Snapper Hybrid Pepper Seeds

Unbeatable Disease Resistance!

Stands up to Phytophthora, the blight of many a pepper crop!

Genus: Capsicum
Species: annuum
Variety: Snapper Hybrid
Item Form: (P)?Pkt of 25 seeds
Days To Maturity: 62
Fruit Color: Green
Habit: Upright
Seeds Per Pack: 25
Plant Height: 18 in – 24 in
Plant Width: 12 in
Additional Characteristics: Edible,?Season Extenders
Harvest Season: Early Fall,?Late Summer,?Mid Summer
Light Requirements: Full Sun
Moisture Requirements: Moist,? well-drained
Resistance: Bacterial Leaf Spot,?Blight,?Disease Resistant,?Heat Tolerant,?Tobacco Mosaic Virus
Soil Tolerance: Normal,? loamy
Uses: Beds,?Cuisine,?Outdoor

62 days for green peppers from setting out transplants; up to 82 for deep red peppers.

At last, an almost sure-fire, foolproof bell pepper for gardens across the U.S.! While Phytophthora Fruit Rot has blighted many a plant, Snapper stands up effortlessly to this scourge, as well as to many other pests, to deliver you great big yields every time!

Snapper is a very large, robust plant that sets abundant fruit. These bells are blocky and quite uniform, boasting 3 or 4 lobes and thick, juicy, crisp walls. They are ideal for stuffing because they hold up under cooking, but they’re so delicious fresh that you may never get a chance to save one for popping into the oven!

These bells can be harvested at just over 2 months, when they are a rich green color. Or, for even more nutritious and appealing fruit, let them remain on the plant a bit longer, until they turn a bright shade of red. They are at their peak of ripeness then, and can be eaten immediately or used in cooking. So delectable!

Snapper’s disease resistance package is the stuff of legends. Phytophthora resistance is the main attraction, but this pepper also stands up to bacterial leaf spot races 1, 2, and 3; pepper mottle virus; tobacco etch virus; and tobacco mosaic virus. There’s no easier pepper variety for a new gardener to try!

Start seeds indoors or, in climate with short growing seasons, outdoors at least one week after last frost. If starting indoors, allow 7 to 10 weeks for the seeds to mature into seedlings large enough to transplant safely. Set the transplants (or thin the direct-sown seedlings) 2 feet apart in full sun. If planting many seedlings, space rows about 3 feet apart. Fertilize when the blooms appear, and water well. Pkt is 25 seeds.