Capsicum Sweet Red Balconi F1

Planting Your Plugs

• Unpack plugs immediately and stand them in water for an hour.
• If you can’t do this, they can sit in their mini greenhouse for a week if upright and not too wet.
• Plugs may be slightly dry or yellow after being in a dark box in the post, but they’ll quickly recover.
• Put them somewhere warm, light and airy such as a windowsill or greenhouse.
• When potting on, handle plugs carefully. Pot on using our 9cm pots in Shuttle Trays, using good multi-purpose compost.
• Give your plants a good water initially, then only when the top compost starts to dry. They don’t like to be left in standing water.
• Position in full sun.
• Feed and water regularly and pick peppers when they're firm and completely red.

Growing Peppers

• Keep you pepper plants in a frost free place until the chance of frost has passed.
• Transplant to a larger pot and move to the final growing position in a warm, sunny spot.
• If planting in the ground, plant 60cm (2ft) apart in well prepared, free draining soil.
• Add support, such as a bamboo cane to each plant, as they will become heavy as the peppers form.
• Your peppers will be ready to harvest from July, or when the peppers red all over and firm.
• Cut the peppers from the plant using secateurs or scissors.