Characteristics of early ripening pepper Orange Miracle and features of its cultivation

Sweet bell peppers are especially popular among gardeners. Large fruits with a lot of pulp, a sweet taste without bitterness, and the ability to be used in winter preparations are just a small part of the reasons why summer residents love this vegetable.

Among the most popular hybrids is the Orange Heart pepper. The crop is characterized by high productivity and stable immunity to diseases. How to grow peppers on your site and not be disappointed in the choice - read on.

What type of pepper is this?

Orange Miracle F1 is a first generation hybrid. It was included in the Russian state register in 2007.

Since then, the crop has been in steady demand among gardeners. It is produced by Sedek and Semko.

Attention! Some companies called Orange Miracle produce another bush pepper. It has a pungent taste and completely different characteristics. Before purchasing seeds, it is important to carefully read the information on the packaging.

Distinctive features

The orange miracle is the bell pepper. Its main feature is considered to be bright, juicy, large, cuboid-shaped fruits. They have a bright orange color inside and out, with a glossy skin. The taste of pepper is sweet, with a slight refreshing sourness. The aroma is rich. There is no bitterness even at the stage of technical maturity.

Another distinctive feature of the hybrid is its high yield. Despite the fact that the seeds from the fruit are not suitable for planting, it is profitable to plant even for sale.

The orange miracle has high immunity. It is not afraid of either viral or fungal diseases, which greatly simplifies plant care.

Peppers contain large amounts of beta-carotene. This makes the vegetable especially useful for children and people suffering from vitamin deficiency.

The negative features of the hybrid include the lack of cold resistance. It is recommended for cultivation in a greenhouse. Growing in open ground is possible only in regions with a hot climate.

Hybrid characteristics

The description of the Orange Miracle on the packaging fully corresponds to the real characteristics. Its fruits turn out shiny and beautiful, as in the photo. But it is not only the beauty of the fruit that makes the hybrid so popular.

We suggest evaluating the remaining characteristics using the table:

Parameter	Indicators
Bush type	Tall. It reaches a height of 1 m. The stems are powerful and durable. Belongs to the shrub type. The bushes are not very spreading, compact. The leaves are dark green, medium-sized, slightly wrinkled. They are formed on the plant in large quantities.
Growing method	Warm-loving culture. Recommended for growing in greenhouses. In the southern regions, planting in open ground is possible.
Productivity	High. From 1 sq. m get up to 15 kg of fruit.
Fruit	Large ones. On average, the weight of each of them varies between 150–250 g. The weight of individual specimens reaches 300 g. The color of the fruit is bright orange. The skin is glossy. Cuboid shape. On average, one pepper reaches 10 cm in length and 9 cm in width. There is pronounced ribbing on both sides, which spreads across the entire plane. Wall thickness 7–9 mm. The pulp has a richly sweet taste, with a slight sourness and peppery aroma.
Transportability	High. Peppers can be stored for more than a month and are suitable for transportation over long distances.
Ripening time	Belongs to early ripening varieties. The first fruits ripen 105–115 days after sowing the seeds.
Disease resistance	Has immunity to fungal and viral diseases.

Shrub pepper Orange miracle

Fruit characteristics

The most interesting thing is that with early ripening, this hybrid is distinguished by truly excellent taste and quality of fruits. It has the following characteristics:

• Peppers grow predominantly cube-shaped, although some reviews note that the shape of the fruit can be slightly elongated with a characteristic spout at the end. Perhaps this can happen due to the re-sorting of seeds. The fruits of the Sweet Orange Miracle have a drooping growth habit, like most bell peppers, unlike the bush hot pepper of the same name, whose fruits point upward.
• The orange miracle is characterized by large fruit sizes, reaching 11 cm in length and width, while the average weight of one pepper is approximately 200-230 grams.
• The Orange Miracle hybrid is a thick-walled pepper, with a wall thickness of 8-9 mm.
• Peppers have a highly glossy smooth surface with juicy pulp and a 3-4 chambered core.
• The color during the period of technical maturity is dark green, and when ripe the fruits acquire an elegant bright orange, sometimes even closer to red coloring.
• The taste is excellent, rated a solid five.
• The purpose of peppers is universal - they will look great in any dish, be it winter preparations or culinary masterpieces for any celebration.
• Marketability, that is, the number of marketable fruits among all those ripened on the bush, is high. Peppers can be stored well and for a long time and can withstand transportation to almost any distance.

