pepper 'Bell Boy'

sweet pepper

• Position: full sun
• Soil: humus-rich, moisture retentive soil
  
  The best choice for those classic blocky sweet peppers we all know and love. The plants are big and sturdy, growing on strongly through the season to produce generous crops of square-ended fruits with thick, juicy flesh and a mild, sweet flavour. Eat them while they're still green, or leave on the plant to ripen to a scarlet red.
  
  
• Growing Instructions:Peppers need a long growing season in a greenhouse to ripen properly, though they will form green peppers in containers on a sunny patio. Sow in January in pots in a heated propagator or on a sunny windowsill and pot on, finally planting out into containers or in the greenhouse borders. Support with canes and feed fortnightly once flowers appear. Once plants reach about 30cm tall, pinch out the growing tips to increase branching so you get more fruit.
  
  
• Sow: January-March
  
  
• Harvest: June-September
  
  
• Approximate quantity: 20 seeds