Loran sweet pepper seeds by Lucia Elite (Sėklos LT, Lithuania). A medium-early hybrid with ornamental and very tasty fruits. The fruits are large, blocky and thick-walled, weighing about 190 g; as they ripen they change from purple to orange and turn red when fully ripe.
Hybrid characteristics
- Plant height: about 50 cm
- Fruit weight: about 190 g
- Fruit shape: blocky
- Colour: purple → orange → red
- Resistance: tobacco mosaic virus and rots
- Use: fresh eating, salads, sauces, soups, preserving
Growing
- Sowing for seedlings: February–April, 0.5–1.5 cm deep, 1–2 seeds per cup with peat substrate
- Germination temperature: +22–25 °C, emergence in 8–14 days; avoid temperature and humidity fluctuations
- Transplanting: 60–80-day-old seedlings into unheated greenhouses when the air temperature does not drop below +13 °C; 2.5–3 plants per m²
- Optimal growing temperature: +20–28 °C
- Where to grow: film greenhouses, open ground in summer, balconies and pots
- Care: plants need support; sensitive to water shortage — prolonged drought may cause flowers and young fruits to drop
- Flowering: May–August
- Harvest: until the autumn frosts
Product information
- Brand: Lucia Elite
- Manufacturer: Sėklos LT
- Hybrid: Loran
- Latin name: Capsicum annuum
- Pack size: 0.2 g
