Pepper of the Bucharest variety will surprise gardeners with an unusual color of fruits, which in technical maturity have a purple color. The original coloring of Bucharest peppers diversifies the color palette of the prepared dishes. Which is not only aesthetically pleasing, but also useful. Sweet peppers contain trace elements and vitamins that are so necessary for our body. It is not easy for a modern person, he is attacked by insomnia, depression, stress. Regularly eating bell peppers can significantly improve your mental and physical well-being. Below is a photo of the culture:
Description of the variety
Pepper Bucharest is suitable for growing on the windowsill or on the balcony of a city apartment. As a potted plant it will grow up to 50 cm. Sufficiently compact, semi-spreading, medium-leafy. To form a bush, you only need to remove the side leaves and shoots before the first fork. In the apartment, choose windows where the plant will receive the maximum amount of light. Otherwise, you will have to use special lamps for additional illumination in order to avoid buds and ovary falling off. The Bucharest variety can be grown in greenhouses and outdoors. When free, it grows up to 110 cm.
Seeds for seedlings for greenhouses and soil are planted in February. If you plan to grow the Bucharest variety on a windowsill, then any time frame is suitable. You can extend the life of the plant by transplanting it from the garden to the pot. Seeds can be planted in peat tablets, in ready-made soil for seedlings, or you can make an earthen mixture yourself. To do this, mix in approximately equal parts peat, humus, soil, sand. Arrange in containers, water well, make small depressions 0.5 - 1 cm, place seeds there, lightly sprinkle with soil.
Then shoots will appear in 7 - 8 days. Otherwise, the process may take 2 - 3 weeks.
In 40-50 days, the plant becomes large enough. It is ready for transplanting into open ground or greenhouses in early May. Balcony cultivation requires 5 liter pots.
Pepper Bucharest is an early ripening variety. From germination to fruit, 110 - 115 days pass. You can please yourself and your loved ones with Bucharest peppers of an unusual purple color, but you can wait for the biological ripeness of the fruits, then their color will turn bright red. The fruits are cone-shaped, weighing up to 150 g, 2 - 3 chambers, the surface is smooth, glossy. The thickness of the fruit walls is about 6 mm. They tolerate transportation well.
Plant care is traditional: watering, weeding, loosening, feeding. Do not be lazy and a rich harvest will delight you. More than 4 kg from 1 sq. m. The taste is excellent. Cooking use is versatile. For details on growing pepper, see the video:
