Varieties and hybrids of sweet peppers

Choose a variety or hybrid

For every gardener, productivity is primarily important, since the efforts made during the summer must be justified. The choice of variety or hybrid is often at the forefront of the selection process. So which is better? To avoid asking this question, you should know that:

hybrids are easier to tolerate and are not at all prone to diseases;
hybrids give a rich harvest, and if you choose a sweet pepper hybrid specifically for your area, it will not let you down;
hybrids are not attacked by pests;
the sweet pepper hybrid tolerates interruptions in watering, temperature changes, and even frost more easily;
a sweet pepper variety, unlike a hybrid, can produce seeds that you can use next year, but a hybrid must be purchased annually;
a variety can easily cross-pollinate with a neighboring varietal pepper, but a hybrid cannot do this, so the hybrid can be planted in one greenhouse with several varieties.

Important! Nowadays, many varieties of sweet peppers have already been lost, and only gardeners who collect and store seeds can boast of preserving the varieties.

The best varieties for open ground

Sweet peppers are mostly heat-loving. There are more or less frost-resistant varieties, but most often they really need stable sun. Breeders have made every effort to create varieties and hybrids for open ground. Their list is quite large, and those interested can choose the best option for themselves. If you plan to plant sweet pepper varieties or hybrids in the ground intended for growing in a greenhouse, be prepared for the fact that the yield will be low or the plants will often get sick.

Belozerka

This variety of sweet pepper is ideal for open ground. Even in a cloudy summer, the harvest will not be long in coming. Ripens in 110 – 115 days. The bush forms independently and reaches a height of 60 - 70 cm. Fruits weighing up to 150g look like a pointed cap. At technical maturity they are white, but when ripe they turn red. It is used both fresh and for preparing canned food, marinades, and freezing.

California miracle

A variety of sweet pepper known to most gardeners and loved as stuffed pepper. Beautiful fruits with legs, juicy red color and extraordinary taste. Juicy and aromatic. The bush is tall, sometimes reaching 1 m in height. Fruits in 100 – 120 days. When technically ripe, it has a dark green color and weighs up to 150 g. It tolerates transportation well. She rarely gets sick and is tolerant of nighttime temperature changes. Productivity up to 3 kg per plant.

Gladiator

The large, yellow fruits of this sweet pepper are rich in vitamin C. The fruit can reach 300 - 350 g, and one bush up to 1 m high produces up to 5 kg of aromatic, slightly bitter fruits. If you plant the seeds in mid-February and transfer the seedlings into the ground at the end of May, then by mid-July you can start preparing preparations, since the variety ripens quite quickly. Good both fresh and prepared. The beautiful color and juicy pulp are appreciated by lovers of fresh cut vegetables.

Pinocchio F1

Early ripening hybrid. Low maintenance. Elongated sweet fruits turn from green to red. Easily tolerates drought and light frosts. Reach 130 - 150 g. Bush up to 70 cm high, very compact. It forms itself, and from one bush you can get up to 18 sweet peppers of excellent quality, subject to high-quality care, feeding, and watering after 1 - 2 days with warm water. It is used widely: when fresh it has no bitterness, when stewed, and also when pickled, it looks very appetizing, does not overcook, and the fruit remains strong after freezing.

Chord

An early variety of sweet pepper. You can serve it fresh at 90–100 days. Cone-shaped fruits with a slightly pointed nose reach 200 g. Very delicate taste, slightly peppery, with a slight bitterness. Bush from 70 to 100 cm. Spreading. You can fit up to 5 roots per 1 m2. It easily survives drought - for 3 - 5 days it can feel great without watering. It bears fruit until the beginning of September, is not afraid of morning frosts, and is not prone to diseases such as verticillium and tobacco mosaic.

Bagration

An excellent variety of sweet pepper for lovers of bright colors. From light green, the fruits become bright yellow. They reach 200 g, on one bush, up to 70 cm high, up to 18 fruits are formed - cubes. With a blunt nose, short and voluminous, they seem to be specially created for stuffing and salting. The assorted ones look very nice in a jar. They will appreciate stable watering and will respond with an excellent harvest. They do not become infected with blossom end rot, mosaic, and other diseases, even if there are other diseased varieties nearby.

Firstborn of Siberia

The variety of sweet pepper speaks for itself. Siberian breeders have made a gift for gardeners whose plots are far from the conditions for growing sweet peppers. This kid, although small, is smart. Peppercorns up to 55 g in size produce such a bountiful harvest that you will lose count of these robust plants on a bush up to 50 cm tall. It looks decorative, but from 1 m2 you can collect up to 7 kg of aromatic and juicy sweet peppers with ideal taste. In a jar with assorted items, it will look like a toy. After freezing, the fruits do not lose their taste, and lecho and its piquancy are a special pepper in the taste.

Pepper hybrids

Some of the best hybrids of sweet peppers are the following varieties: Kakadu and Isabella.

Hybrid sweet pepper "Kakadu" F1

The mid-season hybrid variety “Kakadu” received this name for a reason, because its fruits resemble the beak of the beautiful cockatoo bird. They are grown in closed soil, as the plant is demanding on temperature conditions. The period of full ripening is 120-130 days.

