Sweet Pepper 'Red Marconi Aka Marconi Red Sweet Pepper, possibly Marconi Rosso (red)?,'

Capsicum annuum var. annuum (Grossum Group)

Red Marconi is a heirloom variety of Sweet Pepper

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Heirloom deep red frying pepper. High yields. 72-92 days, but can be earlier. Fruits are 6-12" long and 2-4" wide at the top. Carefully cut off short piece of stem with fruit to avoid damaging plant.

heirloom pepper

Heirloom / OP / Hybrid Red Marconi is... Heirloom Open-Pollinated Patented? Is Red Marconi patented? ?
Lifecycle The lifecycle that Red Marconi exhibits. Annual Category The category for the Red Marconi plant. Vegetable
Hardiness Is Red Marconi frost hardy? Tender Country of Origin Where does Red Marconi come from? Italy
Mature Height How tall does Red Marconi grow? 45.0 cm / 17.55" Mature Spread How wide does Red Marconi grow? 30.0 cm / 11.70"
Bloom Time When does Red Marconi bloom? Mid Summer Harvest Time When is Red Marconi ready for harvest? Early Autumn

How to keep Red Marconi happy

Days To Maturity: 70—85, Height At Maturity: 20"—26" ¹ Plants are resistant to Potato Virus Y and Tobacco Mosaic Virus.²

How to sow and germinate Red Marconi

Soil Temperature: 75—85°F, Days To Germinate: 6—15 ¹

How to transplant Red Marconi

How long does Red Marconi take to grow?

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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

When should I sow or plant Red Marconi?

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Sweet Pepper 'Red Marconi' Etymology

Mar·co·ni (mär-kō’nē)-Italian engineer and inventor who in 1901 transmitted long-wave radio signals across the Atlantic Ocean. He shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in physics. ³