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Capsicum Sweet Banana Seed remains a popular sweet pepper for home and market gardeners. Sturdy plants can produce heavy crops of long pointed fruit that ripen from yellow to glossy red and grow well in containers.
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Plant Information
- Plant Type: Frost-tender sweet pepper, usually grown as an annual.
- Scientific Name: Capsicum annuum
- Common Name: Sweet banana pepper.
Growing Information
- General Sowing Time: Start in pots or trays, then transplant outside once warm weather has settled and frost risk has passed.
- Position: Sunny, sheltered position protected from strong winds.
- Sow Depth: About 6 mm in warm seed trays.
- Spacing: Around 60 cm apart.
- Germination: Best in warm seed mix at 27-32 C; germination is slow in cool soil.
- Height: Sturdy container-suitable plants; support if fruit load becomes heavy.
- Available Pack Sizes: 1000 raw seed
- Fruit Size: Around 10-20 cm long and 4 cm across.
- Harvest: Fruit ripens from yellow to glossy red.
Why Grow Capsicum Sweet Banana?
- Still one of the most popular sweet peppers for home and market gardeners.
- Sturdy plants can produce 25-30 fruit per plant.
- Large pointed fruit ripen from yellow to glossy red.
- Will grow well in a container.
- Useful for fresh eating, cooking, grilling and pickling.
Garden Uses
Grow Sweet Banana in sunny vegetable beds or large containers. Harvest yellow for a milder sweet pepper stage, or leave fruit to colour further towards glossy red for richer flavour and colour.
Growing Notes
- Start seed under cover and transplant once soil and air temperatures have warmed.
- Use compost-rich, well-drained soil.
- Water regularly and keep the soil consistently moist but not soggy.
- Feed every 4-6 weeks through the fruiting season.
- Support plants if they become heavy with fruit.
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