Tall bushes 0.9-1.6 m. You will need to tie the pepper to a support. The fruits are elongated and resemble a cone. The fruits are painted bright red. The hybrid stands out for its mass of fruits, on average 300-400 grams. The walls of the pepper are 6-8 mm. From one bush, subject to correct agricultural technology and good care, it will be 2.5-3 kg. "Kakadu" is perfect for preparing lecho, canning and preparing fresh salads.

Hybrid sweet pepper "Isabella" F1

"Isabella" is a hybrid with high yields. It is recommended to grow in closed soil. The bushes are tall and will require staking to a support. One plant bears 15-20 fruits at the same time. The pulp is massive, 7-10 mm.

Growing in open ground

Many varieties and hybrids of sweet peppers ripen well and bear fruit without shelter, if you follow a few rules:

sow the seeds no later than mid-February so that the seedlings have time to grow stronger and flowers appear - this will speed up the onset of fruiting;
a month before planting seedlings in the ground, harden the plants; to do this, they must be taken outside for at least 3 hours if the temperature is above 120C;
after planting in the ground, provide shelter from direct rays of the sun and possible morning frosts for 2 days;
if during the week the temperature is above 300C, shade the plants at lunchtime, water daily and abundantly no earlier than 6 pm, but if this is not possible, you need to mulch the roots tightly with straw;
Fertilizing will help increase productivity, and it is better if it is natural;
if the plantings are in an open place, it is better to tie the plants, since some varieties and hybrids reaching a height of 70 - 120 cm can break in strong gusts of wind.

The most popular varieties and hybrids of sweet peppers among gardeners and farmers are those that require the least care but still produce excellent yields. For lovers of this crop, it is easy to organize a greenhouse for the plants, and this significantly increases the yield.

Important! When growing sweet peppers in open ground, try to avoid leeward sides, too open areas, since the leaves are very vulnerable in the first days of planting seedlings, and with strong gusts of wind, even a rooted adult plant can break.

Features of growing pepper

We recommend sowing seeds for seedlings 65-75 days before the intended planting of plants in a permanent place. The optimal temperature for seed germination is 26-28°C.

When true leaves appear on the plants, they are transplanted into separate cups with a capacity of 0.3-0.5 liters.

Pepper does not like transplanting, so do not be surprised if after you have transplanted the seedlings into separate containers, they stop growing for a while. You can “smooth out” the stressful state a little by spraying the plants with Epin.

I have been familiar with Isabella F1 pepper for 5 years. Every year I plant different varieties of peppers, but always several bushes of the “Isabella” variety, because I know that I will always have a harvest! The pepper is delicious, we eat it fresh, cook lecho, stuff it and cut it for freezing. Excellent variety - I recommend it!

Growing vegetables is difficult but interesting. For some it is a hobby, and for others it is a profession. The first point in planting plants is the selection of seed material. To make a choice, let’s consider what a hybrid is, a pure variety, and which varieties of sweet pepper are rightfully called the best.

The best varieties for greenhouses

Sweet peppers planted as seedlings in a greenhouse experience minimal stress, since the roots receive the desired space to grow and the leaves have enough light. After 2 - 3 days, having taken root, they begin to grow green, grow significantly in height, and gain a new color. Gardeners have identified the best varieties and hybrids of sweet peppers for growing in a greenhouse, and are happy to share their experience.

Miracle Tree

This sweet pepper hybrid can be not only a fruit-bearing vegetable, but also a decoration for a greenhouse or balcony. It reaches a height of 180 cm, and in mid-July it already produces, although small in size, in huge quantities, red sweet peppers rich in vitamins.

The fruit weight is up to 100 g, but the bush can produce up to 50 fruits per season. Undemanding to lighting, rarely gets sick. In addition to its wonderful growth, pepper also has a wonderful taste. Housewives grow it not only for fresh consumption and for making lecho, in which it is really good, but also as a decoration for the veranda and balcony. But for this you need to remember that one plant needs at least 2 buckets of soil.

Cardinal F1

Amazing hybrid. First of all, it is distinguished by its color and technical maturity. It looks a lot like a small eggplant. When fully ripe it turns dark red. Truly amazing colors attract connoisseurs of multi-colored, appetizing vegetable cuts. Early ripening, 80–95 days are required until full ripening. The bush is up to 70 cm high, strong, has powerful branches. The fruits weigh up to 230 g and have the shape of a cube with legs. Ideal in salads and pickles. Even when stewed, it does not lose its bright color, and the housewife has the opportunity to make excellent multi-colored stuffed vegetables with it. Needs stable warmth, does not like drought and drafts.

Hercules

A mid-season variety of sweet pepper, it takes 110 – 120 days to fully ripen. It is very productive, and produces at least 4 kg of large, fleshy green fruits from one bush. After 20 - 30 days they turn red. It can ripen when removed from the bush, which means its storage and transportation period is quite long. Fruits up to 250 g, very beautiful cubic elongated shape. The walls are dense, juicy, ribbed. Appreciates stable watering and temperatures in the greenhouse of 25 - 280C. It is not susceptible to many diseases, but if there is excessive humidity it can lose flower stalks. The greenhouse must be ventilated.

