Sweet Pepper 'Thor' F1

Common name: Sweet pepper

Description: 'Thor' F1 is a vigorous, highly productive sweet pepper producing large, blocky fruits that ripen through orange to deep red, with thick, fleshy, very sweet walls that are excellent for eating raw, roasting, or stuffing. The plants are robust and heavy-cropping, and 'Thor' is particularly noted for its reliable performance under UK conditions both in a greenhouse and in a sheltered outdoor position. It crops generously from midsummer to autumn.

Other benefits: very large fruits with thick sweet walls, prolific and reliable, excellent for roasting and stuffing, performs well outdoors in shelter

Wildlife attraction: Bees visit the white flowers throughout summer.

Height & spread (approx.) at maturity: 65–75cm x 45cm

Position: Full sun; warm and sheltered; best under glass in the UK.

Soil pH: Neutral; rich, fertile, moist, well-drained compost.

Moisture: Water generously and consistently. Feed weekly with high-potash fertiliser once fruiting.

Winter hardiness: Frost-tender perennial grown as a half-hardy annual; plant out once all risk of frost has passed and bring indoors or discard in autumn.