Granova is a medium-late sweet pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) variety from the Czech producer SEMO, bred for open-field growing. The fruit is trapezoidal with a blunt end and flat, moderately deep ribbing. It is light green at technical maturity and red at full (botanical) maturity. The flesh is thick, not hot, tender and aromatic.
Characteristics
- Type: open-pollinated variety (not a hybrid)
- Maturity: 140 days to technical maturity, 173 days to full maturity
- Yield: 280–320 kg per 100 m² at technical maturity, 280–300 kg at full maturity
- Use: versatile – for fresh eating and processing
- Pack: 0.5 g
Growing
- A demanding crop: grown in the open field in the warmest regions, elsewhere under cover or in greenhouses.
- Needs warm, humus-rich, water-retentive soil and sufficient nutrients; responds well to drip irrigation.
- Sow for transplants in February–March, 0.5 cm deep, at 20–22 °C including at night.
- Plant out after 15 May, spacing 40 × 50 cm.
- Harvest: July–September.
