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By cultivating Bell pepper, gardeners are gradually choosing the most suitable species for themselves. Many of them highly value varieties and hybrids of large-fruited peppers.
They attract vegetable growers not only for their size, originality, bright color and taste. After all, each pepper can be confidently called a source of a large amount of vitamins, minerals and nutrients. Another huge plus is the low calorie content. Therefore, having grown large-fruited peppers, we get all these useful qualities in large quantities.
Pepper varieties sweet and coarse are more suitable for culinary use. Stuffing them is not very convenient, but salads, lecho, the slicing is of excellent quality... When canning, large-fruited peppers have to be cut, but this does not diminish their properties. In addition, all useful components are almost not destroyed during heat treatment. The main valuable advantage of large peppers is the thick wall of the fruit. In some varieties, the thickness of the pericarp reaches 1 cm. This means that the grown peppers will be juicy and fleshy, with a lot of useful elements.
They are distinguished by good keeping quality, disease resistance, better tolerate unfavorable climatic conditions and minor violations of cultivation techniques. Although, many early varieties will also delight you with their amazing taste and juiciness.
Growing giant peppers
Some gardeners get large fruits from the most common varieties of peppers.
And sometimes, the seeds of the largest-fruited varieties are not happy with the result. What needs to be done to ensure that you get giant fruits? The main requirements will be:
- The correct choice of variety... This includes the need to take into account climatic features. Pepper loves warmth, therefore, in regions with a cool climate, it is better to grow large fruits in greenhouses or under film shelters. This also applies to illumination. Pepper varieties for open ground more hardy and stable. There are species that do great when planted in any type of soil. Based on this, carefully study the advice of experts on growing a certain type of large peppers. Every year modern breeders offer new names for large-fruited peppers that can produce high yields with normal care.
- Competent implementation of agrotechnical recommendations... Peppers love watering. It is enough to fill the beds well once a week so that the soil is soaked by 60 cm. During dry winds, add refreshing watering and the next day be sure to loosen the ground. Then mulch the holes with straw and try to maintain the feeding schedule. You also need to take into account that large-fruited hybrids are very demanding on the watering schedule. If varietal large peppers tolerate irregularity, then you need to be more careful with hybrids. Otherwise, the peppers will be large, but there will be very few of them on the bush.
If you follow the rules, you can be sure that the pepper will reach its maximum size. Some names differ in the mass of peppers up to 850 g. Although fruits over 180 g are considered large, some fans tend to get huge peppers. To do this, it is worth familiarizing yourself with the representatives of large-fruited peppers.
Greenhouse giants
This group includes varieties of sweet peppers with a long fruiting period. Thus, when planted in a heated greenhouse, they are capable of producing very high yields. For unheated greenhouses and greenhouses, early maturing are more suitable tall varieties of large-fruited peppers.
"Bourgeois F1"
An early ripening hybrid. In technical ripeness (after 115 days), the pepper has a dark green color, in biological (after 140 days) it is yellow. The plant is quite tall, especially if grown in heated greenhouses. In this case, the height of the bush reaches 3 m, and growth slows down in a spring greenhouse. An adult plant will be no higher than 2 m. The peppers are cube-shaped, heavy, smooth and dense. The mass of one varies from 200 to 250 g. The walls are thick, juicy and fleshy. The hybrid has distinctive features:
- withstands a high load of fruits on the bush (up to 40 pieces);
- the repairability of the shoots is quite good;
- disease resistance is high;
- taste and aroma of fruits of excellent quality.
The plant requires shaping and a garter. Planting density is allowed no more than 3 bushes per 1 sq. M.
"Boatswain"
One of the mid-early varieties with high yields. Green peppers ready for use 125 days after full sprouting, and a month later they reach the stage of their biological ripeness. The bush grows up to 3 m in heated greenhouses and up to 1.8 m in greenhouses. The plant is tall, powerful, densely leafy. Requires to withstand planting density. For continuous fruiting, it is necessary that 1 sq. m of soil grew no more than 3 plants. Peppers give a large fruit cuboid molds with a wall thickness of about 8 mm. The yield is high, from 16 to 19 kg per sq. m area. Features:
- resistance to tobacco mosaic virus;
- excellent taste and aroma;
- long-term fruiting;
- unpretentiousness.
Large-fruited "Boatswain" during the growing season changes color from dark green to saturated red. On the dining table, this large red pepper is reminiscent of summer even on chilly autumn days.
"Grenadier F1"
Mid-season hybrid variety. The yield is very high, biologically ripe large peppers are removed after 160 days. Bushes are powerful, tall (2.8 m and 1.6 m), dense, requiring formation. A hybrid is planted with a density of no more than 3 plants per 1 sq. M. The peppers grow in an attractive shape - a prism with a spout. They reach a mass of about 650 g, a record thickness of the pericarp - 1 cm. The advantages of the variety are a stable yield, good transportability and keeping quality. Blooms early. The fruits are very attractive and juicy, the spectacular appearance of which makes the cultivation of the hybrid aesthetically pleasing.