Preparation for cultivation

Before using seeds, they must be prepared. Planting material is sorted, removing darkened and damaged specimens, and disinfected by soaking in one of the following products:

• hydrogen peroxide – 15 minutes;
• light pink solution of potassium permanganate – 20 minutes;
• “Fitosporin” – 6 hours;
• aloe juice, diluted in half with water – 12 hours;
• solution of 1 tsp soda in a glass of water – 12 tsp.

After this, the seeds are germinated. They do this in the following way:

1. The seeds are soaked for 5 hours in water at a temperature of 40°C. It is important to ensure that the temperature of the liquid does not fall below this mark.
2. After this, the seeds are wrapped in damp gauze, placed in a saucer, covered with film and placed in a warm place for 2-3 days. All this time, the material is regularly moistened with warm liquid.

After this time, the seeds should swell and hatch. This is a sign that the planting material is ready for planting.

Before planting the pepper in a permanent place, seedlings are grown. Otherwise, the plant will not have time to harvest before frost.

In addition to seeds, to grow seedlings you need to prepare the following materials:

1. Containers. It is better to use individual peat tablets or pots right away. If this is not possible, the seeds are first planted in a common box, and then the grown seedlings are planted in individual pots.
2. Priming. A commercial soil mixture for seedlings and peppers is suitable. You can prepare the soil yourself by mixing garden soil, humus and sand in equal proportions.
3. Dark pink solution of potassium permanganate. It is used to disinfect containers, soil and drainage.
4. Drainage. Coarse sand, broken ceramics, crushed expanded clay or small crushed stone are suitable.

Harvest and storage times

The ripening of peppers is determined by the change in color of the fruit. In the technical maturity phase, the fruits are green. They will ripen 90–110 days after emergence and acquire a bright orange hue. As it ripens, the taste also changes and becomes richer.

Pepper harvest rules:

• pick peppers as they ripen;
• cut the fruits with scissors so as not to break the branch or bush.

Peppers cannot be stored when picked for longer than 2 weeks, so after harvesting, they are immediately used for food or canned. If this cannot be done immediately, store the pepper at a temperature of +7°C in the refrigerator until ready to eat.

Important! Sweet peppers are recommended to be consumed raw or with minimal processing, since high temperature not only reduces the amount of vitamins, but also reduces the content of other useful substances.

When choosing a pepper variety to grow on your site, pay attention to the Orange Miracle. The vegetable is not only tasty and healthy, but also looks impressive in preparations and salads. By following the rules of plant care, you will get up to 14 kg of excellent fruits per 1 m².

Growing seedlings

Seeds for seedlings are sown in early March or late February. 80 days should pass from sowing the planting material to planting the pepper in the ground.

Advice! According to gardeners, when grown in a greenhouse, seedlings are stronger and more viable.

Planting pepper

Peppers are sown either directly in individual pots or in a common box.

Instructions for each option:

1. Box. A 3 cm layer of sand is poured onto the bottom of the container. Soil is poured on top. It is watered with warm water or a growth stimulator. Grooves 2 cm deep are made in the soil. Seeds are laid out in them, between which there should be a distance of 3 cm from all corners. The crops are covered with earth, covered with film and placed in a warm place.
2. Individual pots . They are filled with soil, drainage and watered with warm water. 2 seeds are buried 2 cm in each container. After germination, the weaker stem is pinched. The pots are covered with film and put in a warm place.
3. Peat tablets. The blanks are placed in a deep container with the hole facing down. They are poured with boiling water and left until they swell. Then 1 seed is planted in each tablet. The blanks with seeds are covered with film and put in a warm place.

