Peretz Alyosha Popovich

The Alyosha Popovich variety is a versatile and reliable sweet pepper that has shown itself well when grown outdoors. The unpretentious and cold-resistant variety is suitable for planting in a personal plot and for industrial cultivation.

The variety was obtained on the basis of the Semko-Junior company by breeders T. S. Ilyenko, O. O. Timina, O. Yu. Timin. Included in the State Register in 2000.

The bush reaches a height of 50-70 cm, sometimes 1 m, grows in one stem, this is a standard variety with a closed, slightly leafy crown. The leaves are medium in size, bright green in color. It blooms as a female. Up to 4-5 ovaries can appear on one bush, their location is drooping. Suitable for growing in greenhouses and garden beds.

Fruits are large, prismatic or cone-shaped, without transverse ribbing, weighing 160-170 g. The skin is smooth, glossy, the walls are thick, up to 8 mm, the stalk is long. At the stage of technical ripeness - milky green. After removal, they ripen quickly and become red-scarlet. They keep their high presentation well, do not crumple during transportation.

Large pepper with a characteristic weak aroma and pleasant taste. The fruits contain ascorbic acid from 100 to 143 mg per 100 g. Consumed fresh, used for preparing first and second courses, salads, for homemade preparations for the winter: canning, cooking lecho, freezing.

The species is mid-season in terms of ripening: from the appearance of the first shoots to harvesting, 100-105 days pass, until the ripening of the removed fruits - 120-125. In the greenhouse, the first crop is harvested from the end of June, and in the garden - at the beginning of August.

From 1 sq. m under the film, an average of about 5 kg is removed, and on the beds - up to 4.

The culture is suitable for planting in greenhouses throughout Russia. In warm southern regions, it can be planted without shelter.

Place 8 bushes per 1 sq. m in open ground, and no more than 6 - in a greenhouse, with an interval of 50x20 cm or 30x20 cm.

Seeds for seedlings are planted 65-70 days before transferring to a permanent place, around the beginning of March. They are planted in fertile soil to a depth of 2-3 cm, preferably in separate containers. For seed germination, a temperature of +26 degrees is required, the earth is moistened quite a bit and covered with a film. The containers must be ventilated before germination. If the seedlings are planted in a common container, the pick is carried out when 2-3 true leaves appear. After transplanting, the bushes slow down development and may even stop growing. The optimum temperature for keeping seedlings is + 22 ... 25 degrees, but not lower than +17. The soil is watered as it dries, it should always be slightly moist.

Seedlings are planted in a greenhouse or under a film at the end of April or at the beginning of May, on an open bed at the beginning of June. They roll over bushes with a lump of earth so as not to damage the root system. 24 hours before planting, the roots are shed with a solution of the drug "Epin".

Water the peppers 2-3 times a week with warm water, on hot sunny days only early in the morning or late in the evening. The plant requires moist soil, the recommended air humidity is at least 35%. The optimum temperature regime is + 22 ... 27 degrees.

Bushes do not require tying or shaping, but it is recommended to remove all leaves before the first fork. During the period of bud formation, the variety needs nitrogen-phosphorus fertilizing. During the fruiting period, you can make top dressing every 2 weeks, alternating chicken droppings, superphosphate, diammofoska.

The culture is suitable for loose loamy or sandy loam soil, black soil.

The species is considered resistant to adverse weather conditions. Ovaries are formed even in cold spring.

The variety is moderately resistant to verticillary wilt. May be affected by phytoplasmosis. For the prevention of fungal diseases from the moment of emergence of sprouts, it is recommended to water young plants 2 times a week with the preparation "Fitosporin". Before planting seedlings with the same remedy, it is recommended to process the beds.

Insects attack: aphids, spider mites, slugs, Colorado potato beetle. From folk remedies, it is recommended to pour 1 tsp into small holes around the bush. birch tar, from traditional means it is better to use biological insecticides.

Gardeners note the very high yield of the Alyosha Popovich variety, the fruits are beautiful and appear every year. Peppers ripen even in rainy summers, they are very juicy and tasty.