Large-fruited peppers of universal cultivation
These varieties are suitable for greenhouses, open ground, greenhouses. Very convenient species because with the correct transplanting, you can significantly extend the fruiting time. The best varieties are familiar to many growers, but their number is growing all the time. Breeders are trying to provide gardeners with large-fruited peppers in regions with any temperature regime.
Claudio F1
Grows well on any soil. More than a dozen large-fruited peppers with excellent taste grow on one bush at the same time. The mass of one is about 260 g within 70 days after disembarking for permanent residence. Elongated cuboid fruits of dark red color, spectacular and tasty. The plant forms a very strong, erect shrub with good protection from the sun's rays. Although, a feature of the hybrid is the excellent stability of the fruit:
- to sunburn;
- viral diseases;
- stressful external conditions.
Ripe peppers tolerate transportation and storage well, retain their taste and nutritional qualities for a long time. The wall thickness is more than 1 cm, which is not so common even in large-fruited varieties. According to the observations of gardeners, biological ripeness occurs later than indicated in the description of the variety.This may be due to a lower temperature range than is recommended for the Dutch hybrid. But the germination of seeds is always 100% and the size of the fruit exactly matches the parameters of the variety. The only condition for a high yield is watering and warmth.
"Quadro Red"
The variety was bred by Siberian breeders. Large cuboid fruits weighing over 350 g grow well both in greenhouses and in the open air. The variety is early, with abundant fruiting, which pleases gardeners with a stable harvest. The bush is not high, only 60 cm, but strong and stocky. Up to 15 large-fruited peppers can easily coexist on one plant. They have a four-chamber structure, a cubic shape and a beautiful bright red color. What else pleases vegetable growers is good resistance to diseases and a stable yield of up to 3 kg per 1 sq. M. To increase the number of ovaries, it is necessary to pick ripe fruits in time, maintain regular watering and carry out several dressings per season. Grown in seedlings, the seeds are not soaked.
Gemini F1
Early hybrid variety of large-fruited peppers. It can bear many fruits on one bush. At the same time, more than 10 "golden" peppers, weighing about 400 g each, are being sang. For full maturation, 75 days are enough for them. The advantages of the hybrid that Dutch breeders have provided him are impressive:
- will provide high yields even under stressful growing conditions;
- has a universal purpose (open ground, greenhouse);
- high ability to set fruit;
- spectacular fruit shape with a thick wall;
- not susceptible to viral diseases.
Hybrid large-fruited peppers are grown in seedlings. In warm regions, lunar days are chosen for sowing in mid-February. Additional processing and disinfection of seeds is not performed. Dutch professionals took care of this. Seedlings tolerate a lack of light well, but they can stretch out with a strong lack of light. The hybrid does not like irrigation disturbances. It is not worth pouring over the plants, but it is also impossible to dry out. Warm regular watering is the most necessary condition. The bush grows very compactly, 60 cm high. Large-fruited peppers are planted according to the planting scheme 50x60 cm with 40 cm row spacing. Seedlings with 5-6 leaves are planted in open ground after the threat of night frosts has passed. It responds well to feeding. If it is impossible to fertilize with mineral compounds, use organic matter. The crop harvested in early August can already be stored.
"King Kong"
Hybrid variety of American breeders. Ripens in mid-early terms, after 90 days you can feast on the first large peppers. The features of the variety, which are bred by experienced specialists, are:
- high stable yield;
- the meatiness and juiciness of the fruit;
- resistance to low temperatures;
- high commercial characteristics;
- disease resistance.
On a compact standard bush 70 cm high, cuboid fruits are tied. The largest peppers of the "King Kong" variety reach a weight of 600 g. The pepper has a beautiful deep red color, a thick wall (9mm). The length of one reaches 18 cm. Grown in open and closed ground. The scheme of sowing seeds for seedlings 40x40, a seeding depth of 2 cm for any soil, it is recommended not to thicken the planting, therefore the optimal number of bushes per 1 sq. m - 4 plants. A distinctive feature of this variety is that broken shoots grow back quickly.
Conclusion
Among the popular varieties and hybrids of large-fruited peppers, it is worth mentioning such as "California Miracle", "Ermak", "Peto Miracle", "Grandee", "Atlantic" other. Do not be afraid to grow large-fruited peppers. They are not as whimsical as they might seem at first glance. The cultivation technique is described in detail on the seed packaging, there are excellent videos and photographs of experienced gardeners. In any case, your own experience is also very important.
