High-performing, green bell pepper variety Trooper

Trooper

Trooper is a high-performing, green bell pepper variety ideal for both low-tech indoor and open field cultivation. This adaptable plant thrives in net house production thanks to its strong, upright and open form. Even under challenging conditions, Trooper sets fruit continuously, ensuring a consistent harvest. The variety produces large to extra-large peppers that maintain their impressive size throughout the picking season. An additional benefit, Trooper boasts resistance to Bacterial Leaf Spot, a common pepper disease.

Plant characteristics

  • Vigour – Very good

  • Habit/type – Strong upright plant

  • Leaf cover – Good leaf cover

Fruit characteristics

  • Colour development – Green to red. Slower to colour

  • Dimensions - Approximately 11.5 x 11 cm

  • Shape – Blocky elongated

  • Wall thickness – Thick

  • Smoothness – Smooth

Plant population guide

20 000 to 25 000 plants per hectare - net house
30 000 to 33 000 plants per hectare - open field

Crop
Pepper
Crop Type
Blocky
Subtype
F1 hybrid sweet pepper
Resistance HR
Xcv:1-3/PepMoV/PVY:0/Tm:0
Growing Method
Open field, Net house
Country
South Africa
Maturity
Medium, 75 to 85 days from transplant
Plant type
F1 Hybrid
Suited for
Box and bulkpackaging, Processing