to 300 g. But, probably, for this, the bush needs to be grown alone in a hole, somehow shaped... but that’s fine with me. I believe that Bogatyr is a reliable lifesaver variety for OG.
Pepper Bogatyr
Pepper Chocolate Cup (Gavrish)
Pepper Chocolate Cup
Chocolate cup - gorgeous cube-shaped fruits, beautiful dark cherry color, and in places the color of dark chocolate, but not bitter at all, I really liked it.
The seeds were covered with a stimulant, the last two years I grew them without soaking, the germination rate was 50%, this season the seeds were already expired, and I soaked them, despite the coating, the germination rate was still 50%, but in the future, with my own seeds, I hope , I will get better germination rates.
Pepper Chocolate Cup
Pepper Chocolate Cup, September 2
Pepper Chocolate Cup, September 9
The variety is mid-season (110-118 days), standard and large-fruited, it needs to be tied to a support, otherwise it may fall on its side under the weight of the fruit. Thick-walled, aromatic, juicy and tasty. Over the three years of cultivation, I fell in love with it. The manufacturer recommends it for greenhouses, but in my climate it did great in exhaust gas. I gained weight in 400 g.
Pepper Chocolate Cup
Pepper Chocolate Cup
Pepper Dolce de Spain Pepper Dolce de Spain
Dolce de Spain is a mid-season, productive, tall variety, it grows a lot of leaves, but at the same time it resembles a palm tree - the trunk does not particularly overgrow with side shoots, does not need shaping, the fruits hang in the upper part, in a lush crown.
It is unpretentious, but I plant it last, at the northern end of the bed, since there was a season when in the row planted in the first line, and moreover with an east-west orientation, its fruits were baked in our hot summer. I sowed my own seeds for seedlings, harvested in 2015, germination rate 70%.
Pepper Dolce de Spain, September 2 The fruit is large, but not thick-walled, and not particularly juicy. I always use it for pickling and freeze it into slices for first courses, as it has a bright and rich smell and a sweet taste. Probably, if you dry it and grind it, it will be an excellent paprika seasoning).
Pepper Dolce de Spain, September 9 Pepper Golden Calf (Gardens of Siberia) Pepper Golden Calf
Golden Taurus is a mid-early variety, for open and protected ground, height 70 cm. The manufacturer promises large fleshy fruits (250-500 g) and a wall of 10 mm, but subject to growing no more than 5 bushes per 1 m².
This condition is not met for me, the fruits are of medium size, I have not recorded the thickness of the walls, but they are definitely larger than average. The mass also let us down, but the peppers are beautiful and the taste is very good - rich and sweet. Next season I want to grow it at the recommended planting density, I’ll see what the fruits will be like). Of 8 pcs. I received 4 bushes of seeds, germination rate 50%, seeds with a sell-by date of 2022. Pepper Golden Calf, August 19, weight 166 g
Von Baron peppers , red and yellow
Von Baron is a “rotunda” type variety, with fruits in the shape of a small pumpkin, ripening period is 110-115 days, for OG and GR, compact, unpretentious, the walls are promised to be 7-9 mm, and the weight is 140-180 g. I grew these peppers for the first time and am very pleased with the purchase of seeds for my collection.
Von Baron red I also liked the peppers. They didn’t skimp on the quantity and grew more fruit than what the manufacturer promised. The Red Baron, in my opinion, turned out to be more pumpkin-shaped). Seeds with a sales date of 2022. Germination rate for red is 60%, for yellow 80%. The universal variety is also suitable for salads, culinary processing, canning, and freezing whole.
Background Baron yellow
Von Baron yellow, August 24
Pepper Solnyshko (NK Russian Garden)
Pepper Sun
Not all of them reached biological ripeness, but there was still time, I picked them in batches for preservation, without waiting for condition. But in general, the seeds were sown in the first group, in February, so it really needs a lot of time, apparently. Out of 8 seeds (sales date 2022), 6 sprouted. Weight 219 g Total weight 511 g
Pepper Belozerka (NK Russian Garden)
Belozerka is a mid-early variety, productive, unpretentious and reliable, small fruits with walls of medium thickness - good for stuffing, ripens together, which is convenient when preparing, for example, marinating a batch of stuffed ones - that's it).
Pepper Belozerka
Pepper Banana Dessert (Gardens of Siberia) Pepper Banana Dessert Banana Dessert is a mid-early variety (120-125 days), long-fruited, for OG and SG. The manufacturer promised an abundant ovary, a wall thickness of 8-10 mm, a yield of 5-6 kg/m², in the technical phase. When ripe, the fruits are milky white, biologically bright red, long, even, 200-250 g. Pepper Banana dessert
This pepper somehow didn’t appeal to me. Yes, there were long fruits, in this they reminded me of Dolce de España, only not such a dark red color, brighter. But there weren’t many ripened fruits; he didn’t have enough time. I sowed on March 1st, it should have been in February.
