Sweet Pepper 'Giant Marconi'

A really nice, truly massive pepper that produced fairly well for me in 5b. AAS winner in 2001 and a lot of fun to grow.

This is my favorite pepper. I personally like it better than the bells I've grown. Fantastic for grilling or stuffing, (with rice, herbs...Read More and spicy sausage, excellent!) but I use it in salads as well. It continues to produce until frost. Here in North Carolina, (zone 7b) they've even made it through some slightly frosty nights with minimal damage. (and with no help from me, I might add) A couple of years ago I pulled off the last of the peppers on Dec. 4.

These are good producers all season, right up to frost, really easy to grow here.

A nice big frying type pepper that roasts up nicely too. Production is very good and the fruits are tasty and very mild. I have had a few...Read More with just a touch of very faint heat at the mid ribs, but even the most fragile tounge can eat these with no problems. Just cut the mid ribs out if you want absolutely no trace of heat.

These peppers are not hot...I don't mean to give that impression...just a few of the fruits have a bare trace of 'pepper essence'. Usually the ones near the bottom of the plant, and if the plants have been stressed, as in a drought.

A 1999 introduction by Jim Waltrip, Seminis. Elongated 3 x 8 inch red to green fruits. (72 day). Vigorous , disease resistant. Good subst...Read Moreitute for bell and a lot easier to grow. Better flavor than similar cubanelle types.