SPERLI BIO Blockpaprika F1

Organic seed for red block peppers to eat fresh: sturdy plants of 60–100 cm for raised beds and tubs, harvested from August to October.

The story

Origins & history

Peppers come from Central and South America; in Mexico they were grown thousands of years ago. Columbus brought the pods to Spain in 1493. By way of the Balkans the plant reached Hungary, still regarded as the land of paprika – the word “paprika” itself reached us by way of Hungarian.

Uses

Red block peppers are delicious fresh in salads, as crudités or stuffed and baked. In a tub on a sunny balcony the plant with its fruits is ornamental too. It likes a warm, sheltered spot best.

Meaning

In Hungary paprika is a matter of national pride. It was there, in the 1930s, that Albert Szent-Györgyi extracted vitamin C in large quantities from peppers, and in 1937 he received the Nobel Prize.

A thought for giving

A pepper starts out green and only turns bright red with time. Each fruit travels through its colours until it has fully become itself.

At a glance

• Contents: 1 packet for approx. 8 plants
• Botanical name: Capsicum annuum
• Life cycle: annual
• Height: 60–100 cm
• Position: sunny
• Suitable for containers: yes (raised bed, container)
• Sow indoors: February–April
• Harvest: August–October
• Sowing depth: 0.5–1 cm
• Germination temperature: 20–25 °C
• Germination time: 14–21 days
• Plant spacing: 60 cm
• Row spacing: 80 cm
• Seed type: loose seed
• F1 hybrid: yes
• Organic seed: yes

How to sow

1. Start indoors from February to April, in seed compost in the Anzuchthaus PRO24 propagator.
2. Sow seeds 0.5–1 cm deep; at 20–25 °C they germinate in 14–21 days.
3. After pricking out, feed the seedlings with Anzucht-Dünger (seedling fertiliser).
4. From mid-May, plant in full sun in raised beds or tubs with Chili- & Paprikaerde (chilli and pepper compost), spacing 60 × 80 cm.

Delivery time: 1–2 weeks. Manufacturer: SPERLI GmbH. Seeds, not a plant – the image shows the original packet.

Discover more seeds