Cubanelle Pepper – 5 Seeds

Cubanelle Pepper Seeds. The Cubanelle, also known as “Cubanpepper” and “Italian frying pepper”, is a variety of sweet pepper of the species Capsicum annuum.

The Cubanelle is considered a sweet pepper, although its heat can range from mild to very moderate. It is not a very hot pepper by most standards. The peppers are usually picked before they ripen, when they are light green or a yellow-green color, but when ripe, they turn bright red to orange-red.

The peppers grow to 4-6 inches long, 2 inches wide, and are banana-shaped, tapering near the bottom.

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Cubanelle Peppers Culinary Uses

• Common uses for Cubanelles include salads, casseroles, or a yellow mole sauce.
• They are great on subs or pizza as well, and they can be stuffed with your favorite delicious filling.
• You can use them in general cooking, using them as you would any bell types.

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Growing Cubanelle Pepper

Indoor Sowing: Mid Winter, Late Winter and Early Spring.

Direct Sowing: Not Recommended.

• Sow seeds indoors in Mid Winter, Late Winter or Early Spring.
• Soak your seeds overnight in warm water to help them germinate faster.
• Place the seeds on top of the growing medium and cover with a thin layer of soil.
• Mist the soil with water daily so that it stays moist.
• For best germination, keep the soil between 23 and 26 degrees Celsius.
• The pots won’t require light until the seeds sprout.
• Sweet Pepper seeds germinate in about 30 days and Hot Pepper seeds in about 60 days, but it can also take longer.
• After the seeds have germinated, place the pot on a windowsill or in a heated greenhouse.
• When they are 2.5cm tall prick out seedlings, moving each into their own 10cm pot. Make sure the roots are well covered and the leaves are just above the surface of the soil.
• Water and place in a light spot indoors.
• While plants are still growing indoors, move into 13cm pots filled with general purpose compost when roots begin to show through the drainage holes in the base.
• When plants are about 20cm tall, or before if they start to lean, stake with a stick.
• Pinch out the tops of peppers when they are about 30cm tall to encourage lots of branches.
• Plants are ready to be placed outdoors once all danger of frost has passed.
• Either plant directly into the ground, spacing them 45cm apart or transfer them to 22cm pots to give them plenty of space to grow.
• Peppers take a long time to grow large enough from seeds to produce mature fruit, and they require a fairly long growing season.
• Make sure you water regularly, especially in hot weather and feed every two weeks with a general purpose liquid fertilizer. Feeding should start when the flowers first appear and should continue until the fruit have been harvested.