Latino F1

Hybrid of particularly high yield. Time until ripeness is 120 days. It has an interesting cubic almost round shape, has a bright red color, and a characteristic bitterness, like hot pepper, but without the heat. Bush from 50 to 70 cm, does not need shaping. On 1 m2 you can fit 5 - 6 bushes, which by the end of the season will provide the owner with 14 -18 kg of sweet pepper of high quality and taste. Sweet peppers are suitable both for fresh consumption and for preparation. After defrosting, the bitterness disappears, but the delicate peppery taste remains. This beautiful bush is also chosen for balconies or for planting on a windowsill; in this case, it bears fruit until the end of October.

Isabella F1

A hybrid of sweet peppers with a beautiful female name has a quite tolerable character: it easily tolerates temperature fluctuations, patiently waits for watering, rarely gets sick, and has a unique productivity. This is a hybrid for lazy people. The only thing that is necessary is a greenhouse, because if it rains for a week, the hybrid will begin to rot - it has very sensitive roots. The bush is up to 80 cm, ripens in 115 - 125 days, from 1 m2 you can get up to 12 kg of fruit, weighing 130 - 160 g. Very beautiful peppercorns in the shape of a prism, have a tart mustard taste and a fresh aroma. Suitable for both fresh consumption and for preparing preparations.

Apricot favorite

This is a very beautiful variety of sweet pepper, and it is not for nothing that it is considered one of the best varieties. Firstly, its taste is significantly superior to that of all orange peppers. A very delicate and bright aroma to the taste of even children. It has thin partitions and very few seeds. The pulp is very crunchy and juicy. The bush is compact, and up to 6 plants can fit on 1 m2, from which you will definitely collect at least 10 kg of peppers. It can even be grown on a balcony, which is what gardeners do, after transplanting it from the ground into a bucket in the fall, they transfer the bush to the balcony in a city apartment, where it safely bears fruit until mid-November, if the balcony is warm. It is beautiful sliced and marinated, does not lose color, and crisps like fresh after freezing. Not picky, but needs timely watering and fertilizing.

Description and benefits of sweet pepper

The crop in question is an annual plant, with single or group leaves in the form of a rosette, usually of various shades of green. Sweet pepper flowers are large, fruits are false hollow berries of various bright colors (from red and yellow to brown and green). A special feature of sweet pepper is that it has many alternative names, most of which are actively used in everyday life - bell pepper, paprika, vegetable pepper, red or green pepper.

The main advantage of bell pepper is its excellent taste. Most varieties of vegetables are universal, that is, they can be used in various forms: salads, after heat treatment, for canning. There are probably no people in Russia who have not at least once tried classic stuffed peppers or the extremely popular lecho.

But when eating pepper, people rarely think about its numerous and extremely beneficial properties. It is enough to list just a few of them:

a huge amount of vitamins. In terms of the content of extremely useful vitamin C, sweet peppers are the best among all vegetables, and among plants, only black currants and rose hips are distinguished by a large amount of it. Pepper is also a supplier of the very rare vitamin P, which has a beneficial effect on the functioning of the human cardiovascular system. According to numerous studies, with constant consumption of bell pepper, the risk of stroke is reduced by almost half - by 46%. In addition to the above, the healthy vegetable also contains B vitamins;
high content of nutrients. Potassium, magnesium, iron, iodine - they all enter the human body in required quantities when sweet peppers are regularly consumed. The rare capsoicin deserves special mention. This substance has a beneficial effect on appetite, starting and activating digestion processes. Its content is especially high in black pepper and chili, but in sweets there is quite enough of it to be consumed as an aperitif at the beginning of lunch or dinner;
prevention and treatment of diseases. This point is in many ways a continuation of the previous two. The presence of a large amount of useful substances and vitamins allows the use of pepper in various health-improving diets. For example, it helps in the treatment of a wide variety of forms of neuralgia. In addition, studies conducted in recent years show that constant consumption of sweet peppers significantly reduces the risk of the possible occurrence of various cancers.

The given rather large list of beneficial properties of pepper allows us to say with confidence that satisfaction from its excellent taste properties is not all that it can and does give to a person.

Growing in a greenhouse

In a greenhouse, your sweet peppers will have every chance to show themselves in all their glory. You have the opportunity to grow greenhouse varieties in open ground only if your garden is located in southern latitudes. Varieties and hybrids of peppers for greenhouses are very sensitive to natural factors. You will get an excellent harvest in the greenhouse if:

plant the seedlings no later than the beginning of May, which means that the temperature in the greenhouse, even at night, should not fall below 150C;
sow the seeds in early February, and the seedlings will move into the greenhouse with flower stalks;
ensure watering no later than every other day, and use warm, settled water for this purpose;
do not allow the temperature in the greenhouse to rise above 280C, and for this you will ventilate the greenhouse on especially hot days;
During the season, carry out at least two feedings.

Important! It is best to fertilize with ordinary mullein, or green grass infused in water, but be sure to dilute the concentrated solution in a ratio of 1/10 with water, and apply the fertilizing only after watering, and in the evening hours.