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Crimson Carillon Sweet Bell Pepper
55-60 days to green fruit
70-75 days to red fruit
Capsicum annuum
If you’re looking for a big, blocky bell pepper for short seasons, look no further! Delectable as green peppers ripening red and sweet, we love Crimson Carillon stuffed, sliced on salads, diced in salsa and simply as a snack right in the garden.
Cascading like carillon bells in the tower (their namesake!), Crimson Carillon is a new open-pollinated variety from Cornell. We’re confident organic Crimson Carillon sweet pepper will be beloved for many generations to come; this is how ‘heirlooms’ are born, Friends! We’re grateful for the countless generations of indigenous seedkeepers who have saved pepper seed for millennia and we are thrilled to share this fresh selection of sweet red bell pepper, both delicious and reliable, with you.
Organic Crimson Carillon Sweet Bell Pepper
Planting Method: Transplant Only
When to sow: 8-10 weeks before last frost
Seed Depth: 1/4 inch Days to Germination: 7-10 at 85°F
Sowing and seedling care: Sow indoors 2 seeds per soil block & thin to strongest 1. 80F heat mats will germinate seeds best; after germ, set to 70F days & 60F nights. Good light is essential: Younger, less stressed seedlings are healthier and more abundant than older, more stressed seedlings.
Move to 3-4” pots with first true leaves. Harden off (reduce water & temp 3-7 days) & transplant when night temps are above 50F. Pluck off any flowers at planting.
When to transplant: After last frost
Transplant Spacing: 12-18 inches Sun Needs: Full
Days to Harvest: 55-60 days to green fruit, 70-75 days to red fruit
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Shelby Briggs (verified owner) –
Watch for edema in this variety!
First, my review is based on my short seedling stage relationship with Crimson Carillon. I have not yet planted them out nor seen or tasted a fruit. I’m growing these Crimson Carillon peppers from seed that I purchased from Fruition Seeds for the first time this year.
Unfortunately, this variety is very prone to edema, which can be caused from a number of things, both genetic and/or environmental. I’m growing 26 varieties of peppers and this is the only variety experiencing edema so it’s impossible for it to be environmentally caused. That said and the reason I’m writing this review is because edema can be controlled/fixed but requires some learning and action and I want to help any other Carillon grower who may also be experiencing this so here I am, writing said review.
Some pepper varieties (and some other nightshades) are just prone to this deficiency due to a genetic makeup requiring them to have more than average calcium, potassium, magnesium. I will say though that the seed had wonderful and fast germination and has grown vigorously.
To treat edema: First, it’s a good idea to give the plants with edema air. Move them to another location in your growing space and give each seedling sufficient room to get good airflow in case it’s an environmental cause but also just to help the plants recover. Second, purchase some Calcium Magnesium supplement, aka, “Cal-Mag” and get a kind that will allow both root and folar feedings. Start using it with every single watering until it’s under control and then use it occasionally as a prevention. Third, get a fan on them.
Once the plants are large enough to prune, remove the affected leaves, leaving the new healthy ones to keep growing. Peppers love being pruned anyway and will only respond with intense flushes of new growth.
Note: if you do nothing, edema will cause low yields, distorted fruits that look horrible, scalded leaves from the sun, and even can cause the plant to die eventually.