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A sweet pepper in a large pot can bring colour to a balcony for weeks. In a greenhouse, the plant enjoys a longer warm season. See how a loose tie supports a fruit-bearing branch and follow the fruit from young green peppers to your variety’s final colour.
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This growing advice helps you choose. Your variety, growth stage, weather and conditions in your space determine the actual timing.
Start under cover in warmth · Sweet pepper
Mid-February–early March for greenhouse growingStart indoors in warmth and reserve enough bright space for raising plants.
Sweet pepper needs a long season. Very early sowing without enough light gives no head start. For outdoor growing, a suitable early cultivar may be sown later; follow seed guidance.
RHS · paprika ↗Britse teeltrichtlijn voor een gematigd klimaat; de genoemde perioden zijn richtlijnen voor Nederland en Vlaanderen.
Feggies · Paprika Jubilandska — rasbeschrijving ↗Nederlandse producent of teeltbron; de rasinstructie blijft leidend.
Feggies · Paprika Chinese Giant Sweet — rasbeschrijving ↗Nederlandse producent of teeltbron; de rasinstructie blijft leidend.
Guideline periods for the Netherlands and Flanders. Check the variety, available light, soil and measured temperatures. Greenhouse heating does not guarantee enough winter light.
Choose by more than the name. Discover how these varieties and crop types taste, what you can use them for and what growing them involves.
21 of 21 choices · 20 named varieties
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A relatively low-growing sweet pepper with elongated fruits turning green to red; a manageable greenhouse variety.
Choose Jubilandska for a lower greenhouse crop without complicated pruning.
The flavour is described as sweet. Red-ripe fruits are the choice for a sweet pepper dish; green represents a different stage of ripening.
Cut red strips for a vegetable dish or use firm halved fruits in the oven. Combine green and red only if you want that variation in flavour.
Start in warmth and allow approximately 50 cm. Even without pruning, a stake can help branches laden with fruit.
Pick green for early use or let fruits turn fully red. Harvest with scissors to keep branches intact.
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Large bell peppers with abundant flesh: an old variety for generous portions and a substantial greenhouse position.
Choose Chinese Giant Sweet for large bell peppers to contrast with small Mini Bell or round Sweet Cherry.
Mild and sweet is the described profile. The cultivar focuses on plenty of flesh rather than a distinctly hot flavour.
Stuff large halves with rice or vegetables, or cut broad strips for grilling. One large fruit provides several portions.
Start indoors in warmth and provide a sunny, sheltered position. Support branches as large fruits become heavier.
Assess full fruit shape and ripeness on the plant. Harvest for kitchen quality without promising an unknown fixed fruit weight.
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Small snack peppers on a fairly compact plant, suitable for a pot on a warm balcony or patio.
Choose Flynn mainly for small, sweet portions when compact plants matter more than large bell-shaped fruits.
The source describes sweet, juicy fruits. This profile suits raw snacking, without implying that every snack pepper is the same cultivar.
Eat the young, ripe harvest fresh or cut small strips for a lunchbox. This keeps the juicy texture recognisable.
Use a large pot with drainage and warm shelter. Check moisture more often in warm weather because compost dries quickly.
Let small fruits ripen well and pick regularly. Use the seed label for your selection's precise final colour.
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Elongated Italian sweet peppers ripening yellow: a horn-shaped alternative to square bell peppers.
Choose Corno di Toro geel for long, sweet fruits and yellow ripening alongside red Marconi Rosso.
The described flavour is sweet and fragrant. Ripe yellow fruit gives this cultivar its own kitchen profile and colour.
Halve long fruits for grilling or cut yellow strips for a salad. An opened half is also suitable for stuffing.
Provide a warm greenhouse position, sufficient root space and support for fruit-bearing branches. Let long fruits develop freely.
Harvest fully yellow for the described ripe profile. Picking green is earlier but gives another stage of the same fruit.
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An early, old Basque variety with fleshy, elongated, red fruits around 15 cm.
Choose Long des Landes for early, elongated, sweet peppers. Earliness combined with fleshy fruit makes it practical.
