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Red Marconi Sweet Pepper organic heirloom

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Red Marconi Sweet pepper is an Italian heirloom variety known for its earliness and hardiness. The Red Marconi pepper variety produces dark green fruits that are elongated with 3 or 4 lobes and turn red when ripe. Each plant yields up to 15 fruits. This sweet pepper has soft and fresh pulpy flesh and is best eaten raw in salads or cooked in the famous ratatouille or grilled. 

 

Scientific Name: Capsicum annuum

 Plant Life Cycle: annual

Optimal Germination Temperature: 25 to 35C

 Germination time in days: 15 days

 Indicative Days to maturity: 100 days

Sunlight: Full sun

Soil requirement: Well drained and rich

Sowing and cultivation: Sow in February/March in pots with a seedling compost at only 2-3 mm, in a heated greenhouse (25°C). Water with a sprayer to keep the seedling soil moist but not soggy. You can sprinkle ground cinnamon or crushed charcoal to prevent the development of fungus.  Repot into larger pots when the seedlings have 2 to 4 true leaves and transplant out when all dangers of frost has passed,