Vegetable Description: The Sweet Banana Pepper matures in approximately 65 days. This light yellow to red pepper averages 5 ½" x 1 ½" and has a good sweet flavor. Fruit have thick sweet flesh, are smooth, waxy and taper to a point. Compact plants grow up to 24" tall and are very productive. An early producer and widely adapted. Average water needs.

Vegetable Botanical Name: Capsicum annuum

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Vegetable Duration: Annual

Vegetable Days to Maturity: 65

Vegetable Seeds Per Oz: 5000

Vegetable Height: 18” to 36”

Vegetable Spacing: 12” to 18”

Vegetable Planting: Sow seeds indoors before last frost. Plant seeds about 1/4” under soil surface, then transplant seedlings to garden with 12” - 18” between plants, and 24” to 36” between rows.

Vegetable Seed Saving: Allow pepper to ripen on plants; then collect seeds. Clean and dry the seeds before storage in cool dry conditions.