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Bell Pepper
Bell pepper is a heat-loving crop grown for sweet, crisp fruits with thick walls and a long harvest window. The fruits can be picked green or left to mature to red, yellow or orange, with flavour and sweetness deepening as they colour.
Basic information
Category
Vegetables
Lifecycle
Annual
Hardiness
Tender
Planting partners
4 companions · 1 crop to avoid
Growth profile
Days to harvest
85 days
Germination window
10–21 days
Germination temperature
20–25 °C
Plant spacing
40 cm
Row spacing
60 cm
Sowing depth
0.5 cm
Height
60 cm
Spread
30 cm
Calendar
JJan
FFeb
MMar
AApr
MMay
JJun
JJul
AAug
SSep
OOct
NNov
DDec
Sow Indoors
Sow Outdoors
Plant Out
Flowering / Harvest
Timings based on average frost dates in the UK. Sign up to set your frost dates.
Care tips
Keep plants consistently warm, bright and sheltered, especially in the UK where peppers usually do best under cover or in the sunniest sites. Feed from first flowering, avoid sharp swings between drought and heavy watering, and pick regularly to encourage further fruit set and reduce stress on the plant.
Common pests
Aphids, whitefly, slugs, spider mites.
