Capsicum 'Marconi Golden'
Capsicum 'Marconi Golden' is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
Marconi Golden' is a prolific Italian heirloom variety that has a fruity, sweet flavour with a medium thick flesh. Fruit is large, long and slender, 6 cm wide by 15 - 22 cm long. It ripens from light green to shiny, golden yellow. Excellent eaten fresh in salads, salsa, fried or stuffed. Days to harvest: 80 - 90.
Product: Capsicum 'Marconi Golden'
Product type: SEED (25)
Botanical name: Capsicum annuum
Syn.: Syn. 'Golden Treasure'
Syn. 'Golden Treasure'; 'Marconi Golden' is a prolific Italian heirloom variety that has a fruity, sweet flavour with a medium thick flesh. Fruit is large, long and slender, 6 cm wide by 15 - 22 cm long. It ripens from light green to shiny, golden yellow. Excellent eaten fresh in salads, salsa, fried or stuffed.
Plant type: Warm season, frost tender annual
Plant height: 60 – 90 cm
Sow when: Germinate best at 20 - 30°C soil temp.
Temperate: Early spring - inside with extra heat; outside after frost danger has passed
Subtropical: Spring
Tropical: All year but avoid January - February
Germination: 10 - 21 days
Depth: 6 mm deep
Position: Full sun
Sow where: Into seedling pots, transplant when soil is warm
Soil type: Fertile well-drained soil pH 5.5 - 7
Rows: 45 - 90 cm apart
Details: Avoid high nitrogen fertilisers; keep moisture constant
Harvest: 80 - 90 days: pick early fruit green to encourage fruiting; in fruit fly areas the fruit should be protected by bagging
25 seeds per packet
Capsicum annuum
Syn. 'Golden Treasure'
Warm season, frost tender annual
Capsicum 'Marconi Golden'
Marconi Golden' is a prolific Italian heirloom variety that has a fruity, sweet flavour with a medium thick flesh. Fruit is large, long and slender, 6 cm wide by 15 - 22 cm long. It ripens from light green to shiny, golden yellow. Excellent eaten fresh in salads, salsa, fried or stuffed. Days to harvest: 80 - 90.