Sweet pepper, which today is one of the favorite crops by many gardeners, varies by a variety of criteria. Groups are distinguished by maturity, by the shape and weight of the fruit, as well as by the growth and development of the bushes.
According to the last criterion, varieties and hybrids of pepper can be determinant and indeterminate. Also distinguish another group of half-children, occupying an intermediate position.
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Indeterminate Peppers - Description
The main indicator in the division into groups in this case will be the growth of a bush of pepper. Powerful vigorous plants are characterized by high productivity, excellent taste of ripe peppers.
Characteristic
Indeterminate varieties and hybrids can reach a height of 2 meters or more. Their bushes are strongly leafy, with large leaves of saturated green color. Plants differ not only in height, but also in sprawl, strong branching.
In greenhouses on an industrial scale, powerful large-fruited hybrids are cultivated, characterized by a long fruiting period. They are intended for heated greenhouses, and for such pepper significant costs are required.
But there are indices for ordinary film or polycarbonate unheated greenhouses, and they are successfully grown by gardeners from various regions of Russia. Of course, it is better to pick peppers of early ripening in order to be able to get a harvest in the conditions of an unpredictable short summer. But today fruitful early ripe and mid-ripe peppers, indices, which are quite suitable for cultivation even in regions such as Siberia and the Urals, have been bred.
The properties
Previously, indeterminate peppers were thought to be late-ripening varieties and hybrids, but modern selection has stepped far forward. Gardeners are offered many varieties of tall peppers with early ripening.
The height of such peppers often exceeds two meters, and unlike the determinant varieties, they need to pinch the growth point. Also, indeterminate peppers require mandatory pinching, bush formation.
Early ripe indices can give the first fruits within 100 days after the appearance of the first shoots, in mid-ripening it will have to wait about 130 days. Later all, after 140 days or more, late-ripening varieties give their fruits, and they are best grown in the south or in heated greenhouses.
Many agricultural firms are engaged in breeding and offer varieties and hybrids of indeterminate peppers, characterized by less branching with a sparse habit of the bush. This greatly simplifies the care of tall "heroes", while crop yields do not suffer. Such hybrids bear fruit well in unheated greenhouses, form a large number of fruits, and the crop ripens earlier.
The fruits of such hybrids are large, often this group includes varieties with thick-walled peppers, excellent for stuffing, cooking lecho. In addition, experienced gardeners know that the fruits of the indets are much tastier than the early determinant peppers (although much depends on the care and proper plant farming). The right choice of variety or hybrid of tall, productive early peppers will make it possible to get good yields even in regions of risky farming.
About some of the varieties most loved by gardeners, our story will go.
Overview of Indeterminate Peppers
Having chosen an indeterminate variety of pepper, with good care you will receive juicy large fruits containing a very large amount of vitamins.
Vanguard
The group of medium early varieties includes Avant-garde pepper, which is distinguished by high productivity and very tasty fruits. It is successfully grown in greenhouses, but take into account that the variety is powerful and vigorous.
The stem in his height reaches up to 250-300 cm, the plant is sprawling, highly leafy. In the midst of fruiting, the bush is hung with prism fruits weighing up to 350-400 grams. Vanguard's bright red peppers are thick-walled, wall thicknesses are up to 7 mm. Differ in juiciness, excellent taste. Peppers are suitable for all types of canning, for the preparation of various culinary dishes, suitable for stuffing.
The variety is very productive, and providing it with care and good nutrition, you can get up to 17 kg per square meter.
It is not recommended to thicken plantings; no more than three bushes of pepper are planted per square meter.
Antey
In ancient mythology, Antei, the son of the legendary Poseidon, was a giant. So the pepper fruits of this variety also differ in size and weight. The height of the bush reaches 80 cm, the pepper is powerful, spreading, real Antei.
The first fruits can be removed after 125-130 days (technical ripeness), until the first ripening of the first "wave" will have to wait about 160 days. Peppers have a prismatic elongated shape, the color of the fruit in a state of complete biological maturity is bright red. The weight of peppers is 300 grams, the wall thickness is up to 7-9 mm.
The taste is excellent, while the pulp contains a large amount of dry matter (up to 8.5%), as well as ascorbic acid.
Grown through seedlings, gives higher yields in greenhouses. The variety is resistant to various diseases, is in great demand among gardeners.
