Gold Standard Pepper

It’s big and bold and is bred to resist most diseases that affect peppers. Gold Standard Bell Pepper really does set the standard for fruit size, production and flavor. The peppers are ripe and ready to pick before or by 80 days from planting, turning from green to gold as they ripen. Plant at least two Gold Standards so you can harvest early from one plant and let the fruit on the other plant ripen to full sweetness.Bell peppers are at the bottom of the pepper heat scale. They’re just as crunchy, but thick-skinned and sweet. Gold Standard Pepper is bred for high pepper yield. It also is bred to resist bacterial leaf spot, tobacco mosaic virus and potato virus Y.Gold Standard Pepper Plant CareBell pepper plants like heat, just like hot peppers. Wait to plant Gold Standard until any danger of frost has passed and when the soil is warm; this usually means at least 60-degree evenings. You can use black plastic mulch for about a week to warm the ground or container mix before planting. Space Gold Standard Pepper plants about 2 feet from one another or other vegetables to ensure they have room to grow and