Pepper Sweet Sweet Banana
This Hungarian heirloom from 1941 is the traditional pickling type. It is very long, bright yellow, and thick walled. Not a pickler? Enjoy it fresh as a snack or in salads, throw it on the grill, or use in any recipe calling for sweet pepper. Peppers will turn to a orange-red if left on the plant. A good short-season choice and successful in containers. A 1941 All-America Selections award winner.
Variety Info
- Days to Maturity: 70 days from transplanting
- Family: Solanaceae
- Type: Sweet Pepper
- Native:
Americas - Hardiness: Frost-sensitive perennial grown as an annual
- Exposure: Full sun
- Plant Dimensions: 16″–24″ upright plants
- Variety Info: 5″–7″ long and 1 ½” wide, mild, yellow peppers.
- Attributes:
Frost Sensitive, Good for Containers
Sowing Info
- When to Sow Outside: For Mild Climates only: 2 to 4 weeks after average last frost, when soil temperature is at least 70°F.
- When to Start Inside: RECOMMENDED. 8 to 10 weeks before transplanting. Ideal soil temperature for germination is 70°–90°F. Transplant seedlings outside 2 to 4 weeks after your average last frost date, and when daytime temperatures are at least 70°F, and nighttime temperatures are at least 55°F. Mild Climates: May be sown in late summer for fall/winter crop.
- Days to Emerge: 10 – 25 days
- Seed Depth:
¼” - Seed Spacing: Start indoors
- Row Spacing: 24″-36″
- Thinning: Start indoors, plant seedlings 18″–24″ apart outside