Sweet and fragrant is the described flavour profile. This is a sweet pepper for an aromatic meal, not a hot cayenne despite its long shape.
Fry red strips with potatoes or roast long fruits for a warm vegetable dish.
Start early indoors in warmth and provide warm shelter. Maintain even watering when several long fruits are growing at once.
Pick red for ripe aroma. Stated fruit length is a guide; skin and full colouring determine ripeness.
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A very early variety with orange fruits shaped like flattened tomatoes: clearly different from a long, pointed sweet pepper.
Choose Mandarine for early development and a broad, orange shape alongside red and yellow sweet peppers.
Thick flesh and good flavour are described. The name and orange colour do not prove a mandarin aroma.
This flavour description applies to the crop; there is no separate tasting result for this variety.Cut broad salad slices or stuff a young, ripe fruit. The flattened shape makes a striking presentation.
Provide a warm, sunny position and sufficient room around the plant. Early development still needs a warm start.
Let the fruit turn orange and pick it when firm and juicy. Do not expect a fixed harvest date based on earliness alone.
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Small, square sweet peppers of approximately 3–5 cm on a low plant around 40 cm tall: a true miniature.
Choose Mini Bell rood for miniature bell shapes and pot growing. Unlike long snack peppers, fruits remain clearly square.
Thick flesh with a sweet, fruity flavour is described. This makes the small fruit more than an ornamental pepper.
Stuff mini halves with a little soft cheese or serve raw on a snack platter.
Provide a large pot and warm position. Even a low plant regularly uses water and feed during fruit growth.
Pick fully red minis for the ripe, sweet profile. Look beneath leaves where small fruits easily remain hidden.
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A vigorous mid-late variety with conical, red fruits and thick, juicy flesh.
Choose Pantos when thick, juicy flesh matters more than the earliest possible harvest.
The description mainly concerns thick, juicy texture; flavour is rated good without a precise sweetness comparison.
This flavour description applies to the crop; there is no separate tasting result for this variety.Eat red strips raw or use fleshy fruit in an oven dish. The juicy bulk suits both uses.
Provide a long, warm season and support the vigorous plant. Mid-late development often makes a greenhouse useful in the Netherlands.
Let the cones turn completely red for a ripe harvest. Towards autumn, retain only new fruit that still has a chance of ripening.
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A sweet pepper with a rich, full flavour for anyone wanting to use the harvest in a cooked dish.
Choose Piquillo when a described full flavour matters without necessarily seeking a large bell pepper.
Sweet and full is the described profile. No precise heat level is given; this selection is listed among sweet peppers.
Roast the fruit and use the flesh in a sauce or as a vegetable garnish. Assess the skin and fruit size from your own harvest.
Provide warmth and sun in a greenhouse or sheltered garden. Start indoors and plant out after cold and frost pass.
Pick ripe, firm fruits regularly. In the Netherlands, a long harvesting period also depends on shelter and warm late-summer days.
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An early variety with conical fruits turning red at maturity: an easily recognised red sweet pepper shape.
Choose Rosso for early, red cones and a described gently sweet flavour beside later, juicy Pantos.
The flesh is described as soft and sweet. This profile suits both raw strips and cooked preparations.
Use red strips in a salad or add pieces to a quick vegetable stir-fry. Avoid cooking the tender flesh for longer than necessary.
Grow in warmth and shelter with sufficient root space. Even an early sweet pepper can stall on cold nights.
Pick fully red for ripe flavour. Let colour develop on the plant and cut carefully from the branch.
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Round fruits approximately 3–4 cm across turn from dark green to bright red; an early, sweet cherry pepper.
Choose Sweet Cherry for round, sweet minis rather than the square fruits of Mini Bell rood.
The flavour is described as very sweet and fruity. Roundness says nothing about heat here: this is the sweet selection.
Use very small ripe fruit as snacks or stuff halves as nibbles. Remove the seed cavity if it gets in the way in a small portion.
Start in warmth and keep the crop in a sunny, sheltered position. Numerous small fruits need regular checks.
Harvest bright red for the described ripe profile. Small green fruit is at an earlier stage and gives a different flavour result.
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Elongated, pointed sweet peppers turning green to bright red: a traditional European variety with a recognisable slender shape.
