Sweet pepper Indalo F1. Description, positive and negative aspects, cultivation rules

Pepper from Dutch specialists Indalo F1 has not lost its relevance for many years. Farmers value the variety for its many advantages, including significant fertility. The article discusses the description of the crop, its pros, cons, and methods for obtaining a good harvest. The opinions of experienced gardeners will help the reader decide whether to choose a vegetable to plant on his site.

Description of the variety

Pepper Indalo F1 belongs to plants of indeterminate format. The height of the bushes in the greenhouse reaches more than 1.5 m. Crops planted in open ground are slightly lower. The leaves on medium-sized stems are dark green.

Attention! Some seed distributors indicate that the variety is included in the State Register of the Russian Federation. However, as of June 21, 2019, pepper is not included in this official list.

The hybrid has large fruits that resemble a cube, slightly narrowed downwards. The photo shows a ripe vegetable. As you can see, it is a rich yellow color. However, when ripe, the pepper changes several colors: the pronounced green fruit becomes almost white, and then only sunny.

The vegetable has a significant mass. One copy weighs more than 240 g. The pepper is very juicy because it has thick walls (about 10 mm). The hybrid has few seeds. They are located in 3–4 chambers.

Description and characteristics of the variety

Pepper Indalo F1 is a mid-season variety; the growing season until ripening lasts 110-120 days. The hybrid belongs to the group of indeterminates; its bushes grow tall and strong. The length of the shoots is 1.5-2 m.

When cultivating in greenhouse conditions for a tall hybrid, trellises or bases for fixation should be installed in advance.

Sweet pepper Indalo F1 bears fruits with the following distinctive features:

• average weight 200-300 g;
• pericarp thickened, 9-10 mm;
• pericarp fleshy;
• cuboid shape;
• sunny golden color;
• taste without bitterness;
• length 12-14 cm;
• diameter at the stalk is 10 cm.

Peppers are used in salads and appetizers. They are stuffed and baked, added to vegetable stews and caviar. The preparations are delicious - sauces, ketchups, lecho, adjika.

Advantages and disadvantages

The attractiveness of the variety is due to the following advantages:

1. Indalo F1 pepper shows resistance to the dangerous tobacco mosaic virus.
2. The fruits can be consumed fresh, after freezing, canned, or stewed.
3. The seeds have a high germination rate.
4. The hybrid has a yield above 7 kg/m2.
5. Harvested vegetables can be transported without risk of deformation.
6. The harvest is suitable for long-term storage.
7. Pepper is unpretentious to soil quality.

Negative qualities of the variety:

• tall bushes without garter break;
• own seeds cannot be used for further propagation.

The most colorful varieties

Among sweet peppers there are varieties that can effectively decorate a greenhouse with bright lanterns of yellow, purple or a combination of colors.

"Cornet". A mid-early variety characterized by valuable features:

• stable enviable yield of up to 10 kg per plant, due to the high ability to form ovaries;
• height up to 160 cm and limited branching, which makes the gardener’s work easier;
• rare chocolate-colored prismatic peppers weighing under 200 g;
• Vitamin C and carotene levels are higher than normal.

Tall varieties of pepper produce up to 17 kg of fruit per 1 sq.m.

"Boatswain". In its growth, this mid-early variety tends to reach an unprecedented height of 250 cm. Green-red, very tasty and aromatic fruits of large mass (up to 400-500 g), close in shape to a cube, are suitable for any type of consumption. And from each bush, according to experts, you can harvest more than 15 kg.

"Indalo F1". The mid-early plant reaches 120 cm. The hybrid begins to produce crops at the age of 110-120 days, successfully resists viruses, and gardeners have excellent reviews of it. And bright golden dimensional fruits weighing up to 300 g with very thick walls decorate the green bush like “suns”.

Pepper "Indalo F1"

Each of the varieties has its own purpose. Pepper should be selected based on this criterion. You can plant plants that consistently produce a decent harvest, but it’s better to experiment with new products to find original strangers who will later become your favorites.

Features of agricultural technology

The hybrid, like most plants from its family, should be cultivated as seedlings. When planting and further care, you need to consider standard recommendations:

• seedlings are obtained from germinated seeds;
• by the time of planting, seedlings should reach maturity in 50–60 days;
• density of bushes - 3 units per 1 m2;
• peppers should be fed every 2 weeks (at least 3 applications of fertilizer for the entire season);
• each crop is attached to a trellis;
• the plant is formed until 2 main stems are formed by removing part of the shoots.