Aries
Hybrid F1 Aries for a good surprise you with large and juicy fruits, while the index is early ripe. Fruits weighing up to 250-300 grams grow on the bush, each length is up to 8-10 cm. The shape is prismatic, the wall thickness is 5-6 mm.
It is recommended to plant seedlings of this hybrid at the age of 60 days, the ripening period is 110 days (fruits in a state of technical ripeness).
The hybrid is characterized by productivity (up to 14 kg per square meter), resistance to infections. Begins to bear fruit early, while the period of return of the crop stretches until the fall.
This pepper requires good nutrition, the quality and quantity of fruits depends on the correct choice of site.
Hero
This variety did not accidentally receive such a name - the heroic and the bush itself, and the fruits. The variety is mid-season, about 125-130 days pass before the collection of the first fruits. The fruits are “cubes” - bright red in color, dense, weighing up to 180-200 grams. Peppers aligned, beautiful, with a gloss on the surface of the skin.
In the south, it grows well under the open sky, in all other regions of Russia it is grown only in greenhouses to obtain a high yield. The bush grows to 75-80 cm, garter, formation is required.
The pulp of the fruit is juicy, very sweet. Feature of the Bogatyr variety fruits: high content of ascorbic acid. The variety is produced by various manufacturers, so there may be some differences in the shape of the fruit (prism or "cubes"), as well as in weight and length.
Boatswain
Heavy, weighing up to 350-500 grams, the fruits of this variety of sweet pepper are also distinguished by excellent taste. Boatswain is an amazing variety of peppers that belongs to the indets, but at the same time will appreciate a relatively early harvest. Ripening dates are 120 days, but in order to remove red peppers, it will take about another month.
The bush is powerful, with a large number of leaves, the height is up to 250-300 cm. The peppers are drooping, very large prisms, with distinctly distinguished cameras. Pericarpius - up to 8 mm. The pulp is juicy, sweet.
This variety is recommended for heated greenhouses; it is also successfully cultivated in film and polycarbonate ordinary greenhouses. Differs in very long fruiting, while the return of the fruits is uniform. Productivity is high, with proper care, you can collect up to 17-18 kg per square meter.
Bourgeois
A powerful tall bush is also distinguished by a hybrid of yellow sweet pepper Bourgeois F1. The fruits ripen on about 110 days, the peppers are beautiful, aligned, in biological ripeness with a bright yellow color. Planting a bourgeois, you can grow peppers weighing up to 250 grams.
The surface is slightly ribbed, but in the upper part there are clearly defined 3-4 faces, the stalk is slightly pressed into the base.
On the bush, up to 40 fruits can ripen, but this is only subject to good care and good nutrition.
The total yield is high, while the hybrid stands out for long fruiting, very high taste qualities of peppers.
The most optimal planting scheme for Boatswain bushes is three plants per square meter.
Vesper
In a state of technical ripeness, the fruits of Vesper are yellowish, when fully ripened, they are red. The variety is fruitful, unpretentious, very resistant to temperature extremes.
Vesper's bush is tall, up to 120 cm. The plant is medium leafy, with drooping cones and peppers. The fruit mass can reach up to 90 grams, the taste is not bad.
The peppers are elongated, there is a slight undulation, the peduncle is not depressed, the top of the fruit is sharp.
By maturity, Vesper is an early pepper, the fruits can be removed after 105-108 days.
Grenadier
The agricultural company "Manul" has launched a series of productive hybrids of indets that have proven themselves in various regions of Russia. And the F1 Grenadier hybrid - precisely from this group - powerful and sweet peppers.
The hybrid ripens for 120 days (technical ripeness), differs in very early flowering, as well as friendly return of fruits. The bush reaches a height of up to 240-280 cm, so you need to take this parameter into account when choosing a greenhouse.
The fruits have the shape of a prism, the “nose” is sharp, the mass of peppers is up to 500-600 grams. The fruits are thick-walled, pericarp - 7-10 mm. This pepper is ideal for stuffing, cooking a variety of culinary masterpieces, as well as blanks. A feature of the hybrid is that the fruits are suitable for transportation, can withstand long-term storage, and at the same time they do not lose their taste or presentation. Gardeners also appreciate the variety for its resistance to many diseases and stable yield.
Interventionist
At first glance at the fruits of this variety of pepper, it seems that it is not sweet, but spicy. But this is not so, the fruits of the Intervent are very juicy and sweet, delicious. The variety is tall, the bushes are powerful, highly leafy.
