Sweet Pepper 'Bell Boy Aka Bellboy'

Capsicum annuum var. annuum (Grossum Group)

Bell Boy is a hybrid variety of Sweet Pepper

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Bell Boy is an early-maturing, four-lobed hybrid sweet pepper that ripens from bright green to red. Its blocky, thick-walled, 4.5-inch/11.5 cm fruits are excellent for stuffing. Compact, productive plants are resistant to TMV and bacterial leaf spot virus 1, 2 and 3.

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How to keep Bell Boy happy

How to sow and germinate Bell Boy

How to transplant Bell Boy

How long does Bell Boy take to grow?

These estimates for how long Sweet Pepper 'Bell Boy' takes to sprout, grow and harvest are from real observations from real gardeners, right around the world. Start logging and journaling your observations to participate!

How to harvest Sweet Pepper

Carefully cut off short piece of stem with fruit to avoid damaging plant.

Companion plants for Sweet Pepper

These plants will grow well with Sweet Pepper:

other peppers (be careful when saving seeds from varieties that were planted close to other varieties of pepper)-helps keep humidity high and shelter each others fruit
tomato -helps keep humidity high and shelter each others fruit¹
geraniums -a trap crop for insects that carry curly top virus
petunias -trap crop similar to geraniums.¹ Also may help with humidity.
marigold -repels/kills nematodes which can spread disease
marjoram -helps keep humidity high¹
carrot
mints (including basil and oregano)
basil -helps keep humidity high¹
oregano -helps keep humidity high and repels aphids¹

Repellent plants for Sweet Pepper

These plants will not grow well with Sweet Pepper so avoid planting these within close proximity:

beans -are host to nitrogen fixing bacteria and can be too much for peppers¹
kale
cabbage
brussles sprouts
tomato -peppers and tomatoes can get the same diseases
corm -
black walnut -produces juglone which is allelopahic to nightshades¹
apricot -a fungus that peppers are prone to can infect apricot trees

Common Sweet Pepper pests

These pests are known to attack Sweet Pepper plants:

Identification of Pests Of Pepper
Beet armyworm²
Tobacco hornworm²
Flea beetles²
pepper weevil²
pepper weevil larvae²
green peach aphid²
potato leafhopper²
corn earworm²
fall armyworm²
Pepper maggot²
cutworms²
european corn borer²

Common Sweet Pepper diseases & problems

These problems and diseases are known to effect Sweet Pepper plants:

Identification of Virus Diseases of Pepper
cucumber mosaic virus (CMV)³
tobacco mosaic virus (TMV)³
tobacco etch virus (TEV)³
tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV)³
alfalfa mosaic virus (AMY) or calico mosaic³
potato virus Y (PVY)³
pepper mottle virus (PeMV)³