Big Early Bell Pepper
- Fruit Size: 8 inches by 4_ inches
- Matures: 70 days
Perhaps this pepper should be named VERY big and early, as the gigantic fruit can reach 8 inches long, almost enough for a double serving of stuffed pepper. Peppers are an elongated sweet bell-type with 3 to 4 lobes, thick walls, and a sweet flavor as they ripen. Peppers start out green and will ripen to red if you wish to leave them on the plant until they turn, but they are perfectly good while still green. This is a big producer in our Alabama test garden, where the growing season is long and plants are very well tended. Our Big Early Bell plants can yield about 10 pounds or 40 to 50 peppers each over a harvest period that runs from mid May and to late October. Obviously, your results will depend on care and the length of the warm season in your locale. Space transplants 18 inches apart in rows 30 inches apart.
Some Bonnie Plants varieties may not be available at your local stores, as we select and sell varieties best suited to the growing conditions in each region.
