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 Sweet Pepper Dulce De Espana

• 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.