Red Delicious Sweet Pepper Plant

Red Delicious Sweet Pepper Plant is one of the sweetest peppers available. This pepper produces abundant 3” fruit that redden as they mature and ripen. Fruit can be picked green at 60 days and will continue to ripen. Red Delicious Sweet Pepper Plant has an apple-like flavor like its Red Delicious namesake. Plants have an upright, branching habit and produce small, white flowers. Red Delicious Sweet Peppers are easy to grow and disease resistant. Since the peppers are sweet, they have a zero Scoville heat rating and are perfect for salads, stuffing, grilling, or eating raw on their own. 

Red Delicious Sweet Pepper Plant Care  

Plant Red Delicious Sweet Pepper Plant outdoors after the last threat of frost and when the soil temperature is above 65 degrees Fahrenheit. Plant it in fertile, well-drained soil in a full sun location. Add compost and fertilizer to the planting hole to provide young starts with added nutrition. Provide a trellis or cage support at the time of planting. Young plants can be pinched to encourage bushier growth or to force energy into producing larger, more delicious fruit. Harvest fruit when mature to promote new growth and flowering. 

Growing Red Delicious Sweet Pepper Plant  

Red Delicious Sweet Pepper Plants take 80 days to mature from seed. They prefer full sun with at least 6 hours of direct light a day. Plants will reach 18 - 24 inches tall and 24 - 30 inches wide. If planting multiple peppers or other plants, give peppers at least 22 inches of space. Seeds can be started indoors 6 weeks prior to the last frost date. Red Delicious Sweet Pepper plants do best outdoors and should not be grown indoors unless provided with 8 hours of direct sunlight. 

Red Delicious Sweet Pepper Plants perform well in a vegetable garden with adequate space and sun exposure. Red Delicious Sweet Pepper Plants can also be grown in containers. Select a pot 14” in diameter for each plant. If planting in a mixed edible container, Red Delicious Sweet Pepper plants can act as the thriller feature and should be given a larger container to support additional plants. 

Watering Red Delicious Sweet Pepper Plant 

Red Delicious Sweet Pepper plants have average water needs and should be watered every 2-3 days depending on rain accumulation and temperature. Water when the soil is dry; check for moisture by inserting your finger into the soil. Water only at the root zone to prevent disease and ideally with drip irrigation or a soaker hose in the morning or evening. 

Feeding Red Delicious Sweet Pepper Plant  

Peppers can be heavy feeders; fertilize this one with a vegetable-specific fertilizer one or two times a month. Add compost at the time of planting to start plants off with a nutrition boost.

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