Description and advantages of the variety

Refers to mid-early varieties, in which the fruiting period begins on the 110-115th day from the moment of germination. The bush is tall, reaches 1.5-2 m in a greenhouse, branched. The root system is developed, superficial. The bush is formed in 2 stems. In open ground, the height is smaller, the trunk is more squat, and requires protection from spring top frosts. The recommended landing period is from the 20th of May to the beginning of June, until Trinity.

The fruits are large, thick-walled, with tender juicy pulp; there are few seeds, they are concentrated under the stalk. Flowering is amicable, the ovary is formed even in unfavorable weather conditions. During the growth period, it requires regular garter, otherwise the upper part of the trunk cannot support the weight of the fruit, reaching 250-300 grams. When fully ripe, the color is bright golden with a glossy sheen.

Benefits include:

• good germination;
• short growing season;
• numerous ovaries;
• resistance to typical diseases;
• high productivity;
• unpretentiousness to soil composition;
• possibility of growing in film shelters and open ground;
• long storage period;
• maintaining its qualities during long-term transportation.

Peppers are amazingly beautiful when ripe, going through many shades from green through pearly white to bright yellow. It can be used in technical and full ripeness. Suitable for salads and canning.

Flaws

These include the long period of seed germination, due to which seedlings need to be sown 60-75 days before the expected date of planting in the ground. Sensitive to lack of nutrients, requires regular feeding in compliance with a certain regimen and dosage of drugs. The best results are obtained by using complex means. Like any hybrid, it does not retain its properties when independently collecting seeds and planting them the next year.

Important:

Pepper does not tolerate transplantation well and takes a long time to adapt.

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Reviews of a hybrid vegetable from Holland

Many reviews confirm that Indalo F1 pepper has gained the favor of farmers. Examples:

• The bushes reach up to 1.5 m. The pepper forms thick walls - summer resident Natalya.
• I really liked the taste of the fruit - gardener Olga.
• Pepper grows up to 350 g. Productivity in warm summers is higher than in rainy ones - from gardeners from Moscow.
• Vegetables are juicy and sweet. You can harvest 15 fruits from one crop. When planted tightly, the length of the stem is about 70 cm - from a member of the farmers forum under the nickname Amplex.
• The pepper has an attractive shape and looks very impressive when cut into rings - from Tamara from Central Russia.

Indalo F1 pepper has long stems, which is not always convenient for gardeners. However, due to the characteristics of taste, appearance and thickness of the fruit, many vegetable growers choose the hybrid for planting.

Varieties with large fruits

In a separate table of ranks of tall peppers, plants with especially large fruits appear:

"Cockatoo F1". A distinctive feature of this hybrid is its unusual fruits. If the height of the plant itself is 130-150 cm, then an individual bright fruit can reach 30 cm in length and weigh up to 500 g. Slightly curved “beauties” with a rich aroma are in demand for all culinary variations: home canning, heat treatment, eating fresh .

"Aries F1". The hybrid, classified as mid-early and growing up to 140 cm, successfully resists the tobacco mosaic virus. Juicy, elastic, rich red fruits with thick walls can reach a weight of 300 g, therefore, with good care, the gardener will receive up to 14 kg of “vitamin bomb” per meter.

Advice. Before making your final choice of variety, measure your greenhouse again - plants often exceed the height stated by the manufacturer.

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Characteristics of the variety

Analogs

There are several varieties of peppers that are as similar as possible to Tavignano F1, this applies to external characteristics, taste and ripening time:

• Magno is a hybrid, distinguished by the same large fruits, weighing up to 0.2 kg, resistance to diseases;
• Megaton shows an excellent harvest when grown in a greenhouse; it is an early-ripening hybrid, ripening 100 days after sowing the seeds; peppers grow up to 300 g;
• Indalo - mid-early peppers weighing 300 g, fruits with thick walls, pleasant taste, up to 10 kg of harvest from one bush, good resistance to diseases that affect nightshade crops.

All presented varieties provide large fruits of bright yellow color. On average, full ripening occurs at 100-110 days.