Sweet pepper is a rather thermophilic and demanding culture. If proper care for these plants can still be provided, then it is not always possible to influence the temperature regime during their cultivation. Therefore, for our latitudes, peppers of domestic selection are best suited. They are not so demanding for care and can successfully bear fruit even at the usual low summer temperatures for us. Viking variety belongs to such varieties of sweet pepper.
Variety description
Sweet pepper Viking refers to early ripe varieties. This means that for the first harvest, the gardener will have to wait only about 110 days. It is during this period that the technical maturity of Viking pepper fruits is achieved. To achieve biological ripeness, they will need from 125 to 140 days. This variety has medium-sized bushes, which makes it suitable even for low greenhouses and film beds. At the same time, up to 3-4 fruits can be tied on a bush.
The large Viking pepper is prism-shaped with a smooth and glossy skin. Its average weight will not exceed 200 grams, and the wall thickness will be about 4-5 mm. The color of Viking fruits changes depending on their degree of maturity from green to deep red. The taste of this pepper is excellent. It has juicy and firm flesh with a slight peppery flavor. This characteristic of the pulp of this pepper makes it ideal for use in salads, home cooking, as well as for canning. It is also important that the fruits are resistant to cracking of the skin. This distinctive feature allows the fruits to be stored a little longer than other varieties of sweet pepper.
The Viking variety has an increased yield and good resistance to many diseases, and especially to the tobacco mosaic virus.
Recommendations for growing
The soil for planting sweet pepper should be light and fertile. The most optimal is the planting of this culture after:
- Luke;
- Pumpkins
- cabbage;
- cucumber.
Peppers show very good yields when planted after green manure. In addition, green manure can be used as a fertilizer.
Variety Viking is grown through seedlings. They start preparing it from February. It should be borne in mind that the plants of this culture really do not like transplanting, so it is better to plant the seeds immediately in separate containers.
Ready Viking seedlings are planted in a permanent place after 70 days from emergence. This variety is suitable for growing both in the greenhouse and in the open field. In order for the plants to have enough nutrients, there must be at least 40 cm between neighboring plants.
Viking plant care includes regular watering and top dressing 1-2 times a month. Organic and mineral fertilizers are suitable for top dressing. It is also desirable to loosen and weed the soil.
Harvest should be collected no earlier than July. In this case, the plants will bear fruit until early September.
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