Sweet Pepper Dulce De Espana

Description

Sweet Pepper Dulce De Espana

Sweet Pepper Dulce De Espana. A classic heirloom Spanish sweet pepper renowned for its sweet and fruity taste. Can be used for salsas, salads, frying, stuffing, roasting or pickling. The plants reach around 1 metre tall and can get heavily laden with the 20cm long tapered fruit that can weigh up to 450g and ripen from green to red.

Cultivation Advice 

• Days to Germination: 7-21
• Optimum Soil Temp. for Germination: 65 to 70F
• Days To Harvest: 75 days
• Planting Depth: 1/8 inch
• Spacing, Seed: 1 inches
• Spacing, Plant: 18-24 inches
• Light: Full Sun, Warm location, Greenhouse, Conservatory
• Sow seeds 1/4″ deep in 3in pots with quality seed compost.
• Keep moist. Seedlings emerge in 7-21 days at 65-70degrees F.
• Transplant to individual containers when seedlings have at least two pairs of leaves.
• When 4-5 inches plant 18-24″ apart in greenhouse / conservatory with root ball 1/2″ below the soil surface.
• Keep moist and feed when flowering with tomato type fertiliser.
• Harvest when fruits have reached full-size and full colour.