Sweet pepper is a vegetable crop that gardeners grow on their plots. The culture is known for its heat-loving nature and some demands on agricultural technology. Let's consider the advantages and disadvantages of the best varieties of pepper for 2024 in terms of ripening time, which varieties can be chosen for planting in a greenhouse, which ones to plant, focusing on the climatic conditions of the region, which are the most productive varieties.
Peppers for growing in open ground in 2024
Basically, the crop is grown in street beds. Pepper plants are affected by weather conditions throughout the season; not the entire crop has time to ripen before the onset of cold weather, so, first of all, you need to focus on the timing of ripening.
Early varieties
Early ripening peppers are grown to obtain an early harvest. The varieties are characterized by rapid growth and uniform fruiting.
Advantages of the Lumina variety:
- grows on any soil;
- drought resistance;
- pepper weight – 110 g;
- the skin is whitish-green;
- cone-shaped;
- the pulp is sweet.
Disadvantages: small wall thickness, short shelf life.
Ivanhoe characteristics:
- white or cream color;
- thick aroma and taste;
- walls – 6-7 mm;
- pepper weighs 120 g;
- elongated conical shape;
- harvest - 8 kg per sq. m.;
- immunity to diseases.
Cons: not drought-resistant and does not tolerate cold weather.
Mid-season
Atlas has the following advantages:
- cone-shaped fruit, drooping;
- color red;
- weight – 180-190 g;
- wall – 4.1-5.2 mm;
- harvest - 3.1-3.3 kg/sq. m;
- the taste is excellent;
- resistant to bad weather;
- universal application.
Disadvantages: for use only in household plots.
Bogatyr is a spreading tall pepper, advantages:
- the fruit is cone-shaped, hanging, slightly ribbed;
- red skin;
- thickness – 4.9-5.8 mm;
- weight – 75-100 g;
- taste good;
- can be collected from 2-4.3 kg per meter;
- bears fruit consistently;
- does not suffer from mosaic disease;
- transportable.
Disadvantages: suffers from fruit rot, susceptible to verticillium wilt.
Late varieties
Maxim's fruits can be eaten, preserved and stuffed. Characteristics:
- medium-sized bush;
- the fruit is cone-shaped;
- the color is purple and dark red;
- thickness – 4-5.5 mm;
- harvest - 4.8-5.3 kg/sq. m;
- the ovary is formed both in the heat and at unstable temperatures;
- friendly fruiting;
- no formation required.
Disadvantages: moderately resistant to verticillium.
Nochka has the following characteristics:
- the fruit is prismatic, with slight ribbing;
- purple color, ripe red peppers;
- weight – 140 g;
- thickness – 5-7 mm;
- harvest - 6.5-7.3 kg/sq. m;
- 95% of products are commercial;
- resistant to tobacco mosaic pathogen;
- bears fruit for a long time.
For fresh use only.
The best peppers for a greenhouse
Tall and therefore productive varieties are often grown in the greenhouse. They grow well in a greenhouse climate and bear fruit for a long time. Early ripening varieties are best suited for greenhouses; they yield a harvest that can be sold.
The flame forms a bush up to 1.3 m in height. Pros:
- thick-walled, juicy;
- weight – 130-150 mm;
- color yellow, then bright red;
- you can collect 8 kg per meter;
- keeping quality, can be transported.
Disadvantages: bushes require staking.
Antey peppers are intended for canning, home cooking, and eating fresh. Advantages:
- bush is medium-sized, semi-standard;
- the fruit is semi-drooping, short, cube-shaped;
- the color is dark green and turns red when ripe;
- thickness – 6-7 mm;
- weight – 215-220 g;
- the yield is at the level of 7.9-8.4 kg/sq. m.
Cons: only for landing in private household plots.
Variety selection by region
One of the main criteria for selecting the best variety is zoning by region.
Breeders took care to create peppers for specific climatic regions; the characteristics of the varieties meet the requirements of their climate.
