Sweet chocolate pepper - description and characteristics of the brown variety

History of creation

Sweet chocolate was bred on the basis of the Siberian Garden agrofime. The creators wanted to get a variety that would be equally suitable for open and closed ground, and also have excellent taste characteristics. The basis for this was the early bell pepper.

The result was impressive, and this is confirmed by high ratings from experts, as well as good reviews from ordinary summer residents. At the moment, there is interest in seed material both for industrial purposes and for growing in one’s own garden. So far, the variety has not been included in the State Register of Breeding Achievements of Russia, but this is expected to happen in the coming years.

Description

The plant is medium-sized, which determines the type of care for it.
Sweet chocolate belongs to the mid-early group: after the appearance of seedlings, an average of 117 days pass until the fruits reach technical maturity, but these periods may vary slightly depending on the air temperature. What varieties of peppers are best to plant?
The main stem is thick and powerful, height - maximum 80 cm. Medium leafy, leaf blades are bright green with a glossy surface, pointed at the end, and have a widening at the cuttings.

During flowering, both male and female inflorescences are formed, that is, this pepper belongs to the group with mixed flowering. In place of the female inflorescences, ovaries are formed.

Upon reaching technical maturity, the color of the fruit becomes brown, but the flesh remains green. And after biological maturity, it acquires a reddish-brown color and looks especially impressive. Experts note that the pulp is very juicy, sweet and tasty. Peppers can reach a length of 22 cm, while their weight is up to 180 g.

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Chocolate Handsome - sweet pepper plant variety

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Information on admission Sweet Pepper Chocolate Handsome from the Register of the State Variety Commission of the Russian Federation

Application for admission No. 70580, registered 2016-11-17. The Sweet Pepper variety Chocolate Handsome is included in the register of those approved in 2018. Approved for use in regions: All regions.

The originator of the Chocolate Beauty Sweet Pepper variety is:

• LLC `AGROFIRMA AELITA` (129343, MOSCOW, NANSEN TRADE, 1)

Information about the patent for the variety Sweet Pepper Chocolate Krasauets

Patent holder of the Chocolate Handsome variety:

• LLC `AGROFIRMA AELITA` (129343, MOSCOW, NANSEN TRADE, 1)

Application for protection of the Chocolate Krasavets variety No. 70854, registered 2016-11-17.

Patent No. 9548, registered 2018-02-28. Estimated patent expiration date 2048-12-31.

Authors of the variety Sweet Pepper Chocolate Handsome

• Kachainik Vladimir Georgievich
• Gulkin Mikhail Nikolaevich
• Karmanova Olga Alekseevna
• Matyunina Svetlana Vladimirovna

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Main characteristics

Before making a choice in favor of Sweet Chocolate, you need to familiarize yourself in detail with its features and characteristics:

• The fruit has 3 seed chambers. There are a lot of seeds inside, but they come off easily.
• The peppers are cube-shaped, with slight corrugation. The upper tip is smooth and rounded.
• Growing method: open ground, greenhouse, greenhouse.
• Resistance to diseases and pests is average.
• Wall thickness – 5-6 mm.
• Transportability is good, the fruits are resistant to cracking.
• Excellent shelf life: if stored in low humidity and temperature, the shelf life reaches up to two months without loss of quality.
• The absence of red pigment allows the variety to be used in the diet of allergy sufferers.

All this makes Sweet Chocolate an interesting and original variety.

Description of the variety

Pepper Sweet chocolate is not included in the State Register of the Russian Federation by the summer of 2022. The packaging with seeds indicates that the variety was obtained by specialists from Siberia. You can choose all types of greenhouses and open soils as a planting site.

Pepper has a powerful stem of medium length, about 80 cm. The leaves of the crop are pointed, widened at the stem.

The fruit is shaped like an elongated cube with smoothed edges. In the photo you can see that the biologically prepared pepper takes on a shade of chocolate. However, its peculiarity is that the flesh of a fully ripe vegetable is brownish-red, and at the technical stage the color of the fruit is green.

Pepper is characterized by the following parameters:

• length can reach 22 cm;
• approximate pericarp thickness – 5 – 6 mm;
• weight – 100 – 180 g;
• seed chambers – 3.

Area of ​​application of fruits

First of all, the variety is classified as a salad variety due to its high taste characteristics when fresh. Sweet chocolate is used both as a cut for snacks, assorted dishes, and in salads. This variety is also added to first and second courses. In this case, the color may become slightly darker than in its raw form, but the taste remains excellent.

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Peppers are excellent for stuffing, as they have a barrel-shaped shape, large seed chambers and easily separated seeds. The walls are dense, they do not burst during stuffing and subsequent stewing.

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Another type of preparation is canning. Also used for pickling. Freezing received excellent reviews, since after defrosting neither the color nor the density of the pulp changes much. In addition, the vitamin composition remains the same. Those who like to use dried vegetables use a dehydrator. In this form, Sweet Chocolate is perfectly stored even throughout the winter.

