University of Illinois Extension
Illinois Vegetable Garden Guide
Peppers
Many of the cultural practices for peppers are the same as for tomatoes. Hot, dry weather often causes young buds, blossoms, and immature fruits to drop. Mosaic is often a problem and can be controlled by growing resistant varieties.
Harvest the pepper fruits when they are firm.
| Crop | Amount for 100 ft of row |
Variety recommended for use in Illinois | Days to harvest | Resistant to |
| Peppers | 50-75 plants or 1 packet seed | Sweet | ||
| Bell Boy | 70 | |||
| Camelot | 67 | |||
| Cardinal | 70 | |||
| Lady Bell | 72 | |||
| Sweet Banana | 70 | |||
| Sunnybrook | 73 | Bacterial Spot | ||
| Hot | ||||
| Anaheim | 78 | |||
| Ancho | 88 | |||
| Cayenne | 70 | |||
| Hungarian Wax | 70 | |||
| Jalapeno | 80 | |||
| Mexibell Hybrid | 70 | |||
| Super Chili Hybrid | 75 |
| Vegetable | Hardiness | Recommended planting period for central Illinois (b) | Time to grow from seed to field (c) | |
| For overall Use |
For storage |
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| weeks | ||||
| Pepper | Very tender | May 10-June 1 | May 10 | 8-10 |
| Vegetable | Spacing in row | |||
| Seed to sow per foot | Distance between plants when thinned or transplanted | Distance between rows | Planting depth | |
| inches | inches | inches | ||
| Pepper | ….. | 18-24 | 18-24 | (d) |