PLANTING PEPPERS. SIMPLE AND BEST WAY.

Further care

Frail sprouts need especially careful care. Otherwise, you will not be able to get healthy plants.

Care instructions:

1. After the first shoots appear, the greenhouse is dismantled. The seedlings are moved to the windowsill. Pepper is a heat-loving crop, so additional illumination with a fluorescent lamp is often necessary.
2. If fluorescent lamps are not used, then the pots with plants are turned daily. This will prevent the pepper from leaning to one side.
3. If the seeds are sown in a common container, then after the appearance of two true leaves, the pepper is planted in individual pots. If seedlings are immediately started to be grown in individual pots, then the weaker plant is pinched.
4. During the entire period of growing seedlings, they are fed 2 times. The first - 14 days after picking the plants, the second - 5 days before planting in a permanent place. They use purchased preparations “Krepysh” or homemade nutritional supplements (mullein solution, ash, vermicompost).

Pepper care after planting

Pepper care will consist of:

• maintaining an optimal microclimate;
• formation of bushes;
• glaze;
• application of fertilizers;
• loosening;
• weed removal;
• hilling.

The preferred temperature for development is +23...+27°C, and humidity is 60–65%. Watering is carried out several times a week to ensure constant soil moisture. During drought, peppers need to be watered daily. To retain moisture, crops are mulched. This prevents weed germination and reduces the risk of late blight and pepper pests.

Hilling is carried out with the aim of strengthening and developing the root system of the bush. If fruiting is abundant, the bush may not support the weight and fall. Therefore, it must be tied up. Hilling increases the stability of the bush.

Watering and fertilizing

Plants require water throughout the growing season. The weekly norm of liquid consumed by the bush is about 12 liters. Watering is carried out in the morning or evening.

Features of growing the variety and possible difficulties

Pepper Orange Miracle feels best in greenhouses. In the southern regions it is also possible to grow it in open ground.

Since the variety is heat-loving, for the first two weeks after planting in open ground it must be covered with film at night, protecting it from frost. On cold days this is done even during the day.

Pepper has a powerful main stem. It is not necessary to tie it up, but many gardeners still prefer to attach plants to a support.

The plant requires watering. The soil needs to be moistened at least three times a week. Water is poured not only at the roots. The bushes are sprayed with it. Use only settled liquid at room temperature.

To get a good harvest, peppers need to be fed at least three times during the entire growing period. The first time is 14 days after picking, the second time during the formation of inflorescences, the third time when the fruits ripen. Use complex fertilizers. The first time they should contain nitrogen, but the rest of the fertilizers should contain a minimum amount of this substance.

Landing in a permanent place

For peppers, choose beds in the sunniest part of the garden. No other nightshade crops should grow on them the year before.

Peppers of different varieties and hybrids are not planted in adjacent beds. They tend to cross-pollinate.

In the fall, they begin to prepare the beds. They are dug up and cleared of weeds. For 1 sq. m add 6 kg of rotted manure or humus.

Advice! It is easy to measure the acidity of the soil with litmus paper. If the indicator is above 4%, then add dry lime.

In spring, the beds are leveled with a rake and cleared of weeds. The soil is watered with hot copper sulfate.

In greenhouses, the soil on which peppers were previously grown is replaced with new soil. It must also be disinfected.

Holes for pepper are dug in rows in a checkerboard pattern. Use a 50x50 scheme. For 1 sq. m can accommodate up to 4 plants.

1 liter of water is poured into each well. After it is absorbed, add 1 tbsp. l. ash and long-acting complex mineral fertilizers.

The holes with pepper are covered with soil. The root collar of the plants is not buried.

