Seeds Tomatenpaprika "Topepo Rosso" (Capsicum annum var. arossum)

Tomato pepper - `Topepo Rosso` / 20 seeds

(Capsicum annum var. arossum)

Historic Italian tomato pepper / Tasty and fruity-sweet!

Interesting facts: This extremely tasty pepper variety is one of the inherited or revived varieties of robust and strong plants. The old Italian `Topepo Rosso` impresses with round, 5-7 cm, blood-red fruits that are thick-fleshed and ripen from green to red. They need a little longer than most varieties to do this, namely 120-160 days. This means you have to start sowing early so you can harvest in August. The plant produces a multitude of fruits that sit on short stems and look as if they are growing directly on the trunk. Visually, the peppers look very similar to tomatoes and are perfect for stuffing, as the many seeds are only in the upper part and can therefore be easily removed. They are also delicious grilled or even candied. And of course the peppers can also be eaten raw straight away or used in summer salads.

Give the young plants suitable fertilizer at the beginning of May. Special tomato and pepper fertilizer has a long-term effect and can be easily worked into the nutrient-rich soil. The location should be bright to sunny and warm. The more sunlight the plants get, the better they thrive - 5 hours of sun per day is ideal, but this might be difficult here. Water generously and the water temperature should not be below 14° C. At night the temperature should not fall below 8° C. Pepper plants always look neat and become even more beautiful when the fruits turn from green to red in late summer/early autumn or decorate the balcony or terrace in yellow or dark purple. Then the harvest takes place and you can use this species in many different ways, but with caution. Enjoy your meal - if possible!

Before sowing, moisten the soil, sprinkle seeds on it, cover it very thinly and press down lightly. At 20° C, the seeds germinate after 8-15 days. You can also just press the seeds onto the soil, as they are light germinators. After 2-3 weeks, the young plants can be pricked out (separated) and from May onwards they can also be planted outdoors.

The germination rate is around 85% and only decreases slowly