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Many unlucky gardeners and summer residents who have tried several times to grow sweet peppers in their area and have failed in this business do not despair and try to find a suitable hybrid for themselves. Indeed, hybrids of many vegetables, including sweet peppers, are usually more resistant to adverse environmental factors. In addition, they are bred specifically in order to improve one or another yield characteristic: fruit size, number, wall thickness, sweetness and juiciness. Often, they try to improve many characteristics at once.
But a well-known disadvantage of hybrids is that they are able to bear fruit for only one season. In the future, every year the seeds must be bought anew.
But for many gardeners, including beginners who are not accustomed to collecting and sowing their seeds, this fact is usually not taken into account, so for them hybrid vegetables may be the best choice.
Among the popular sweet pepper hybrids, the Jupiter F1 pepper is interesting. This hybrid is distinguished by the thickness of the walls of its fruits, which can reach up to 10 mm. In addition, it has many other interesting characteristics that make its cultivation attractive to many gardeners. By the way, one of the advantages of Jupiter F1 pepper, judging by the reviews, is the low price of its seeds, which allows it to be grown by a wide range of fresh vegetable lovers.
Hybrid description
Pepper Jupiter F1 is the brainchild of the famous seed company from the Netherlands Syngenta seeds. This hybrid was obtained in the late 90s of the last century. At the turn of the century, it appeared in Our Country and already in 2003 was officially registered in the State Register of Breeding Achievements of Our Country for cultivation in open ground and under cover in all regions of our country.
Therefore, Jupiter pepper will be a good choice for gardeners in the southern regions and for residents of the Urals and Siberia. True, the latter will need to either acquire a greenhouse, or at least build temporary shelters, covering them with a film or any non-woven material.
Jupiter pepper plants are medium in height, about 50-60 cm they grow in open ground, in greenhouse conditions they can be a little more. The bushes are characterized by a semi-spreading shape, semi-standard. They have an interesting umbrella-shaped shape, with a small, barely noticeable depression in the center of the bush. Leaves are medium sized, dark green.
As for the ripening time, the Jupiter hybrid belongs to mid-ripening peppers. It needs 130-140 days from germination to the stage of technical maturity.
But only an attentive eye manages to notice that we are talking about the growing season from the moment the seedlings are planted in the ground. Pay attention to this, do not let yourself be misled. Indeed, seedlings are usually planted in the ground at the age of 50-60 days at least. Yes, and in such a short time it is simply impossible for peppers to form a real thick and juicy shell, which is different from the Jupiter hybrid.
Pepper Jupiter F1 is distinguished by good yield indicators: in open ground, up to 3 kg of fruit can be harvested from one square meter. In greenhouse conditions, the yield of peppers can increase to 4-4,5 kg per square meter.
Hybrid Jupiter has a high resistance to tobacco mosaic virus. It also has stress resistance, tolerates various adverse weather conditions, especially hot weather.
The hybrid also differs in comparative drought resistance.
Fruit Characteristics
Pepper Jupiter knowingly got its big name in honor of the main ancient Roman god, and at the same time the largest planet in the solar system. The dimensions of its fruits and their appearance are impressive. The video below shows them in comparison with several other good varieties.
The fruits themselves have the following characteristics:
- The shape of the peppers can be called a pronounced cuboid, all four faces are so well expressed, although somewhat smoothed. Sometimes, in low light, the fruits stretch a little more than usual, and the shape can turn into a prism.
- Fruit growth form – drooping.
- At the stage of technical maturity, the fruits have a dark green color, and at biological maturity they become rich red, sometimes even dark red.
- The number of seed nests is from two to four.
- The skin is dense, with a waxy coating. The pulp is juicy and crispy.
- Peppers have one of the thickest fruit walls. At the stage of biological maturity, it can reach 10 mm.
- The size of the fruit is determined by the growing conditions, on average, the weight of one pepper is 90-120 grams, but can reach 300 grams. In length, as well as in width, the fruits reach 10-11 cm.
- Jupiter pepper fruits have an excellent sweet taste even at the moment when they are still colored green.
- Versatile in terms of uses, although they are most delicious fresh. They are good in all kinds of culinary dishes and in the form of lecho, marinades and pickles.
- Peppers have an attractive marketable appearance, are homogeneous in their mass, are perfectly preserved and transported, therefore they are good for farm cultivation.
- The yields of this hybrid are stable even in conditions that are not the most favorable for pepper.
Peculiarities of growing
Pepper Jupiter F1, due to its not the earliest ripening time, requires sowing for seedlings no later than February. You can even do this at the end of January if you have lamps available for additional lighting and you are going to grow peppers in a greenhouse. And, therefore, you will plant peppers earlier than the traditional dates, already in May or even in April.
Thanks to processing, seeds usually germinate quite quickly and amicably. After the appearance of several true leaves, the pepper plant must be picked out in separate pots. As a rule, this procedure causes some delay in development, since peppers have a delicate root system. If time is precious to you, then you can immediately sow the seeds in separate containers.
When the seedlings are 50-60 days old, they can already be planted on permanent beds in a greenhouse or in open ground. Peppers are heat-loving plants, so if frosts still occur in your area at this time, then the seedlings need to build at least a temporary greenhouse, preferably from several layers of film and non-woven material.
It should be borne in mind that the formation of bushes and the normalization of buds makes sense only when growing peppers in a greenhouse. In the open field, all these procedures can even be harmful, because the more leaves and shoots are formed on pepper bushes, the higher the plant yield.
When the peppers are well rooted and grow intensively, they must be watered abundantly. It is especially important to maintain constant soil moisture during the summer heat. Only under these conditions will the bushes develop in an optimal way and be able to express themselves in all their glory.
As for fertilizers, they are necessary in the period before and after flowering and during the filling of fruits. Starting from July, it is advisable not to use nitrogen fertilizers, but to give preference to phosphorus-potassium mineral or similar organic top dressing.
Testimonials from truck drivers
The Jupiter sweet pepper hybrid, described above, evokes mostly positive reviews from people who grew it in their gardens. Negative reviews seem to be related to fake seeds, which are often found on sale or with violations in cultivation practices.
Conclusion
Pepper Jupiter is able to interest many summer residents and gardeners with its unpretentiousness and excellent quality of fruits. If you are looking for a productive, tasty and thick-walled pepper with inexpensive seeds, then try growing this hybrid.