Rules of care

To get healthy plants and a bountiful harvest, it is important to follow the basic rules for growing this crop:

1. In order for the pepper to feel good, it is sprayed several times a season with boric acid or a product prepared from a bucket of water and 1 tbsp. l. nitrophoska.
2. Pepper loves spraying, but this should not be done during the flowering period. Otherwise, the pollen will clump together and pollination will not occur.
3. To speed up pollination, pepper beds are sprayed with sweet water. It will attract beneficial insects.
4. Excess leaves from the bottom of the bush must be removed. The procedure is carried out once a week, removing no more than three leaves.
5. To get a rich harvest, the fruits are harvested at the stage of technical maturity. They will ripen at home. Having gotten rid of the fruits, the pepper begins to form new stepsons with the harvest.
6. The beds must be covered with mulch (straw, hay, peat). This layer will protect plants from diseases, pests, cold and drought.
7. After each watering, the soil is loosened and weeds are removed - they damage and inhibit the root system of the pepper.
8. If additional roots form on the stems, they are sprinkled with earth.

Choosing a variety is a responsible matter

Sweet pepper is an annual plant. After harvesting, you need to immediately think about the next season and try to choose the most optimal type of orange pepper. When choosing a variety, you should take into account some important indicators on which the result depends. First of all, you have to remember that this culture is divided into:

1. Maturation period. The main categories are super-early, early, mid-early, mid-late and late. The ripening period for orange peppers is quite long, so many gardeners try to grow an early or super early variety on their plots. This is due to the fact that in many regions the duration of the warm season is limited, and your favorite vegetable does not have time to reach its full ripeness. Therefore, all varieties of peppers are grown in seedlings, preparing planting material in advance. But late varieties of orange pepper can be safely transplanted into pots at the end of the season and continued growing at home. In this case, you can enjoy fresh peppers until mid-winter. Experienced gardeners simultaneously plant varieties with different ripening periods. When early orange peppers stop bearing fruit, it is time for later varieties. All season long, you don’t have to think about where to get fresh, healthy vegetables.
2. Growing conditions. Here you can choose two options - open ground or greenhouse. Not every variety that bears fruit well under film cover will produce the same rich harvest in the open air. The main thing is to provide the orange pepper with the right temperature, sufficient light and proper watering. Therefore, taking into account the experience and conditions of the site, it is better to focus your attention on a specific variety that will fulfill all the requirements. It is advisable to read the information on the seed packaging. The best varieties are always the most in demand.
3. The appearance and size of the bush. The first indicator relates to aesthetic requirements, and the second will have to be taken into account in order to correctly calculate the planting scheme on the site. This is very important for small areas or low film shelters. Here you will have to give preference to low-growing varieties of orange peppers.
4. Disease resistance. Modern breeders are developing certain varieties and hybrids of orange peppers that exhibit a high degree of disease resistance. This allows you to significantly save time and money. After all, you won’t have to carry out unnecessary chemical treatments.

Using these criteria, you can easily select a variety of orange pepper that is suitable for a region with certain light conditions, climate, and soil composition.

Typical diseases and pests

Orange miracle pepper has strong immunity to fungal and viral diseases. Therefore, the plant is not sprayed with chemicals for preventive purposes.

It is important to protect peppers from insects. They damage bushes and crops, and also spread infections:

1. A decoction of wormwood will protect against small pests such as aphids and spider mites. If pests have already infested the bushes, then they are sprayed with a soap solution prepared from a bucket of water and a grated piece of laundry soap.
2. The Barrier protects against the Colorado potato beetle. Large pests are also collected manually.
3. To get rid of slugs, just spray the plants with a product made from a bucket of water and a few crushed hot peppers.

To prevent plants from getting sick, you need to follow the rules of prevention: care and adherence to the principles of crop rotation, ventilation of the greenhouse.