For the Moscow region
The mid-season variety Ox's Ear can be used for food, cooking, and also for canning. Characteristics:
- moderate height bush;
- cone-shaped pepper;
- The color of the skin is green, after ripening it becomes red;
- weight – 170-200 g;
- thickness – 6-7 mm;
- 3.2 kg collected;
- resistance to fusarium.
Can only be planted in personal gardens.
Big Mama is distinguished by peppers weighing 120 g and 7 mm thick. Advantages:
- earlier maturation;
- the fruit is drooping, shiny;
- color dark green, turns orange;
- excellent taste;
- harvest 6.8-7.2 kg/sq. m.
Disadvantages: not recommended for industrial plantings.
For the middle band
Dobryak - super early ripening, standard bush, semi-compact. Advantages:
- drooping fruit, round in shape, greenish in color, red when ripe;
- weight – 100-110 g;
- 9-10 mm thickness;
- excellent taste;
- harvest 9.3-12.4 kg/sq. m;
- resistance to top rot;
- does not need shaping.
Disadvantages: it is not recommended to grow in production volumes.
Emelya is an early ripening variety, characteristics:
- bush tall, closed;
- the pepper is drooping, greenish-white, light orange after ripening;
- weight – 120 g;
- wall – 6 mm;
- yield – 7.0-7.5 kg/sq. m.
Intended only for private household plots, not grown in agricultural enterprises.
For the Urals and Siberia
For these regions, you need to select varieties that are not afraid of cold and can easily tolerate a lack of light and heat. These peppers are grown not only in greenhouses, but also in outdoor garden beds.
Siberian Prince is a variety with cone-shaped fruits, first yellow, then becoming red. Other characteristics:
- weight – 100-150 g;
- resistant to adverse conditions, unpretentious;
- strong aroma.
Cons: low yield.
Sweet chocolate was obtained by Siberian breeders. Characteristics:
- bush 80 cm high;
- medium-sized fruit – 130 g;
- the skin on ripe specimens is dark brown, the flesh is red.
Can only be used for preparing salads.
Best hot pepper
You don’t need much hot pepper, but it’s still useful in the household. Some fruits can even be pickled, for example, Ram's horn. The variety is early ripening. Pros:
- medium height bush;
- the fruit is trunk-shaped, greenish-white, after ripening it becomes dark red;
- weight – 15-20 g;
- wall thickness – 1.5-2 mm;
- burning taste;
- You can collect 3 kg per meter of beds;
- tolerates waterlogging.
Can only be grown in home gardens.
The dragon's tongue also has trunk-shaped fruits. Designed for canning and processing into spices and powder. The variety is mid-season. Characteristics:
- bush - up to 0.9-1 m, spreading;
- the fruit is green, the color turns red;
- wall – 0.8 mm;
- weight – 3.2 g;
- pungent taste, pronounced aroma;
- yield – 1.2 kg/sq. m;
- There is no need to form plants.
Cons: only for garden plots.
Yield varieties for 2024
Every gardener enjoys reaping a large harvest from his garden beds. There are varieties whose yields are much higher than average.
The charm is early pepper. With proper agricultural technology it can produce up to 12 kg per 1 sq. m. Advantages:
- bush 80 cm, semi-spreading;
- resistant to cold, viruses and diseases;
- weight – up to 100 g;
- wall – 5 mm;
- the skin is green or yellow, red when ripe;
- excellent taste, bright aroma.
Does not withstand long-term storage.
Snow White is capable of producing over 7 kg of commercial quality peppers per meter of area. Advantages:
- meek bush - 50 cm;
- abundant ovary;
- simultaneous rapid maturation;
- weight – 100 g;
- standard cone shape;
- the color is initially white, then turns bright red;
- rarely gets sick and is not affected by pests.
Like all early peppers, the disadvantage is short storage.
Peppers can be planted in garden beds and greenhouses. In both cases, provided that the rules of agricultural technology are followed, the plants grow well, develop, and set fruit in abundance. You can choose a variety for any region, according to the shape and color of the fruit, according to yield, and according to ripening time. The latter characteristic makes it possible to plant 2-3 varieties in the garden from the group of early, medium or late, in order to always have a fresh product for the table.
