Grow guide

How to grow Melrose Sweet Pepper

Capsicum annuum

Type: Pepper
Zones: USDA zones 3–11
Sun: Full
Time to harvest: 55–75 days
Spacing: 18″ apart
Density: 1 per sq ft
Habit: Upright
Frost tolerance: Tender
Sowing: Start indoors, then transplant
Start indoors: 8 weeks before last frost

Care

Water Weekly
Fertilize Biweekly
Harvest As needed

Notes

Italian immigrant heirloom brought to Chicago's Melrose Park area around 1903; thin-skinned 4-6 inch frying pepper, green at 55 days, sweet red at 75.

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