Sweet pepper 'Hybrid Red Popper'

Capsicum annuum var. annuum (Grossum Group)

How to grow Sweet pepper 'Hybrid Red Popper'

  • Full Sun

  • Medium

Try to plant in a location that enjoys full sun and remember to water moderately. Keep in mind when planting that Hybrid Red Popper is thought of as tender, so remember to ensure that temperatures are mild before moving outdoors. Planting Hybrid Red Popper in potting mix, loamy and silty soil with a ph of between 5.5 and 7.5 is ideal for as it does best in weakly acidic soil to weakly alkaline soil.

Growing Hybrid Red Popper from seed

Aim to sow 0.25 inches (0.64 cm) deep and try to ensure a gap of at least 0.98 inches (2.5 cm). Soil temperature should be kept higher than 20°C / 68°F to ensure good germination.

By our calculations, you should look at sowing Hybrid Red Popper about 60 days before your last frost date.

Transplanting Hybrid Red Popper

As Hybrid Red Popper is tender, ensure temperatures are mild enough to plant out - wait until after your last frost date to be on the safe side.

Harvesting Hybrid Red Popper

Sweet pepper Hybrid Red Popper Etymology

Hybrid variety created by crossing several other varieties. See comments under Folklore box for speculative info about its breeding.

Hybrid Red Popper folklore & trivia

Speculation about ancestry of this hybrid:
Probably has ‘Klari Baby Cheese’, and ‘Miniature Yellow Bell’ in its lineage. The child of those two was then crossed with who knows which hybrid(s)…Likely with ‘Baby Belle Sweet,’ which has good disease resistance.

Misspellings of Sweet pepper 'Hybrid Red Popper'

Popper, Red Popper, Red Pepper, Burpee Popper

Other Names for Sweet pepper 'Hybrid Red Popper'

Burpee Red Popper, Hybrid Popper