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Orange bell pepper beneficial properties

Orange color indicates a large amount of α-, β-, γ-carotenes.
The word carotene “carota” is Latin and means “carrot”. Carrots and orange peppers are leaders among vegetables in the content of carotenes, which have a beneficial effect on human vision. If we hold a “competition” on the healing properties between carrots and orange peppers, the latter will be the winner. Another advantage of orange varieties of vegetables is that they, like red varieties, are simply an inexhaustible source of vitamin C (150-200 mg). In terms of ascorbic acid, red and orange representatives of sweet peppers are superior to lemons.

The southern vegetable is famous not only for ascorbic acid. In 100 gr. orange pepper contains a large number of other vitamins, without which it is impossible to imagine the normal functioning of the body: A (20 mg), B1 (0.08 mg), B2 (0.09 mg), B6 ​​(0.3 mg), B9 (10 µg) , PP (0.8 mg), E (0.7 mg).

The vegetable can also be called a real wealth for its saturation of fruits with microelements: iron, magnesium, potassium, calcium, sodium, phosphorus.

The low calorie content of the product (26 kcal) should also be included in the useful properties of the vegetable. By eating bell pepper, a person receives a whole range of vitamins and microelements without causing any harm to the figure.

Reviews

Pepper Orange Miracle has many good reviews. This hybrid is popular due to its good taste and high yield.

Larisa, Perm: “I have been growing the Orange Miracle pepper in a greenhouse for several years now. A very productive hybrid. It does not get sick and does not require shaping, so it is easy to care for. The main thing is to water the plantings regularly and do not forget to feed them. I use silage, superphosphate and ash. The fruits are beautiful and large: just what you need for salads.”

Tatyana, Solnechnogorsk: “Last year, a friend shared the seeds of the Orange miracle. This is now my favorite hybrid. I really liked the large, bright, thick-walled peppers. They are ideal for salads and lecho. The harvest is very large. There was even enough to freeze it. I freeze the peppers whole, removing the seeds. Then we eat our stuffed peppers all winter.”

Advantages and disadvantages

• Advantages of the variety:
• possibility of growing in temperate climates;
• large fruit;
• higher wall density than other varieties;
• excellent taste;
• resistance to tobacco mosaic and tomato bronzeness.

The variety has a lot of fans due to its appearance and incredible taste. Manufacturers think brightly colored holiday peppers would be a great way to encourage picky little ones to eat their vegetables.

• Disadvantages of the variety:
• pepper grows and bears fruit better in warm weather;
• requires molding due to the ability for intensive growth;
• requires garter due to the large mass of fruits;
• The variety is a hybrid, and to grow the next year, the seeds must be purchased again.

Heracles (Hercules)

This pepper with excellent taste is a late-harvesting variety. Despite the name, it has a very modest size. It grows to approximately 90-110 cm. The pods are not large in size, their average weight is 100-120 grams.

The yield under film covering is 2.5-3 kg per m2, and in open areas it is slightly less. Hercules pepper tolerates transportation well. Perfect for canning and fresh consumption.

IMPORTANT! Among its features, it should be noted its high resistance to fusarium and a number of other diseases, due to which it has earned popularity among gardeners.

Care

Since no special conditions are needed for caring for the plant, it is necessary to at least adhere to the standard requirements in order for the crop to produce excellent fruits:

• Watering. The first fundamental rule of good care is regular and proper watering. This plant must be watered exclusively with warm water.
• Feeding. It is very important to fertilize correctly. If you want to get big results, then skipping this process is strictly prohibited. When the first shoots appear, it is necessary to add phosphorus fertilizers to the soil. As the plant develops, it is necessary to add nitrogen and calcium to the soil.

At the moment when the plant has already begun to form its fruit, it is worth feeding it with potassium fertilizers. If the weather is bad for the plant, then the amount of such fertilizer should increase by 20 percent. Otherwise, if the sun is hot on a constant basis, then this fertilizer is reduced by 20 percent.