Choose Red Augsburger for a traditional red, pointed shape without the short bell shape of a snack pepper.
No distinct aroma is described. General sweet pepper flavour is the culinary base; red pointed shape is the certain variety trait.
This flavour description applies to the crop; there is no separate tasting result for this variety.Cut long strips for a pan-cooked meal or roast halved fruits. The pointed shape gives neat, narrow portions.
Start indoors in warmth and provide a sheltered, sunny position. Support laden branches if long fruits unbalance the plant.
Let green fruits turn bright red fully. Cut the stalk rather than pulling the long point.
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Slightly curved, long peppers ripening from pale yellow through yellow-orange to red: the banana name explains the shape.
Choose Sweet Banana for curved shape and successive colours instead of long, straight pointed peppers.
There is no proven banana aroma. The usual sweet pepper flavour is the starting point; taste different ripening stages to find your preference.
This flavour description applies to the crop; there is no separate tasting result for this variety.Cut curved strips for salad or fry pieces in a vegetable dish. Keep young, yellow and fully red fruits separate if desired.
Start in warmth and position the plant somewhere warm and sheltered. Let long fruits grow freely between leaves and support.
The light yellow colour is an early stage; red is fully ripe. Label what you pick to compare the different stages in the kitchen.
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An early-ripening bell pepper with a striking chocolate-brown final colour and somewhat thicker skin.
Choose Sweet Chocolate for early, brown bell-shaped fruits to contrast with uniformly red or yellow peppers.
Chocolade describes the colour, not a cocoa aroma. A separate flavour profile is not recorded; the usual sweet pepper flavour remains the basis.
This flavour description applies to the crop; there is no separate tasting result for this variety.Cut brown strips for a colourful salad or roast cubes. After roasting, decide for yourself whether to remove the thicker skin.
Grow in warmth and shelter with sufficient airflow. Early ripening helps, but the plant remains cold-sensitive.
Pick fruits fully coloured chocolate brown. The colour belongs to ripeness and should not automatically suggest spoilage.
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An old French mid-season variety with red, strongly wrinkled, lantern-shaped fruits and thin skin.
Choose Ampuis when drying is important and you want an unusual lantern shape.
A specific sweetness comparison is missing. The thin, wrinkled fruit is mainly interesting for its described use as a drying pepper.
This flavour description applies to the crop; there is no separate tasting result for this variety.Dry clean, ripe fruit with a suitable drying method and process it for kitchen storage; use fresh pieces cooked in a meal too.
Provide warm shelter and a sufficiently long season. Let wrinkled fruit hang dry and freely without pressing against wet leaves.
Harvest healthy red fruits for drying. Check folds for damage and dry only undamaged specimens.
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A red, sweet, pointed pepper for frying and stuffing: the long shape makes generous culinary halves.
Choose Marconi Rosso for long, red fruits and versatile cooking use, contrasting with yellow Corno di Toro.
When ripe and red, this offering is described as sweet. Green harvesting gives a different stage; heat is not a fixed, guaranteed characteristic.
Stuff halved fruits, fry strips or make shakshuka with the sweet, red pepper.
Start in warmth from February to early April. Germination may take several weeks; provide light as seedlings emerge.
Pick red for the ripe, sweet profile or take some green fruits earlier. Compare both stages separately in your dish.
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Red snack peppers approximately 7–8 cm long on strong, fairly short plants, developed for professional organic growing.
Choose Arwen for red snacks; compare with yellow-ripening Radja if colour and harvest time interest you.
The source states good flavour without a pronounced, distinctive aroma. General sweet snack-pepper flavour suits raw use.
This flavour description applies to the crop; there is no separate tasting result for this variety.Use red mini peppers on a snack platter or cut small strips for lunch. Their size suits eating straight after harvest.
Provide warm shelter. According to the supplier, ripe outdoor harvests come later in the season than greenhouse harvests.
Harvest fruits that have turned red, often around 30–40 grams. Weight is a guide, rather than a reason to leave a small, ripe fruit on the plant.
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Yellow snack peppers about 7–8 cm long on strong, short plants: a sunny colour for small fresh portions.
