Pepper Sweet Banana

Pepper - Sweet Banana

Sweet Peppers are a favorite home garden vegetable. sweet Banana produces smooth, tapered, yellow fruit 6" long, 2" thick on plants that are 20-24" tall, that may be fried, or used raw or on relish platters, in salads, or stuffed.

Many gardeners hold off heavy fertilization until the first blossom produces a small fruit which is picked off. Pepper plants will bear more fruit if kept picked and not allowed to ripen. Cut instead of pulling from the plant to avoid injury.

Planting time - Indoors 6-8 weeks before last frost date

Matures in - 6 weeks to transplant, 65 days from transplant

Germinates in - 12 to 21 days

Sowing depth - 1/4 inch

Row spacing - 2-3 feet

Seed spacing - 1 inch in trays

Thinning - after last frost, transplant to 18-24 inches apart

Net weight 300 MG (Estimated 45 seeds)

Bulk Pepper seed available.

4000 Seeds/oz. Plant 1/8oz per 100ft row.

2lbs of Pepper seed needed per acre. 4oz needed per acre if using transplants.

Average Pepper yield per acre -343 bushels
On average, 1oz of seed can produce 1500 Pepper plants.