Sowing calendar · Fruiting
Pepper
Capsicum annuum · Pimento, Pimiento, Poivron, Paprika, Peperone, pimenteiro
Calendar
Calendar for mainland Portugal.
- Sow in traysJan–Apr
- TransplantApr–Jun
- HarvestMay–Sep
- Germination
- 8–20 days · soil from 15 °C
- Spacing
- 60 cm between rows · 40 cm apart
- Sowing depth
- 0.5 cm
- Harvest after
- 70–100 days
- Water need
- medium
- Frost
- frost tender
- Life cycle
- annual
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Seed saving
- easy · keeps ~3 years
Notes
Slow starter: germinate with bottom heat (~25 °C). Hates cold nights.
Good neighbours
Keep apart from
Months for mainland Portugal. In the app, sowing and planting follow your own local climate and the forecast.