The Zimbabwean Gardener Issue 12 Autumn 2015 High res | Page 42

In the veggie garden

Sweet bell peppers
By Pete Caminada

Growing sweet peppers takes patience
as the plants can be in the ground for
up to seven months from transplanting.
Producing them however, is very
rewarding, and the brilliant red and yellow
colours of the mature fruit, which start off
as green, are especially attractive in the
veggie patch or in container plantings.
Solanaceae family
The pepper is part of the Solanaceae family, along