Capsicum annuum L.
Turbine F1 is an early blocky sweet pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) hybrid bred by the Dutch company Bejo Zaden. Suitable for growing in the open field, under temporary covers and in greenhouses.
Plant
- Determinate, compact, up to 75 cm tall
- Sets fruit well even in unfavourable weather
- Strong vigour with stable yield even under stress conditions (according to Bejo)
Fruits
- Fairly large, smooth, uniform in shape, 3–4 lobes
- Thick walls – about 6 mm
- About 8 cm in diameter, 10–12 cm long
- Light green, turning yellow and yellow-orange when fully mature
- Sweet and aromatic, keep a good taste for a long time after picking
- Use: fresh consumption and preserving
Growing
- Sowing for transplants: February–March, 1–1.5 cm deep
- Transplanting: 50–70-day-old seedlings with 8–10 leaves and flower buds; into the greenhouse in May, outdoors in May–June
- Spacing: 40 × 30 cm
- Soil: light, fertile, deeply cultivated, sufficiently moist; pH 5.5–7.0. Good preceding crops are legumes, root vegetables and cabbage; do not grow after potatoes or cucumbers
- Temperature: optimum 18–25 °C; below 13 °C growth stops, above 35 °C flowers and young fruits drop; plants die at 0 °C
- Care: remove side shoots below the first branching and the first (crown) flower in the fork; for uniform fruits leave 5–7 fruits per plant. Do not plant next to hot peppers
- Watering: before flowering once a week, 10–12 l/m²; during flowering and fruiting 2–3 times a week, 12–14 l/m²; water not colder than 25 °C; stop watering 2–3 weeks before the last harvest
- Harvest: greenhouse – July–August, open field – August–September
Product information
- Brand: Baltic Seeds (Premier Professional)
- Breeder: Bejo Zaden (Netherlands)
- Latin name: Capsicum annuum L.
- Pack contents: 10 seeds
- Seed treatment: treated with Maxim 480FS (fludioxonil)