Sweet pepper Chocolate round dance. Surprised us and decorated the garden!

It was impossible to pass by such a pepper, it had such an interesting shape and unusual color, and besides, a large harvest was promised!
They look like little lanterns on a bush! Sweet pepper Chocolate round dance

For testing in stage 3, 5 of the best seedling bushes were selected and planted in a greenhouse on May 5th. When planting, the holes were filled with compost and 1/2 teaspoon of AVA fertilizer was added. The beginning of the development of the Chocolate Round Dance seedlings can be seen in the first and second reports. The seedlings already had buds and the first flowers when planted.

The chocolate round dance has been planted and is ready for further development

The pepper survived the transplant very easily, grew stronger and quickly began to grow. The bushes were branched, with abundant foliage; they even looked different from large-fruited peppers.

Tested five Chocolates

By mid-May, the first ovaries appear, and now all stages of development of peppers, from buds to fruits, go through simultaneously on the bushes.

The first peppers

The conditions are very favorable for the growth of peppers, June is very hot, with warm nights, the food provided during planting is enough, so we just water the peppers with regular tap water. The soil under the bushes is mulched with mown grass. The bushes have grown noticeably and are bearing a lot of fruit.

The harvest is growing

By the end of June, the first peppers ripen and change color to dark brown. Without experience growing this variety, it is difficult to know whether they are ready for consumption.

Interesting Chocolate Peppers

The end of July - there are already a lot of ripened fruits, the bushes are overloaded, so you can harvest the first harvest so that subsequent peppers can receive enough nutrition and light.

We unload the bushes. First gathering of the Chocolate Round Dance

The first harvest is quite good; setting the tare weight to zero, we get a net weight of peppers of 1342 grams. Quantity: 51 pieces. The peppers are even in size, there are very few small things.

The weight of one of the large peppers is 31 grams, cube-shaped, length 45 mm, wall thickness 5 mm. Very pleasant peppery aroma, sweet in taste, but it seemed harsh to me. I don’t see it for fresh use, rather pepper for preservation or heat treatment.

Small, but daring!

The bushes are very spreading, with thin branches, a lot of leaves and all strewn with peppercorns, it is easy to distinguish it from the Big Girl growing nearby. I didn’t even understand how this pepper could be shaped, so I left it as it was.

Really wants to go outside the garden

After cold July and early August, warm days returned and the harvest was not long in coming.

The second wave of pepper is ripening

September. The decision was made to remove the last five pepper bushes from the greenhouse so that the bed could be prepared for the next season. The bushes are healthy, without signs of disease, with a strong root system.

Small ovaries and flowers remain on the bushes, but in our climate they will no longer be able to produce a harvest, so we do not take them into account.

I picked up a bucket of peppers!

When weighing, I separated ripe brown and green peppers, which could well have ripened on the bush. I believe that they also form part of the overall harvest. Maybe I am wrong?

There will be more ripe ones

Total for the Chocolate Round Dance we get:

• first harvest - 1342 g, 51 pcs.;

• second harvest, ripe - 1850 g, 85 pcs.;

• second collection, green - 500 g, 24 pcs.

And in total, from five bushes of the Chocolate Round Dance pepper I collected 3692 g, 160 pcs., the average weight of one pepper is 23 g.
Considering that 19 bushes of different peppers were evenly planted on a 3 m² bed, theoretically the harvest of Chocolate Round Dance peppers from 1 m² amounted to 4615 grams, which is almost equal to the promised harvest. Tomorrow I will have to marinate these peppers for the winter, and I will write my impressions in the final report.

Diseases and pests

The variety is characterized by average resistance to fungal diseases. At the seedling stage, the main danger is the black leg, which develops under high humidity and dense planting. In this case, blackening is observed at the base of the stem. The disease spreads with lightning speed, so it is very important to immediately use drugs such as “Barrier”, “Fundazol”, “Previkur”, etc.

If the stem below is brown, it means bacterial rot. Treatment is carried out with the same means.

Cladosporiosis can begin under film shelters and in greenhouses. It causes brown spots to appear on the undersides of the leaves. The disease is caused by stagnant air. To prevent the yield from decreasing, you need to treat the plants with the preparations “HOM”, “Ordan”, etc.

Among the pests for this variety, insects such as aphids, cutworms, mole crickets, Colorado potato beetles, spider mites and thrips can be dangerous. To combat them, insecticides are used - “Aktellik”, “Fitoverm”, etc.

Sometimes plantings are attacked by slugs. Then traps are installed or granular metaldehyde is used.

