Sweet thick-walled peppers for the Moscow region

To ensure a superb harvest, let's consider the best varieties of thick-walled sweet peppers for the Moscow region: disease-resistant, easy to grow, early-ripening, and delicious. By planting these carefully selected varieties, you'll be sure to enjoy a bountiful harvest—feeding your family this summer and canning various preserves for the winter.

Although the vegetable is foreign, breeders have done a great job, giving its various varieties resistance to disease, cold hardiness, and extending the ripening period so that they can ripen and produce a good harvest in the temperate zone. By the way, see the lunar calendar, will help you decide on gardening work more precisely.

Popular varieties among Moscow region summer residents

• “Fidelio” – having planted this golden beauty on your plot, you will enjoy an abundant harvest in just three months; the fruits are dense, large and beautiful.
• “Rhapsody” won the hearts of Moscow region summer residents with its resistance to all kinds of pepper diseases, and “Winnie the Pooh” with its excellent harvest.
• “Orange Miracle” is another favorite among summer residents; the harvest is usually excellent, the fruits are large, often exceeding 250g.
• In greenhouses, gardeners mainly plant “Agapovsky”, “Semko” has also shown good results there - the fruits are tasty, beautiful, and simply wonderful for salads.
• The fleshy, thick-walled “Atlantika” has also become popular with gardeners, both for salads and for canning; it can be used both in a greenhouse and for planting seedlings in the ground.
• Among the mid-season varieties, summer residents note the excellent properties of “Golden Rain” with a stable harvest and amazing resistance to diseases; “Vozhanin” and “Gift of Moldova” also join them.

When to plant peppers

Breeders have now developed varieties that are easy to grow and resilient enough to be grown even in Siberia. Moreover, they don't require special shelter, are disease-resistant, and produce good yields not only in the Moscow region but also in harsher conditions.

Gardeners usually begin preparing seeds for seedlings by the end of February, as they take a long time to germinate, up to three weeks. You can, however, speed up this process by using a store-bought stimulator or making your own, a healthy homemade one, by diluting aloe vera juice with water and soaking pepper seeds in it for 24 hours.

When to plant pepper seedlings — find out the exact dates.

We don't transplant seedlings into the ground or into a closed greenhouse until the soil has warmed to at least 20 degrees Celsius. These plants require rich, fertile soil, weeding, watering, light loosening, and fertilizing, preferably with bird droppings diluted with water during watering.

Mid-early varieties for the Moscow region

These varieties include the following:

"Yellow" and "Red Bull" are very resistant to viruses, the fruits are large, but they don't like a lot of nitrogen - the entire bush goes into leaves, not fruit.
"Orange Giant" is very prolific, with an excellent harvest, and is drought-resistant.
'Vesnushka' and 'Alyosha Popovich' are also popular with summer residents and are recommended for planting in the Moscow region.
Among the early-ripening varieties, gardeners also recommend checking out "Barguzin," "Dobrynya Nikitich," and "Montero." "Bolgarsky," "Kudesnik," and "Kubyshka" also perform well in this region.
The "Golden Medal" variety is quite good, "Belozerka" produces a large and stable harvest, the local "Gogoshary" is also good, and among the early-ripening varieties are "Indalo" and "Zdorovye." The super-early varieties "Chardash" and "Buratino" are also good.
Also check out: Tomato varieties with photos and descriptions for the Moscow region.