Not all fruits are smooth; when ripe, they are light green, not milky white, with a medium-thick wall. Maximum weight - 155 g. And the germination rate was also not impressive - out of 8 seeds, 2 germinated. (deadline 2022) In general, I haven’t decided yet whether I will grow it again.
Pepper Banana dessert Pepper Bugai (Gardens of Siberia) Pepper Bugai
Bugai - early ripening, large-fruited, for greenhouses and open ground, fruits are cube-shaped, thick-walled - up to 10 mm, luminous soft yellow in color with a pearl tint, weight up to 500 g. Bugai pepper
Pepper Bugai
Benefit re-grade
Separately, I would like to pay attention to three varieties that turned out to be an over-cultivation, but did not disappoint, but ended up in my seed bank.
Pepper Prodigy (Aelita)
Pepper is supposedly a prodigy
As you can see, the shape of the pepper is not at all the same as on the packet with the seeds, but I liked the cube-shaped one - magnificent fruits, fleshy, juicy, thick-walled, sweet.
Pepper supposedly Prodigy, September 2 Pepper supposedly Prodigy, weight 174 g
Pepper is supposedly a prodigy
Pepper is supposedly a prodigy
I also want to find red cube-shaped peppers with thick walls for my collection. I’m still searching, and two varieties have already failed based on these characteristics. The red cap turned out to be cone-shaped, not very large, with medium-thick walls; overall, the variety is not bad, something between Bogatyr and Belozerka, but not at all what I need.
Pepper not-Little Riding Hood
Non-Little Red Riding Hood Pepper, weight 153 g Hussar Cup (Gardens of Siberia)
Allegedly, I really liked the Hussar Cup, a magnificent large, thick-walled, juicy and aromatic “rotunda” for universal use, I will continue to grow it, I collected the seeds, there is a resemblance to Von Baron, but this is also not a cube-shaped pepper.
Pepper supposedly Hussar Cup
Pepper allegedly Hussar Cup, weight 231 g
Plans for the 2022 gardening season
Firstly , I bought myself several interesting cube-shaped varieties to try, I will try a couple next season. So the search continues.
New varieties for testing
Secondly , from the newcomers of this season, Bugai, Golden Calf, Von Barons, Solnyshko, and the false Hussar Cup will definitely go to the repeat round.
Thirdly, there will still be new varieties to try:
New varieties for cultivation in OG
Fourthly, varieties will be added from my seed bank, I haven’t decided which ones yet. In general, the list of the sweet pepper team has not yet been finally approved.
Brief overview of hybrids
So, we have looked at some varieties, it’s time to pay attention to several popular hybrids in Siberia.
White Lady F1
A compact bush of small size bears strong, large, cube-shaped fruits. When ripe, the color of the pepper pulp changes from white to orange.
Claudio F1
In a maximum of 80 days, the hybrid will produce a mature harvest of peppers. The red, cube-shaped fruits weigh about 250 g and have dense, juicy pulp. The hybrid is resistant to weather changes and many diseases.
Gemini F1
The culture of Dutch selection has adapted well to the Siberian climate. Ripe fruits can be obtained very early, approximately 72 days from the moment the seedlings are planted. Cuboid yellow peppers weigh about 400 g. The culture easily tolerates various stresses, and the fruits themselves are not afraid of burns from direct sunlight.
Montero F1
A fairly popular hybrid is used by vegetable growers to produce greenhouse crops. Red peppers weigh a maximum of 260 g. The first fruits ripen 90 days after planting the seedlings.
A little about sowing seeds and caring for early varieties of seedlings
Sowing seeds for seedlings in Siberia begins at the end of February - beginning of March. To select high-quality grains, they are immersed in a container with salt water for 10 minutes and all floating pacifiers are thrown away. The good seeds remaining at the bottom are washed with clean water, disinfected with a solution of manganese, and then, spread out on gauze, they are periodically moistened with warm water with the addition of a growth stimulator.
The hatched seeds are planted 3 pieces in cups. It’s better to buy store-bought soil, but you can make the mixture yourself by collecting soil from your garden. For disinfection, add a glass of wood ash to a bucket of soil.
Important! The temperature of the soil prepared for planting should be within 20–23°C, otherwise the embryos may die.
Each seed is buried 2–3 cm and all glasses are covered with transparent film, having previously placed them in a warm place. Watering is carried out periodically as the soil dries, preferably by spraying. After 3–5 leaves appear, the seedlings can be planted in the garden bed.
For better survival rate of seedlings, they must be planted in warm soil with a temperature of at least 20°C. Typically, a distance of 80 cm is maintained between bushes, and 60 cm between beds.
The video provides recommendations for choosing pepper varieties for planting:
