What is the Golden Miracle pepper from A to Z?

"Golden Miracle" is a common variety of bell pepper with versatile uses. It has excellent flavor and is resistant to various diseases common to this crop. It's also known as the California Miracle.

Description and general characteristics

When choosing which pepper to try and grow in your garden this year, consider the "Golden Miracle" variety. It's juicy and meaty, perfect for fresh eating, salads, stuffing, and winter preserves.

Productivity

The yield with proper, not dense planting is 5 kg per 1 m²This can be achieved by applying organic fertilizers on time and watering and weeding regularly.

Height, shape, color, weight

The bush reaches 65 cm in height, yet its root system is quite extensive. These two characteristics guarantee good vertical stability when grown outdoors.

Fruits that have reached maturity have:

• large in size up to 12 cm in length;
• the wall thickness is 8 mm;
• the shape is convenient for stuffing it - an elongated cube divided into sections;
• the weight of an individual specimen reaches 250 grams;
• the pulp is filled with juice and a distinct characteristic smell;
• When ripe, the color becomes bright yellow, like the sun.

Ripening speed

The fruits ripen 115 days after the seeds hatch, making it considered a mid-early variety. However, natural conditions still affect ripening, or rather the timing. If the summer is cold and rainy, the ripening period will increase by 10-15 days.

Timing of planting seedlings

The timing of sowing seeds depends on the region where bell peppers will be grown. In central Russia, it's from mid- to late February. In the north, it's early March. In the Urals, Siberia, and the Far East, it's mid-March. In the south, it's the first half of February. It's worth noting that if peppers are grown in a greenhouse, sowing should be done 14 days earlier.

Feedback from those who planted

Vladimir

I bought the seeds at a specialty store. There weren't many, about 20, but they all sprouted. The seedlings grew without any failures, and I was delighted with the harvest. The peppers were cubic, slightly elongated, and perfect for culinary use.

Alexey

I plant several bushes of this variety every year. The fruits are large and fleshy. The harvest is always abundant.

Anna

The harvest always pleases me with its taste and the number of fruits per bush. The only thing is, if the summer is dry, the variety requires regular watering. After that, the fruits simply fill with juice. The Golden Miracle variety is always present in my garden.

Features of growing and caring for the variety

The main feature of the "Golden Miracle" is that it can be sown directly into the soil of a greenhouse.

But if you grow it in the standard way, you should follow certain recommendations for its cultivation:

1. Since this is a heat-loving plant, it is better to grow it using seedlings.
2. For this purpose, seeds are purchased in advance before February.
3. Observe the timing of sowing seeds for seedlings.
4. The soil in beds intended for growing bell peppers should be fertile. If the soil is poor, additional nitrogen fertilizer will be required at the beginning of the growing season.
5. It's worth considering crop rotation. The best predecessors are onions, beans, or carrots.
6. It is not recommended to grow peppers after vegetables such as tomatoes and eggplants, as they share common viral diseases.
7. The area allocated for growing sweet peppers should be illuminated for as long a time as possible.
8. The best recommendation would be that the site should be protected by a house wall on the north side.
9. If this isn't available, you can install a wall made of greenhouse film. The height of this artificial barrier should be 20 cm higher than the height of the mature pepper plant.
10. Before planting seedlings, it is worth hardening them off.

IMPORTANT! When planting seedlings, remember not to plant too thickly in rows, as this will not increase the pepper yield. The recommended planting pattern for seedlings is 50 x 40 cm.

Further care will include timely fertilizing, applied only to moist soil to prevent the pepper seedlings' root system from burning. Timely watering and weed control will help increase the yield per square meter.

Advantages and disadvantages

Positive properties:

1. Grown in various climatic zones.
2. It has good resistance to various fungal diseases.
3. Tolerates temporary cold spells well.
4. It has an extended fruiting period.
5. Excellent taste and commercial qualities.
6. Does not require special care for cultivation.
7. Has a long shelf life.
8. The seeds germinate perfectly without dropping out.

From what experienced gardeners say about this variety, it has no shortcomings and therefore it is a frequent guest in their garden beds.

The main purpose of the harvest

A versatile variety. The harvest can be used to prepare delicious dishes:

• vitamin summer salad;
• stuffed peppers;
• lecho;
• various preparations for the winter period.

What regions is it suitable for?

Ideally suited for cultivation in countries such as:

1. Russia.
2. Belarus.
3. Ukraine.
4. Moldova.
5. Kazakhstan.

But it's worth remembering that in the northern regions of Russia, sweet peppers can also be grown in garden plots, but they will need to be grown in greenhouse conditions.

Resistance to diseases and adverse conditions

Although this variety is highly resistant to various diseases, prevention is better than dealing with fungal diseases and pests later. When planting seedlings, it's important to follow the planting pattern and not shorten it.

Storage rules

Harvesting begins when the peppers begin to turn yellow. This will give them a longer shelf life. When fully ripe and yellow, they won't keep for more than a week, even in the refrigerator.

If there are many bushes and they haven't yet fruited, then in the fall, when the cold weather sets in, some can be covered with a covering material, and the rest can be harvested as is. Laying them out in a single layer in a dark place, they will ripen indoors.