Sweet Pepper Seeds (Mekong F1)

Mekong F1 sweet pepper seeds are hybrid sweet pepper seeds variety that is bred by East West Seeds. This hybrid sweet pepper variety has an excellent and strong vigor. It does well in tropical climes like Nigeria.

Mekong F1 sweet pepper variety produces big and blocky sweet pepper fruits. The blocky shape of the sweet pepper fruits produced by this variety is well favoured in the Nigerian market.

Mekong F1 hybrid sweet peppers seeds are resistant to some tropical pests and diseases. This variety has an intermediate resistance to bacterial wilt disease. This variety also has some tolerances to bacteria spot disease, fusarium wilt disease and verticilium wilt disease.

Mekong F1 sweet pepper seeds can be planted in a greenhouse. It can also be grown in the open field.

Product Features

• Colour: Green when unripe, red when ripe
• Taste: Sweet Taste
• Size: Big Pepper Fruits
• Package Size: Pack of 5 grams
• Time to Maturity: 65 – 75 days after transplanting
• Growth Habit: Determinate
• Weight of Fruit: 120-150 grams
• Disease Resistances: Bacterial Spot disease, Fusarium Wilt, Verticilium Wilt, pepper yellow leaf curly disease and pepper mosaic virus disease
• Brand: East West Seeds

Characteristics of Mekong F1 Sweet Pepper Seeds

The following are the characteristics of Mekong F1 sweet pepper seeds:

• Mekong F1 sweet pepper seeds variety is high yielding.
• This variety has an early maturity; it can start fruiting as early as 55 days.
• The sweet pepper fruits produced by this variety have a blocky shape.
• The sweet pepper fruits produced has a high brix and long shelf life.
• It has resistances to Bacterial Spot diseases, bacterial wit, Fusarium Wilt, Verticilium Wilt, pepper yellow leaf curly disease and pepper mosaic virus disease

Advantages of Planting Mekong F1 Sweet Pepper Seeds

The following are the advantages of planting hybrid sweet pepper seeds (Mekong F1):

• This variety has a higher yield than most open pollinated sweet pepper seeds.
• Mekong F1 pepper variety has resistances to some tropical pests and diseases.
• The variety has a long shelf life; it can be kept in room temperature for 21 days.
• The variety has an early maturity time.

How to Plant Mekong F1 Hybrid Sweet Pepper Seeds

• Construct a nursery where the sweet pepper seedlings wil be raised.
• Raise the seedlings in a nursery tray filled with a suitable growing medium like coco peat.
• Plant one seed of the sweet pepper variety in the nursery tray.
• Irrigate the seedlings every day. Ensure that the growing medium does not get dry.
• Ensure that foliar fertilizers and pesticides are applied to the sweet pepper seedlings.
• Ensure that you harden off the sweet pepper seedlings before transplanting them to the field.
• Transplant the seedlings to the field after 4 weeks.
• Use drip irrigation hoses to irrigate the transplanted seedlings
• Apply fertilizers, pesticides and maintain the sweet pepper plants till harvest.

To order or buy Mekong F1 hybrid sweet pepper seeds, please call us on 08066437109.