Choose Radja for yellow snacks and a relatively short crop. The variety description clearly establishes colour and size.
Good flavour is described without a special aroma note. Use general sweet snack-pepper flavour as the starting point.
This flavour description applies to the crop; there is no separate tasting result for this variety.Eat ripe, yellow fruits as snacks or pair with red Arwen in a small salad. Colour differences become immediately visible.
Provide a warm greenhouse or well-sheltered outdoor position. The supplier places outdoor ripening mainly in late summer.
Pick fully yellow for ripe portions. Follow colour rather than an unknown fixed number of days.
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An ornamental and snack pepper developed especially for balcony gardens, with marbled foliage and colourful striped fruits.
Choose Madame Paraplü when both foliage and harvest should be attractive. It offers more than uniformly red snack fruits.
The grower offers the variety as a sweet snack pepper, without a separate aroma profile. Taste ripe fruit; ornamental value does not make it a hot ornamental chilli.
This flavour description applies to the crop; there is no separate tasting result for this variety.Use small, ripe fruits fresh as snacks and leave stripes visible on the plate. Colour mainly provides visual variation.
Grow in a roomy pot in a sunny, airy spot. Support the plant if its crop load requires it; the grower also describes it as suitable for outdoors.
The fruit starts green-and-white striped, turns through yellow and orange, and ripens with red-brown stripes. Use that final stage for a ripe tasting.
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An orange, sweet, pointed pepper approximately 20–22 cm long with rapid colouring and a strong, open crop.
Choose Kyra for orange pointed peppers and rapid colour development rather than small snacks or bell shapes.
The flavour is described as mildly sweet, with crisp flesh. This also makes the long orange fruit appealing as raw strips.
Cut crisp, long salad strips or roast halved fruits. The orange shape pairs attractively with red pointed peppers.
The supplied instructions focus on glasshouse growing. Give the tall plant support, warm soil and airflow around long fruits.
Harvest fruit that has turned orange. The stated length and weight are guidelines; a smaller, fully ripe fruit is also usable.
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A mixture of red, orange and chocolate Mini Bell peppers for different small fruits in a row of pots.
Choose the mix if you enjoy a surprise. One seed becomes one plant with its own selection, not a plant that automatically bears all three ripe fruit colours.
The described flesh is meaty and sweet. The mix offers several colours without a guaranteed distinctive flavour for each seedling.
This flavour description applies to the crop; there is no separate tasting result for this variety.Use young, ripe minis as snacks or stuff small halves. Harvest from several plants for a colourful platter.
Label plants separately and give each compact plant enough root space. The supplier mentions a height of around 40 cm and suitability for pots.
Record each plant's colour at its first ripe fruit. Later, pick each plant at the correct final colour.
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Under glass or film, the long crop gains more sheltered growing days.
For a long warm season, with room for light and air between plants.
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A large pot in a sunny, sheltered position keeps care close by.
For a sunny balcony or patio; a cool season may limit ripening.
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This image was created with AI from described plant characteristics and growing advice. It shows a possible situation and is not a photograph of a verified cultivar.
This image was created with AI from described plant characteristics and growing advice. It shows a possible situation and is not a photograph of a verified cultivar.
This image was created with AI from described plant characteristics and growing advice. It shows a possible situation and is not a photograph of a verified cultivar.
Choose two to four varieties to compare their source data side by side.
Jubilandska: A relatively low-growing pepper with elongated fruits that turn from green to red; a manageable greenhouse cultivar. Cut red strips for a vegetable dish or use firm halved fruits in the oven. Combine green and red only if you want that variation in flavour.
The flavour is described as sweet. Red-ripe fruits are the choice for a sweet pepper dish; green represents a different stage of ripening.
Chinese Giant Sweet: Large, block-shaped peppers with plenty of flesh: an old cultivar for generous portions and a substantial place in the greenhouse. Stuff large halves with rice or vegetables, or cut broad strips for grilling. One large fruit provides several portions.
Mild and sweet is the described profile. The cultivar focuses on plenty of flesh rather than a distinctly hot flavour.
Flynn: Small snack peppers on a fairly compact plant, suitable for a pot on a warm balcony or terrace. Eat the young, ripe harvest fresh or cut small strips for a lunchbox. This keeps the juicy texture recognisable.
The source describes sweet, juicy fruits. This profile suits raw snacking, without implying that every snack pepper is the same cultivar.
Corno di Toro geel: Elongated Italian peppers that ripen yellow: a horn-shaped alternative to a square block pepper. Halve long fruits for grilling or cut yellow strips for a salad. An opened half is also suitable for stuffing.
The described flavour is sweet and fragrant. Ripe yellow fruit gives this cultivar its own kitchen profile and colour.
A green sweet pepper is often a fruit picked earlier, while further ripening brings its final colour and flavour. Colour also depends on the cultivar: red is not the end point for every sweet pepper. Look at the cultivar choice first, then at when you want to pick.
Sweet peppers need warmth throughout growth. Dutch seed producer De Bolster recommends growing under glass or a polythene cover. Outdoors, a warm, sheltered spot may help, but a cool season remains a limitation. Choose that position before sowing, so raising the young plants fits the space available later.
Sweet peppers need a long period of raising under cover. The American university source starts well before the frost-free planting-out date. This is a reason to plan ahead, not a universal Dutch sowing date. Give young plants enough light and warmth. Consider whether you can keep caring for them properly indoors until their final growing position is suitable.
Let young plants acclimatise gradually before moving them outdoors. Plant sweet peppers at the same depth as in their growing-on pots. Choose soil that retains moisture while also draining excess water. The rootball needs a good start; a warm afternoon alone does not tell you how cold the following night will be.
A large pot makes growing sweet peppers possible on a terrace or balcony. Provide drainage and add support when the plant needs it. Load-bearing branches may break under the weight of fruit. Tie in with soft material and leave room for growth. Pinching out the top is not routinely necessary and may delay fruiting: choose that intervention deliberately.
Not every flower becomes a fruit. Irregular moisture supply can weaken flowers and young fruits. Water the root zone and look beyond a wet surface. When a flower is lost, investigate the conditions around the plant before deciding that the cultivar does not work in your garden.
A fully grown sweet pepper can be harvested green or left on the plant longer to change colour. That choice affects its use in the kitchen and the wait for the next harvest. Do not expect harvested green peppers to ripen in the same way as tomatoes; let the desired ripe colour develop on the plant.
Sweet peppers can be used raw in a salad, fried or roasted. Choose your harvesting stage with that dish in mind too. Compare fruits of the same cultivar at different stages of ripeness. Keep the cultivar name and tasting note in My garden: this creates an experience specific to your season.
Place a stake firmly beside the plant without pushing it through the rootball. Use a wide, soft tie and make a loose connection to the load-bearing branch. Check that the material does not cut into the stem. As fruits become heavier, a second support point may be needed; keep considering the whole plant's shape.
A dry, sunken patch at the bottom of a fruit may relate to blossom-end rot and irregular moisture uptake. A pale, scorched patch on an exposed side may result from strong sun. Check watering, roots and leaf cover before feeding more. Flowers can drop in heat or cold; keep the greenhouse ventilated and conditions around the roots steady.
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SeedSteps editorial team · updated on 11 October 2026. The AI images illustrate species and practical growing situations; they do not prove an exact cultivar, observations from your own garden or yield.
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Supporting evidence by chapter: Choose by flavour, shape and use: Feggies, Feggies, Feggies, Feggies. Colour tells part of the story: Velt. Start with the warmest spot you can offer: De Bolster. A seedling needs time as well as light: University of Maryland Extension. Plant at the same depth and let the roots grow: Royal Horticultural Society. A potted plant develops load-bearing branches too: Royal Horticultural Society. Follow the flower first, then the small fruit: University of Minnesota Extension. Pick green or leave on the plant to colour?: University of Maryland Extension. The harvest finds its purpose in the kitchen: Velt. Support a branch before it breaks: Royal Horticultural Society, University of Minnesota Extension, De Bolster. Check fruit patches and dropping flowers: Royal Horticultural Society, University of Minnesota Extension, De Bolster.