Advantages and disadvantages

Connoisseurs of this pepper note the following advantages :

• unusual color and aroma;
• excellent transportability and keeping quality;
• the possibility of collecting seed material for the next season;
• good resistance to short-term cold snaps;
• uniformity and external attractiveness of the fruit, allowing the product to be sold;
• versatility of use;
• long ripening periods - until the end of September - mid-October.

But the following disadvantages :

• average disease resistance;
• not very high yield;
• lighting requirements.

These points must be taken into account before deciding on the final choice of variety.

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Planting and care

Sweet chocolate is considered low maintenance. As a rule, its agricultural technology is close to the rules for any other mid-early bell pepper.

Sowing

Germination rate when planted in open ground is very low, so cultivation by seedlings is recommended. They begin sowing 2-2.5 months before transplanting to a permanent location. If you plan to cultivate in a greenhouse, start in February, and for a vegetable garden, seeds are sown in March. You need nutritious but permeable soil that does not retain moisture. Cups must have drainage holes.

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After sowing, the containers are placed in a bright place with a temperature of +25 - +28°C.

The variety is sensitive to the length of daylight hours, so after the first seedlings appear, additional illumination must be organized using phytolamps or fluorescent lamps.

It is necessary that bright light falls on the seedlings for 12 hours. This regime is especially important during the first 14 days, otherwise the plants will stretch out, become thin and unviable.

It is very important to water in such a way that water does not fall on the young foliage. It is also necessary to wait until the soil dries out a little between waterings so that fungal diseases do not affect young plants.

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Picking

To form a strong and powerful root system, picking is carried out at the stage of one true leaf. It must be carried out extremely carefully, since at this age the plants have very fragile roots and can easily be broken. It is best to replant together with a small lump of earth.

Hardening

Half a month before planting in a permanent place, seedlings begin to adapt to new conditions. To do this, you can take it out into the yard, onto the balcony, or simply open the window. It is important that drafts are not created.

This can only be done if the temperature does not drop below 13°C, otherwise the heat-loving crop will die. In the last few days, seedlings can even be left overnight in new conditions.

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Transplantation to a permanent place

When choosing a location, it is important to consider: the variety is extremely demanding on lighting intensity. In the shade, the yield is reduced by up to 30%, so it is very important to choose the appropriate location. Up to 4 plants are planted per 1 m2. With denser plantings, flowering deteriorates, ovaries form poorly, and fruits can fall off en masse.

Watering

The variety tolerates short-term droughts, but prolonged drying out is unacceptable. It is best to water at the root so that water does not get on the leaves. Ideally, a drip irrigation system is used. Moisturizing is carried out in the morning or after sunset. The water should not be cold.

Bush formation

Although the stem is thick, it is quite fragile and wind or heavy rain can damage it. To prevent this from happening, the plant is tied to a peg immediately after planting.

The first bud must be removed to initiate branching and growth of additional shoots. 3-4 branches are left on the plant, the most powerful of which are also fixed to a support. They will be harvested all summer from repeated ovaries, and from the remaining shoots the fruits will only be harvested for the first time.

All stepsons below the place where the first bud was pinched are mercilessly removed. All obviously weak shoots and yellowing leaves are also cut off.

Fertilizer

To obtain a good harvest, fertilizing is very important. Both mineral complex compositions and organics are used.

The first time is fertilized 2 weeks after transplanting the seedlings to a permanent place. By this point, the root system has already adapted, and the plant can be strengthened. Make a solution from mullein infusion and water in a ratio of 1:10.

The second time, a phosphorus-potassium complex or a special fertilizer for peppers is applied. This will help increase the number of buds and ovaries. Then they feed it once every 2 weeks so that the fruits are massive and tasty.

The soil must be moist before fertilizing, otherwise the concentrated solution will burn the roots.

To prepare any fertilizer solution, you need to take water at a temperature of at least 20°C. In addition to root feeding, you can spray on the leaf. In this case, absorption occurs faster.

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Loosening

The soil is loosened periodically. This is necessary to saturate the soil with oxygen and get rid of the crust that appears after watering. At the same time, weeds are removed, which helps stop the spread of insects living in the grass, as well as fungi.

Landing

Sowing seeds for seedlings begins in late winter or early spring. At least 2 months must pass from germination to transplantation into the ground.

Seeds germinate in 1 to 3 weeks.

There is no need to process the seed; it is packaged already processed. The soil is enriched with nutrients, fertilized, and, if necessary, acidity is reduced or increased to a pH of 6.5. A homemade substrate for disinfection is placed in an oven heated to +110 degrees for half an hour, after which it is allowed to stand indoors for several days.

Sow to a depth of 5 mm. Water, cover with transparent film or glass. Provide temperature conditions:

• before germination - +23-28 degrees;
• after germination during the day - +20-25;
• at night - +18-20.

Light for at least 12 hours a day. In the cotyledon phase, the leaves dive. 10 days before transplantation, hardening begins, taking the pots outside for a short time.

Transplantation scheme - 40 by 60 cm.