Best Sowing Season: February - April & October - November
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10 seeds per pack.
Grow Ora Long Sweet Pepper, an attractive long-fruited pepper producing elongated fruits with a sweet, mild flavour and crisp texture.
Excellent for fresh salads, stuffing, grilling, roasting, stir-fries, pickling and everyday cooking.
Suitable for kitchen gardens, raised beds, pots and grow bags.
Germination Time: 7–14 days
Suitable Temperature: 20°C–30°C
Best Sowing Season: February - April & October - November
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Ora Long belongs to the species Capsicum annuum.
It is grown for its distinctive:
Fruits can generally be harvested while still:
Green and fully developed
or allowed to remain on the plant until they develop their mature colour.
Because commercial seed lots sold as Ora Long may vary slightly, this listing avoids guaranteeing an exact:
unless verified for the particular GREEN GARDENS seed lot.
Exact fruit shape, mature colour, size and yield may vary according to seed strain, climate and crop management.
Ora Long Sweet Pepper is especially suitable for:
Fruits can be used:
Green – for a crisp fresh flavour.
Fully ripe – for mature colour and fuller sweetness.
Its elongated shape also makes it useful for:
G-11 Grow Bag – 11 × 10 inch 🔗
Recommended for one Ora Long Sweet Pepper plant.
G-12 Grow Bag – 12 × 12 inch 🔗
Provides additional root space and better moisture stability for vigorous plants.
G-15 P Grow Bag – 15 × 14 inch 🔗
Suitable where additional root volume and a longer cropping period are desired.
For normal home cultivation:
G-11 or G-12
is a practical choice for one mature pepper plant.
Use fertile, loose and well-drained soil rich in organic matter.
A practical GREEN GARDENS mix can be:
50% Bhalu Mitti (Sandy Soil) + 50% Vermicompost 🔗
Ora Long Sweet Pepper prefers:
An approximate soil pH of:
6.0–7.0
is suitable.
Avoid continuously waterlogged soil.
Start seeds in:
Sow approximately:
0.5–1 cm deep
Cover lightly with fine soil.
Water gently after sowing.
Keep the growing medium warm and consistently moist.
Seeds generally germinate within:
7–14 days
under suitable warm conditions.
Maintain approximately:
20°C–30°C
for good germination.
Cool soil can delay pepper seed germination considerably.
After germination, provide:
Avoid keeping the nursery medium permanently wet.
Gradually increase sunlight exposure as seedlings develop.
Transplant seedlings when they have approximately:
4–6 true leaves
and are sturdy enough to handle.
Move plants into:
Water immediately after transplanting.
Provide:
6–8 hours of direct sunlight daily
Good sunlight encourages:
Avoid deep shade.
Maintain approximately:
35–45 cm between plants
in beds or open soil.
For containers:
One plant per G-11 or G-12 Grow Bag
is recommended.
Adequate spacing provides:
Maintain consistent soil moisture throughout:
Allow the upper soil to begin drying slightly between waterings.
Avoid:
Irregular moisture can reduce fruit quality.
Before transplanting, incorporate GREEN GARDENS Vermicompost 🔗.
Use balanced fertility during active growth.
Once flowering and fruit setting begin, avoid excessive nitrogen because it may encourage:
Young plants may be lightly pinched if needed to encourage:
Avoid excessive pruning.
Remove only weak, damaged or diseased growth where necessary.
Ora Long Sweet Pepper produces typical pepper flowers that are generally:
Self-pollinating
Good fruit set is encouraged by:
Extreme heat or cold may temporarily reduce flower setting.
After successful pollination, young fruits begin developing and elongating.
Maintain:
Allow fruits sufficient time to reach full length before harvesting.
Long-fruited peppers can place extra weight on individual branches.
Plants may benefit from:
Support is particularly useful when plants carry several mature fruits.
Inspect plants regularly for:
Maintain:
Harvest fruits when they have:
Reached good size and are still green
for fresh, crisp use.
Use clean scissors or pruning snips.
Avoid pulling fruits forcefully from the branches.
For mature flavour and colour, allow fruits to remain on the plant until they:
Reach their full ripe colour
depending on the particular seed strain.
Fully ripe fruits are excellent for:
Regular harvesting can encourage continued production under favourable conditions.
G-11 Grow Bag – 11 × 10 inch 🔗
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