Matures in 65 Days from setting out of transplants
Sweet Banana Peppers are a favorite home garden vegetable. Sweet Banana peppers produces a smooth, tapered, yellow pepper, 6 inches long, 2 inches thick on plants that are 20 to 24 inches tall. Sweet Banana peppers may be fried, or used raw or on relishes platters, in salads, or stuffed.
SOWING ... Start pepper seed indoors 6 to 8 weeks before danger of frost is past. Plant seed 1 inch apart and cover with 1/4 inch of fine soil, well pressed down. Place seed starting tray in a very warm spot (both night and day) and cover with frame of glass or clear plastic wrap to preserve the moisture until germination is complete. Then place the seed tray in warm sunny window.
THINNING ... When pepper plants are 2 to 3 inches tall, transplant 2 inches apart in another tray. After danger of frost is past, transplant outdoors in a sunny location in rows 2 to 3 feet apart, spacing plants 20 to 24 inches apart in the row.
GERMINATION ... Pepper seed germinates in 12 to 21 days depending on soil and temperature conditions. Cool temperatures will delay germination.
REMARKS ... Many gardeners hold off heavy fertilization until the first blossom produces a small fruit which is picked off. Pepper plants produce more fruit if kept picked and not allowed to ripen. Cut fruit off with pruning shears, instead of pulling it from the pepper plant to avoid plant injury.
