- Bush height, cm: 70-75
- Growth type: medium-sized
- Fruit shape: elongated cuboid
- Fruit color: red in biological ripeness, green in technical maturity
- Ripening terms: early
- Fruit size, cm: length 18-20, diameter 13-14
- Appointment: universal
- Growing conditions: greenhouse, open ground
- Fruit size: large
- Fruit wall thickness, mm: 8-10
Farmers, gardeners and vegetable growers are trying to plant large-fruited and high-yielding varieties of sweet peppers on the site, which are characterized by a short growing season. These include the early ripe Vladyka variety, bred by Russian breeders.
Description of the variety
Sweet pepper Vladyka is a medium-sized plant of the standard type, which in a favorable environment can grow up to 70-75 cm. The bush is characterized by a powerful central stem, semi-spreading branches, moderate thickening with dark green slightly wrinkled leaves, a developed root system and a mixed type of flowering.
Fruits on the bushes are arranged in a standard way - "noses" down (drooping). On the hands, as a rule, a large number of ovaries are tied, which contributes to the maturation of up to 10 large and fleshy specimens. The culture is grown both on garden ridges, and in greenhouses, and in greenhouses.
Characteristics of the appearance of plants and fruits
The Lord is a large-fruited vegetable crop. On average, peppers weighing 200-300 grams (length 18-20 cm) grow on a pepper bush. Sometimes vegetable growers manage to grow super-large specimens weighing up to 400-500 grams. The shape of vegetables is elongated-cuboid or cone-shaped. At the stage of technical maturity, the fruit has a green color, and the fully ripe pepper is evenly covered with a ruby-red cover.
A characteristic feature of the variety is the thickness of the vegetable walls - from 8-10 mm. The dense peel is quite strong, smooth, glossy, with a noticeable ribbing of the surface. Strong and elastic skin prevents the vegetable from cracking. Sweet peppers have 3-4 seed chambers.
The harvested crop easily tolerates long-term transportation, and also has good keeping quality, without losing useful properties and taste. Store vegetables in the refrigerator or vacuum sealed.
Purpose and taste
The vegetable is characterized by excellent taste. The pale red flesh has a fleshy, moderately firm, tender, juicy and crunchy texture without wateriness. The taste is dominated by sweetness, combined with a pronounced peppery-spicy aroma, which remains after heat treatments.
It is useful to eat ripe peppers fresh, add to various hot and cold dishes, use as a decoration in cooking, marinate, bake, preserve in slices, freeze. The meatiness and juiciness make it possible to process the vegetable into dressings and sauces, for example, lecho.
Ripening terms
Vegetable culture Vladyka represents a class of early maturing species. The growing season lasts about 4 months - 115-120 days. Ripening of fruits occurs within 60-65 days after planting pepper bushes in open ground or in a greenhouse. The peppers do not ripen at the same time, so it is recommended to harvest the crop every 2-3 days, which will make it possible for the next specimens to ripen. The massive harvest takes place in July-August.
Yield
The Vladyka variety is very fruitful. On average, 10-12 kg of fleshy giant peppers ripens per 1 m2.
Landing scheme
It is important when planting a vegetable crop to observe the density of the plantings and the distance between the pepper bushes.Correct placement will provide each plant with access to light, heat and sun. It is recommended to plant 3-4 bushes per 1 m2. Landing is carried out according to the scheme 70x40 cm.
To get a large and tasty harvest of pepper, you need to take care of the seedlings in advance. When growing pepper seedlings, you need to correctly determine the sowing time, pre-sowing seed treatment, prepare the necessary container and soil.
Growing and caring
The vegetable is cultivated mainly in seedlings, since it guarantees earlier ripening and high yields. Seedlings are planted in the greenhouse in the first half of May. If you plant in open ground, then you should wait for a stable heat and warming up of the soil. It is best to plant the bushes in the garden in late May - early June. Strong shrubs aged 60-65 days with 3-5 leaves and a formed rhizome are selected as planting material.
Agricultural technology of vegetable crops is regular watering with warm water, fertilizing 3-4 times during the growing season (the plant reacts well to organic matter), loosening and weeding the soil, forming a bush of 1-2 stems, removing excess shoots, preventing viruses and pest infestations.
To harvest a tasty and rich harvest of pepper, you need to comply with all the conditions of agricultural technology, and proper care begins with planting plants. Before planting pepper in open ground, it should be prepared. It is also important to take care of the seedlings and planting space in advance.
Soil requirements
Vladyka pepper must be planted in loamy soils that are well fertilized, fluffed, moisture / breathable. It should be borne in mind that the soil should not be acidic and waterlogged. It is also comfortable for a plant to grow in nutritious chernozems.
For good growth of pepper bushes and active fruiting, you need to regularly apply mineral and organic fertilizing to the soil. It is necessary not only to choose the right formulations, but also to use them at the right stage in the development of culture. The frequency of top dressing is always individual. It depends directly on the composition of the land on your site. The poorer the soil composition, the more often you will need to feed the pepper.
Required climatic conditions
The Lord is a culture with good stress resistance, which provides the plant with resistance to short droughts, heat and sudden temperature changes.For planting, a site is selected, possibly on a small hill, where there is a maximum of sun, light, heat, but there is protection from drafts.
Disease and pest resistance
The good immunity allows the pepper to resist the tobacco mosaic virus and also provides high resistance to some pathogens.
Pepper is one of the most common vegetables in home gardens. This culture is quite stable and unpretentious. However, under certain conditions, this plant can suffer from infections and harmful insects. Before treating peppers for diseases or pests, you need to find out the cause of the problem, otherwise the treatment may be ineffective.
