Revised April 2000

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Vegetable Planting Calendar

Pepper

Rich in vitamins C

• Remove any flowers that have formed before transplanting and for a week afterward.
• Do not apply too much nitrogen before peppers set fruit. This will encourage leaf growth at the expense of pepper production.
• Peppers are shallow-rooted, so mulch them to conserve soil moisture.
• Approximate planting per person per year, fresh, 2 to 3 plants
• 0.5 ounce of seeds for 100 feet of row for direct seeding. Normally planted in the garden as plants.
• Minimum row space if hand cultivated, 30 inches
• Minimum row space if using field implements, 42 inches
• 18 inches between plants in row
• 70 to 80 days from planting to eating stage
• 740 international units of vitamin A per 100 gram sample
• 99 milligrams of vitamin C per 100 gram sample
• Pepper questions and answers
• Recommended sweet varieties
  • Acapulco
    Early, blocky, vigorous plant
  • Bell Captain
  • Bell King
    Mid-season, long blocky
  • Boynton Bell
    Mid-season, blocky; resistant to strains 1, 2, 3 bacterial spot
  • Camelot X3R
    Mid-season, long blocky; resistant to strains 1, 2, 3 bacterial spot
  • Commandant
    Mid-season
    Long blocky
    Resistant to strains 1, 2, 3 bacterial spot
  • Enterprise
    Mid-season, long blocky
  • Golden Bell
    Blocky, thick, sweet yellow
  • Gypsy
    Early, yellow to green fruits
  • Jupiter
    Mid-season, blocky
  • King Arthur
    Early, blocky green and red
  • Marengo
    Yellow at maturity, thick walls
  • Merlin
    Early, blocky
  • Paladin
    Excellent for green or red bell peppers
  • Ranger
    Mid-season, blocky
  • Sentinel
    Early to mid-season, blocky; resistant to strains 1, 2 bacterial spot
  • Vidi
    Early to mid-season, 4 lobes, long, Good for red peppers
  • X3R Aladdin
    Excellent yellow bell pepper
  • X3R Red Knight
    Excellent red bell pepper
  • X3R Wizard
    Resistance to bacterial spot
• Recommended hot varieties
  • Hungarian yellowLong, tapering
  • Jalapeno
    Heart shaped; green to red color
  • Habanero
    Late, very hot
  • Charleston Hot
    Nematode resistant, hottest Cayenne type
  • Scotch Bonnet
    Small round fruit, extremely hot
  • Jalapeno Mitla
  • Long Thick Red
  • Ring of Fire
  • Copacabana

• Recommended planting dates
  • South Missouri
    May 1 to 25
  • Central Missouri
    May 10 to 30
  • North Missouri
    May 15 to 30

G6201, revised April 2000