- Authors: Nastenko N.V., Kachainik V.G., Gulkin M.N.
- Year of approval: 2012
- Bush height, cm: 50-60
- Growth type: medium-sized
- Fruit shape: prismatic
- Fruit weight, g: 150-200
- Fruit color: green in technical ripeness, orange in biological ripeness
- Ripening terms: early
- Ripening month: July August September
- Yield: high
Bell peppers are my favorite vegetable. Every gardener has grown it at least once on his site. The Big Girl variety is loved not only for its high yield and taste, but also for its early maturity and ease of care.
Breeding history
Pepper Big Girl was developed by a team of authors: N.V. Nastenko, V.G. Kachainik, M.N.Gulkin. The culture was approved for use in 2012 and entered into the State Register. It is a member of the peppers family called Big. These include varieties such as:
Big fight;
Big mom;
Big daddy.
Description of the variety
The crop can be grown both outdoors and in indoor greenhouses.
Among the positive aspects of the variety, large-fruited and early maturity are most often noted. And also summer residents point out that Big Girl peppers have good taste, excellent shelf life and the ability to transport. At the same time, the variety is unpretentious, and caring for it lies only in the basic aspects of agricultural technology.
Big Girl pepper is resistant to many fungal diseases.
Characteristics of the appearance of plants and fruits
By type, the bush is medium-sized. The height is 50-60 cm, which makes the crown very compact and semi-spreading. The peculiarity of the variety is that it very actively throws out leaves, and therefore it is necessary to remove them in a timely manner. Otherwise, the bush will simply overgrow, and useful minerals will not be enough for the formation of fruits.
The leaves themselves are medium-sized, green. The surface is glossy and slightly wrinkled.
The number of buds on one bush is 8-10.
The fruits are large, weighing 150-200 grams. Some peppers can stretch up to 300 grams. The vegetable is prismatic in shape. In technical ripeness, the fruits are green, and in biological ripeness, they are orange. The skin is dense, highly glossy.
The pulp is juicy and firm. 3-4 chambers with small white seeds are formed inside. The wall thickness is 6.5-7 mm.
Purpose and taste
Big Girl Pepper has a very sweet, sugary taste and a pleasant aroma. Most often, vegetables are used for preparing salads or for composition of snacks. And also the fruits can be stuffed and frozen. Less commonly, this variety is chosen for canning.
Ripening terms
The culture is early maturing. The vegetative period takes 105-110 days. Fruiting in different regions stretches from July to September. Much depends on the time of planting the seeds and weather conditions.
Yield
Big Girl pepper has high yield rates. An average of 6.5 to 7 kg can be removed from 1 m2.
Growing regions
The originators stated that the culture grows best in the following regions:
Far Eastern;
West Siberian;
northern;
TsCHO;
Middle Volga;
Nizhnevolzhsky;
Central;
Uralsky.
Landing scheme
Big Girl pepper is best planted with 3-4 plants per 1 m2.
To get a large and tasty harvest of pepper, you need to take care of the seedlings in advance. When growing pepper seedlings, you need to correctly determine the sowing time, pre-sowing seed treatment, prepare the necessary container and soil.
Growing and care
In order for a crop to please with a good harvest, it must be germinated correctly.
Previously, the seeds should be soaked in a weak solution of potassium permanganate or aloe juice. Then spray with growth stimulants.The containers are only half filled with earth, since the seedlings, due to their nature, will not go deep into the ground. The soil is best mixed with sawdust and wood ash and loosened very well.
It is worth deepening by 1-2 cm, the distance between the holes is 2-3 cm.
After planting, the containers are covered with foil and removed to a warm place. It is necessary to observe not only the temperature, but also the humidity of the air inside the container, it must be at least 70%. The first seedlings will sprout in 10-12 days. After the appearance of the first leaves, a pick should be made.
Before transplanting into open ground, the seedlings must be taken outside for acclimatization. This will help the seedlings not to experience stress in the new place.
The garden is worth digging up. Experienced gardeners recommend doing this in the fall, adding useful minerals to the ground. Before planting, holes are formed, and you can pour granules of a growth stimulator into them, or simply spill everything with a solution.
Caring for young seedlings does not differ from caring for them at the time of germination.
Watering is also carried out with warm water and under the root. The plant should not be watered too abundantly, since the root system does not go deep into the ground, but grows below the surface at a depth of 10-15 cm. Therefore, frequent, but not too abundant watering is recommended.
After this procedure, you can loosen the soil, breaking dense pieces of soil and turning it over slightly. In this case, it is worth remembering about the root system in order to avoid damage to it.
Top dressing is carried out during the growing season and at the time of fruit growth.
To harvest a tasty and rich harvest of pepper, you need to comply with all the conditions of agricultural technology, and proper care begins with planting plants. Before planting pepper in open ground, it should be prepared. It is also important to take care of the seedlings and planting space in advance.
For good growth of pepper bushes and active fruiting, you need to regularly apply mineral and organic fertilizing to the soil. It is necessary not only to choose the right formulations, but also to use them at the right stage in the development of culture. The frequency of top dressing is always individual. It depends directly on the composition of the land on your site. The poorer the soil composition, the more often you will need to feed the pepper.
Disease and pest resistance
The most common pests of Big Girl pepper are whitefly and aphids. Small bugs gather in small flocks and suck out all the juice from the plant. They live under the leaves.Therefore, when carrying out care procedures, it is worth lifting the leaves of the plant to make sure that there are no pests. For prevention, the bushes can be sprayed with a solution of ash or milk whey.
Pepper is one of the most common vegetables in home gardens. This culture is quite stable and unpretentious. However, under certain conditions, this plant can suffer from infections and harmful insects. Before treating peppers for diseases or pests, you need to find out the cause of the problem, otherwise the treatment may be ineffective.
