If you are tired of the usual chilli pepper, plant on the garden vegetable variety "Bell".
And not only on the garden.
This plant feels great when grown at home, and its fruits are more like ornamental flowers than a vegetable.
- Appearance history
- Berry pepper: description
- Bushes
- Fruit
- Characteristic variety
- Advantages and disadvantages
- Landing rules
- Pepper care
- Conditions
- Watering
- Shaping and trimming
- Top dressing
- Diseases and pests of the variety
Appearance history
Pepper in the form of a bell has been a rarity in our area until recently. This bitter variety, belonging to the berry-shaped pepper, comes from South America, where it enjoys extraordinary popularity. When our gardeners got the opportunity to purchase seeds of this variety, it became no less popular with us.
Berry pepper: description
After planting the bell pepper hot pepper, do not expect to see the usual bushes and fruits of bitter pepper.Despite its size, the plant has a more decorative appearance.
Bushes
The bush of this sort of vegetable can be safely called a shrub: a plant from planted greenhouse seedlings can reach two meters in height and about a meter in diameter. The leaves are slightly fluffy, and the stems are long, thin and branched.
Fruit
The unusual shape of the vegetable resembles a blooming flower. "Bell" has a rich red color, it is the size of a matchbox and weighs, on average, about 70 grams. From one bush, you can usually collect a kilogram harvest.
Characteristic variety
Pepper varieties "Bell" - late, so the cultivation of seedlings should be started in early February. From the day of emergence of the seedlings and before the harvest should take about five months. 
The fruit is gaining its zhuguchest throughout the ripening, so the early fruits will have a sweet and sour taste, and the later, well-ripened - spicy sweetish and spicy. The yield from one bush reaches one kilogram.Resistant to most diseases and pests, like all types of bitter pepper.
Advantages and disadvantages
Plus, of course, is that this variety - perennial. If desired, in the spring it can be landed in the ground in tanks that will easily be taken to the house for the winter. Also, when grown in a greenhouse, there is a big harvest: about fifty fruits are tied on one bush.
"Bellflower" is ideal for canning: its medium-sized fruits allow you to roll the vegetable into cans entirely - it looks beautiful and original, and you can use it as a snack and as an element of the main dish. 
We should also note the decorativeness of the plant, which also plays a role in planting the site. The main - and, perhaps, the only minus in the description of the bell pepper - is a long wait for the fruit, because you want to try such an attractive “berry” as soon as possible.
Landing rules
The process of planting the variety "Bell" is not much different from planting sweet varieties. The only difference is the earlier planting of seeds for seedlings, the beginning of February. Prefers loose soil, consisting of soil, sand, humus and wood ash. Close up the seeds is not deep: at 1.5-2 centimeters.
Future seedlings need to cover the film and send in a warm place before germination. To plant seedlings in open ground from mid-May, placing the bushes in the holes treated with potassium permanganate, at a distance of about half a meter.
Pepper care
As well as planting, care for the "bell" is identical to the care of any other grade.
Conditions
Shrubs love loosened soil, so its condition must be monitored. It is worth loosening it lightly, since the roots of “Kolokolchika” are not deep. Also under the bushes can be put loose mulch.
Watering
To moisturize the land under a bush is on average once every three days. The plant does not like overmoistening, so watering is carried out as the soil dries.
Shaping and trimming
When the "bell" begins to bloom, it is necessary to pinch the side shoots located below the first ovary. Then, only vertical stepsons should be removed. One and a half months before the end of fruiting, you need to pin down all the shoots. 
Top dressing
This plant is very fond of ash, especially during flowering. Powder her bushes worth about 2-3 times during this period. Like all crops, peppers need manure during planting. Over the entire period of growth bushes can be fertilized with chicken manure. You can also make calcium-containing solutions.
Diseases and pests of the variety
If your "Bell" was attacked by aphid, this solution will help to get rid of it:
- wood ash or tobacco dust - 1 cup;
- liquid soap - 1 tablespoon;
- a bucket of hot water.
From spider mite saves water infused with onions or garlic. This infusion should be sprayed plant in any period of its growth. From slugs on the leaves helps pollinating mustard powder or ground bitter pepper.
So, we made sure that the overseas guest with a musical title deserves the closest attention of gardeners. He not only pleases with great taste, but also decorates the site with his appearance. Follow the simple rules of care, and the plant will thank you for a generous harvest.
