Ferry-Morse Pepper Seeds - Sweet Banana Organic
Sku
2683925
Item#:
Z9638
$3.49
- Safe for bees
- Grows best in full sun
- 10-12 days germination
- 70-72 days maturity
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Sweet Banana Peppers are an All-America Selections winning pepper variety. A winning pepper variety because these produce sweet fruits without even a trace of hot/spicy-ness. Banana Peppers can be eaten at any size but are best tasting at 6-7". You will know that a Banana Pepper is ripe and ready for picking when it turns a light yellow color. These vigorous, erect plants hold the peppers off the ground. Banana Peppers are perfectly suited for snacking, salads, sandwiches and pickling, offering juicy sweetness without the heat. This pepper variety offers a high yield and an unbeatable flavor, with plants growing up to 18" tall to keep your fruits off the ground. When ripe, they turn a light yellow color for easy harvesting.
Growing Information
Growing Information
- Safe for bees
- Grows Best In: Full Sun
- Days to Germination: 10-12 days
- Days to Maturity: 70-72 Days
- Best Container Size: 12"+
- Growing Height: 6-60"
- Water Needs: Average (1-2 in/week)
- Characteristics: Attracts Songbirds
- Botanical Name: Capsicum annuum
- Approximate Number of Seeds Per Packet: 100
- Flavor: This sweet pepper gets sweeter as it ripens from light green all the way to red (500 SHU)
- Preparation Ideas: Roast these sweet peppers or add them as a delicious topping to pizza
- Plant Type: Vegetable
- Plant Lifecycle: Annual
- Pelleted Seed Count: 15-40
- Fill Weight: 0.25 gram
- Landscape Use: Edible Garden
- Disease Resistance: Deer Resistance/Rabbit Resistance
- Tolerance: Heat Tolerant
- Growing Season(s): Summer
- Harvest/Bloom Season(s): Summer
- You can grow Sweet Banana Peppers by starting seeds indoors 8 weeks before planting outdoors. Keep seeds moist in full sunlight. Transplant when 3" tall. You can also sow Sweet Banana Pepper seeds directly in the garden in a sunny location after the danger of frost is past. Plant 2 seeds every 18" and thin or transplant to one plant every 18" when seedlings are 3" tall. Use a balanced fertilizer when 6" tall to increase production
- Planting Depth: 0.25"
- Seed Spacing: Sow Sweet Banana Pepper seeds approximately 18" apart in rows, keeping rows approximately 2.5' apart
Plant hot and sweet peppers in separate areas to avoid cross-pollination. Pick peppers regularly for increased yields.
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