Characteristics and description of the Bucharest pepper

This variety will surprise gardeners with its unusual purple pepper fruit. This unique feature can add variety to dishes prepared with it. These fruits are not only attractive in appearance, but also contain many vitamins and microelements essential for the human body.

Regular consumption of pepper can significantly affect your overall physical and mental health.

Description of the variety

The Bucharest pepper is suitable for growing on a balcony or apartment windowsill. When grown in a pot, the bush rarely exceeds 50 cm in height. This plant is small and semi-spreading. It only requires pruning of side shoots before branching.

If you want to grow peppers on a windowsill, choose a sunny location. You can also use supplemental lighting. This will prevent bud and ovary shedding.

This pepper variety is also suitable for growing in greenhouses and open ground. In these conditions, the plants reach 110 cm.

Bucharest is an early-ripening variety. It takes approximately 110-115 days from the first shoots to harvest.

You can harvest the rare purple pepper, or you can wait until it reaches biological maturity, at which time the fruits turn bright red.

The peppers are cone-shaped, weighing approximately 150 g. The surface is shiny and smooth, with 2-3 chambers and walls approximately 6 mm thick. They transport well.

The fruits have an excellent taste and are suitable for fresh vegetable salads, as well as for canning and freezing.

Bucharest yield is 4.1 kg/m2.

The most important rules for growing peppers in open ground

• Choosing a planting site. This plant requires a sunny, wind-free location. Bucharest is a fairly heat-loving variety and does not tolerate drafts, especially during fruiting.
• Soil requirements. The plant prefers sandy and loamy soil. However, the best soil for it is black soil, which has a light texture. The soil should not be too acidic; optimally neutral soil is best. Overly wet soil is also unsuitable.
• Growing seedlings

For further cultivation in a greenhouse, seeds for seedlings should be sown as early as February. If further cultivation will take place on a windowsill, any time of year can be chosen.

Seeds can be sown in peat pellets. Use a special soil mixture or make your own. Mix humus, black soil, sand, and peat in roughly equal proportions. Next, distribute the mixture among the prepared planting containers. Water generously, make small depressions, and place the seeds in them, covering them with a thin layer of soil.

• Hardening off. This is necessary for seedlings that will be growing outdoors. This should begin two weeks before planting. First, open the window for 15 minutes daily. Then gradually increase the time.
• By day 40-50, the plant is ready for transplanting into open ground. It's best to plant in the morning on a cool day. Leave about 35 cm between holes and about 50 cm between rows. Peppers grow most vigorously at temperatures of 20-25 degrees Celsius or higher. However, lower temperatures can slow growth.

If the forecast predicts low night temperatures, it is advisable to cover the seedlings.

• Watering. Sprinkler irrigation is suitable for this.

The scheme is as follows:

• Young seedlings need to be watered once a week. In hot weather, twice a week;
• during flowering – three times;
• During fruiting, watering is done about four times a week.

• Fertilizing. This is also done according to a schedule that depends on the growing season:

1. when the ovary appears - herbal infusions, mullein, wood ash;
2. During fruit formation, apply bird droppings in a solution or mullein. During the growing season, apply approximately five applications at intervals of approximately 10 days.

• Pests and diseases. Peppers are a favorite not only for humans but also for various pests, including thrips, cutworms, mole crickets, and Colorado potato beetles.

It is also susceptible to diseases such as: late blight, tobacco mosaic, powdery mildew, black leg, and various rots.

Important! The plant should be transplanted into the greenhouse in early May. If you plan to grow peppers on a windowsill, transplant the plant into a five-liter pot.

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Reviews

Natalia, 44 years old, Cheboksary

I read the variety's characteristics and was very interested in the fact that Bucharest can be grown on a windowsill. I decided to grow the plant on the windowsill of my city apartment, since we don't have a dacha. The bush grows small, and the fruits are a very interesting shade of purple. Of course, the harvest wasn't plentiful, but it provided us with vitamins right up until winter.

Leonid, 58 years old, Ivanovo

I grew seedlings for planting in the greenhouse. The bushes grew to be small, only about a meter tall. The fruits had an unusual purple hue, but my family prefers the ripe ones—they're bright red. Overall, I liked the variety.

Irina, 38 years old, Tula

We planted pepper seedlings in open ground. The harvest was good. I made preserves for the winter, and froze some. I loved everything.

Daria, 29 years old, Orel

We planted Bucharest in the ground at our dacha. We weren't expecting frost and didn't cover the peppers. Naturally, the plants froze. But my mom and I decided not to get rid of the plants. And we were pleasantly surprised when they all recovered and even produced a fruitful harvest.