Sürmeli is a productive sweet pepper with long fruits. Flesh is light green, sweet and crunchy. This multi-purpose sweet pepper is typically for fresh consumption but also a great to use in salads or to accompany grilled meat. Our top-selling sweet pepper. Very common market variety in Turkey.
Our current seed stock was grown by Tom Wahlberg of Decorah, IA. He was one of the former seed house managers of Seed Savers Exchange.
Packet has min. 20 seeds
Commercially introduced by us in the U.S.
Phonetically pronounced:
- Capsicum annuum
- Full sun
- Planting depth: 1/4″
- Sprouts in 10-14 days
- Ideal growing temperature: 75-95F
- Plant spacing: 18″
- Frost hardy: No
- Growth habit: Upright growth with short or long branches that grow away from the stem
- Growing tips: Start pepper seeds indoors in seedling trays or small seedling pots with seed starting soil that has essential nutrients in it, 6-8 weeks prior to last frost. Keep the soil moist for quick germination. Make sure to keep the young pepper seedlings under good light to have strong plants with sturdy, healthy stems and leaves. Transplant after last frost in well-drained, fertile soil enrichened with compost and other amendments. Feed your pepper plants with liquid fertilizer once every two weeks. Water regularly especially in flower stage. Mulch and always water at plant base to minimize disease. Some pepper varieties are taller than others and may need to be tied to a stake so that fruits don’t touch soil and rot.
Very productive even when neglected
They did great but the red peppers never turned red and the hot ones never rendered spicy. Any ideas?