Early Sunsation Sweet Pepper Plant

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- Spacing: 16 inches
- Days to Harvest: 60
- Considered by many to be the best tasting yellow pepper
- Each 3-Inch Pot contains 1 Early Sunsation Sweet Pepper Plant

Plant Features

Early Sunsation Sweet Pepper Plants produce blocky fruits with thick, juicy walls and a crunchy, sweet flavor, when allowed to fully mature to its yellow color. This high-yielding variety will become one of your favorites!

Our Early Sunsation Sweet Pepper Plants are grown with a commitment to natural methods, ensuring they're healthy and robust. Guaranteed to arrive alive and thriving!

Planting Instructions:

- Transplant when soil temperatures reaches 60°F

Soil Preparation:

- Ideal soil pH: 6.0-6.8
- Add compost or aged manure (in the fall before planting)

Watering Specifics:

- Water consistently
- Avoid overwatering, which can lead to blossom end rot

Fertilizer Type:

- Use a balanced, low-nitrogen fertilizer at planting. We recommend Espoma's Tomato Tone.

Pruning and Training:

- Pinch off early blossoms to encourage stronger plant growth

Pollination:

- Self-pollinating, but benefit from insect and wind or mechanical movement

Additional Pest Management:

- Watch for aphids, flea beetles, and cutworms
- Monitor for signs of bacterial spot or other diseases

Harvesting Indicators:

- Harvest when peppers reach desired size and color
- Cut rather than pull to avoid damaging the plant

Storage:

- Store unwashed peppers in the refrigerator for up to a week
- Can be frozen for longer storage

Companion Plants:

- Basil: Improves flavor and repels pests
- Onions: Deter pests
- Carrots: Loosen soil for pepper roots

Attribute name	Attribute value
Plant Needs
Sunlight	8+ hours
Watering Needs	Consistently moist, but not waterlogged
Soil Properties	Well-drained
Growing Zones	2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

Attribute name	Attribute value
Plant Characteristics
When to harvest	When the fruits reach the desired size
Production Time	Multiply Pickings
Habit	Upright
Foliage Color	Green
Features	Heat tolerant
Garden Styles	Container Garden
Plant Used for	Food Production
Disease Resistance	Bacterial Leaf Spot (BLS) Races 1-3
Plant Type	Hybrid

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Well rooted

Came in very well rooted and already taking off

From Ryan | August 13, 2024

Beautiful!

Beautiful plant, ready to go in the garden! I'll continue to buy my plants from GrowJoy! Love these guys!

From Courtney | June 21, 2022

Pepper plant

Plant arrived in sturdy container well protected from damaging the leaves. It has tripled in size since planting 2 weeks ago. Growjoy is the best mail order company I have found and I would highly recommend them.

From Karen | June 06, 2022

Pepper plants

They are doing great

From Shirl | May 18, 2022

Early sunsation sweet peper

Looking good

From Jeff | May 07, 2020

Perfect plants

All plants arrived on time and in great condition. Can't wait to see them grow!

From Chris | May 07, 2020

Survived a week in the garage

doing good

From Katherine | May 01, 2020

Slow but green

Slow growers but deep rich green leaves

From Patrick | June 09, 2019

Great looking plant!

Enjoy the different varieties of sweet peppers, and this one looks great! Arrived in great condition!

From Kathy Jo | May 17, 2019

Already blooming!

Just noticed today that my pepper plants are already blooming and it just been a few weeks since I transplanted them. Beautiful plants!

From Charla | April 19, 2019

Great

Received this plant in great condition

From anonymous | April 05, 2019

Healthy plants

Early Sunsation Pepper plants arrived healthy and are growing great. I am a regular customer to GrowJoy. They have never let me down!

From Harry | June 19, 2017

Healthy Plants

My Early Sunsation Pepper plants arrived in perfect shape, happy and ready to plant. So far they are thriving!

From Kimberly | May 25, 2017

thanks

Early Sunsation Pepper. Great shipping

From luther | May 21, 2017

Excited

Such a hearty looking plant. Already have Pepper buds after less than 3 weeks!

From Natasha | June 05, 2016

Early Sunsation Pepper Plant

sweet

From lynne | March 05, 2016

very happy

The Early Sunsation Pepper Plants are healthy and growing fast. I could not be more pleased.

From Richard | April 09, 2015

Sunsation Pepper plant

I just picked a my first pepper. Delicious!! I will order again

From Ora | October 23, 2014

Bell Pepper Plant

Arrived healthy and larger than I anticipated! It hasn't been 10 days, and it's already starting to flower in my grow box. I look forward to having peppers in the winter! Thanks so much!

From Maria | October 09, 2014

Early Sunsation Pepper Plant

Easy to grow!! Great taste

From Ora | October 02, 2014

Yellow Pepper plant

Great pepper plant. Easy growing pepper.

From anonymous | September 10, 2014

Pepper Plant Purchase

Everything arrived well packaged and intact. We planted the next day (8 days ago) and all the Early Sunsation Pepper plants are doing well...will update again as they produce fruit.

From Stephen | June 08, 2014

Another Pepper I'm looking forward to trying

Early Sunsation arrived in great shaped, planted the next day and growing well. Looking forward to eating them.

From Holly | May 18, 2014

Yellow Pepper plant

As usual .. My plant arrived alive. After transferring it is thriving .. I look forward to the fruit!

From Helen | May 08, 2014

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