Sweet Pepper LENA, seeds 0.5 g

Lena is an early sweet pepper variety bred by Polan. It forms low, compact plants that need no support and gives a large early yield, with several fruits ripening at the same time.

Characteristics

• Latin name: Capsicum annuum L.
• Type: variety (Polan's own variety)
• Maturity: early
• Plant: low, compact, no support needed
• Fruit shape: short, wide, blunt cone
• Colour: light green to red at physiological maturity
• Flesh: thick, fleshy, firm; glossy, slightly ribbed skin
• Use: fresh eating, processing and preserving; fruits store well
• Seed weight: 0.5 g

Growing

• Conditions: under cover, especially low plastic tunnels; hotbeds, unheated greenhouses
• Sowing for seedlings: March
• Planting out: May
• Spacing: 50 × 40 cm
• Harvest: July–September
• Care: removing shoots below the first branching is recommended