Sweet pepper Yellow Monster Seeds

Yellow Monster is a large, blocky sweet pepper (Capsicum annuum, family Solanaceae). Fruits reach 15–20 cm and 200–300 g with thick, crisp walls, ripening from green to golden-yellow. The packet holds 5 seeds.

Also known as: Sweet pepper, Bell pepper, Shimla mirch (Hindi), Pimiento (Spanish), Poivron (French), Peperone (Italian), Paprika (German, Hungarian), Pimentão (Portuguese).

Fruit and plant

• Fruit: blocky, 15–20 cm long, 200–300 g, thick-walled and glossy.
• Colour: green, ripening to golden-yellow.
• Taste: sweet and juicy, crunchy.
• Plant: sturdy, bushy and compact, 60–80 cm tall.

Kitchen use

The thick walls hold up to roasting, baking, grilling and stuffing; the fruit is also eaten raw in salads. Surplus peppers can be pickled or frozen.

Sow warm, about 6 mm deep

Keep the soil at 18–35 °C, the optimum range for this species. At 25–35 °C seedlings usually appear in about 8–9 days. Sow about 6 mm deep and start indoors 8–10 weeks before the last frost date. These figures are typical for Capsicum annuum, not measured on this lot.

Planting out and harvest

Move the plants outdoors when the weather is reliably warm and frost is over. Space them 40–50 cm apart in full sun and well-drained, fertile soil, water regularly and mulch. Fruit is typically ready 75–85 days after transplanting, counted from the day the plants go outside.

Keeping spare seed

Pepper seed of this species stays usable for about 2 years when stored cool, dark and dry. We do not state a germination percentage for this packet.

What you get

5 seeds of Sweet Pepper Yellow Monster.

FAQ

How big are the peppers?

15–20 cm long and 200–300 g each.

When do they turn yellow?

They ripen from green to golden-yellow; expect ripe fruit 75–85 days after transplanting.