Fruits are drooping, very long cones, weighing up to 200-230 grams. The stem is not depressed, the walls of the fruit are up to 5 mm thick, which is not a record, but they are very juicy and sweet. Inside - three chambers, a lot of seeds. In the period of technical ripeness, green peppers, later, after about 28-30 days, turn bright red.
The first peppers from the bush can be removed after 120 days, this will enable the plants to form subsequent fruits. 3-5 plants are planted per square meter of ridge in the greenhouse, but the degree of illumination is taken into account.
Forward
The fruits of the Forward variety reach almost 500 grams, and such indicators, of course, are impressive! Indeterminate pepper has a very powerful, tall bush - up to 270-280 cm.It is recommended to grow a variety in a greenhouse, in open ridges yield is much lower.
The foliage is strong, the fruits are cylindrical, aligned and beautiful. Peppers are drooping, first have a green color, later, in a state of biological maturity, they turn red. The variety is distinguished by thick-walled fruits, pericarp - up to 10 mm.
Peppers are suitable for storage, transportation, so the variety is recommended to be grown on an industrial scale.
Planting scheme - no more than three plants per one "square", and it is advisable to follow this recommendation.
Prestige
Many gardeners prefer varieties with fruits of universal purpose. We recommend trying the Prestige pepper variety - indeterminate, very powerful and productive.
The plant reaches a height of about 300 cm (in heated greenhouses), in ordinary summer - up to 180-200 cm. Prismatic drooping fruits form on strong strongly leafy branches. Coloring - first green, when ripe - rich red. The mass of peppers in Forward is up to 300-450 grams, while they differ in fleshy flesh, juiciness, thick walls (up to 7-9 mm).
There are usually four chambers inside the fruits; the taste of peppers is excellent. Used for preservation, stuffing, salads, lecho. Great for side dishes (baking, stewing).
Mandatory garter is required; a bush is usually formed in two stems. The first fruits can be harvested already on the 120th day, while the fruiting of the variety is extended, so that the peppers are harvested until autumn.
Features of indeterminate varieties
Thanks to the work of breeders, gardeners have the opportunity to choose and grow not only early determinant varieties, but also more productive indices. Of course, the agricultural technology of these peppers has a number of features that must be considered when choosing varieties.
- For growing in greenhouses in the summer season, it is necessary to choose indeterminate early or mid-ripening varieties and hybrids. Late indets require more time for vegetation, so you can not get the fruit yield.
- Such varieties require mandatory formation and garter. Compact, low-growing peppers are simpler, but their fruits are smaller in terms of weight and size.
- Indets (especially hybrid peppers) require good nutrition, good light, and fertile soil. But then they will thank with a high harvest and tasty fruits.
Indeterminate peppers are good in that they have long fruiting periods. This is explained by the fact that on high bushes more fruits are tied, peppers form and ripen gradually, until the very autumn.
Many modern hybrids of the indeterminate type are resistant to disease, poor weather conditions. You can always choose a variety or hybrid that will be optimal for a particular greenhouse (in size, compactness of the bush). A large selection of peppers and ripening dates, and if earlier the indices were mostly only late, but now gardeners have many early and mid-ripening varieties.
Yes, such peppers require a special approach, especially with regard to the formation of bushes, pinching, pinching. But at the same time, all the troubles pay off with excellent results, and as practice shows, many gardeners are happy with this choice.
Reviews
Elena, Samara region
I have been planting the Yellow Bell and Prestige from tall for how many years. Both are good varieties, the first grows up to a meter, the second - almost one and a half meters. The fruits are large, with Prestige - red, with the Bell, it is clear from the name that they are yellow. I shot them green all summer and stuffed it like that. The taste is excellent, only the last ripened. I collect my seeds, now I don’t buy it.Only next to hot peppers can you not plant sweet, otherwise they will become dusty.
Tatyana, Moscow region
Last year I raised Boatswain and the American Crown. Giants have grown, tall, almost under two meters. The leaves are darkness, but the brushes are good. I thought that there would be few fruits or I overfed the bushes and they are fattening. But in fact - these are peppers, with lots of leaves and lots of fruits. Large peppers grew, but not all ripened on the bushes, I cleaned them. Now I will always grow these varieties, I also want to look after a couple of the same giants.
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