Sweet pepper variety Golden Calf - description, photo, reviews

For more than 10 years, the Golden Calf sweet pepper has been pleasing gardeners of a temperate climate with stable yields. Yellow large fruits are used fresh, for stuffing and cooking lecho. Summer residents note the high yield and excellent taste of the fruit.

Why is the variety interesting?

The yellow (when fully ripe - orange) fruits of the Golden Calf contain potassium, carotene, vitamin C and other useful substances, including endorphin - the hormone of joy. Eating fresh sweet peppers helps to strengthen the heart muscle and nervous system.

The cuboid shape of the fruits with a wall thickness of almost 1 cm allows them to be used for stuffing - the peppers will not fall apart during cooking.

The Golden Calf belongs to medium-early yielding varieties. In the open field, up to 1.5 kg of fruits are removed from one bush. In a greenhouse, the yield can reach 2.5 kg.

Description of the variety

Sweet pepper Golden calf was included in the State Register in 2006, it is recommended for growing on private farms in Siberia and the middle zone of the European part of Russia in the open field. In the Moscow region and north (Leningrad region), the plant is grown in film tunnels and greenhouses.

The plant forms a semi-spreading bush up to 70 cm high. The leafiness is medium.

Fruits are large, fleshy, weighing up to 160 g. Skin color is bright, glossy, yellow or orange. Formed by nests of 2-3 pieces

The yield is high for the large-fruited group of sweet peppers, 5-9 kg per 1 sq. m.

Pros and cons of the variety

The main advantages of culture, gardeners include:

• high productivity;
• cold resistance and general undemandingness to growing conditions;
• large and beautiful fruits.

The only significant drawback is the average resistance to late blight and viruses. When growing a culture, it is necessary to carry out preventive treatments of plants with appropriate preparations.

Growing features

The Golden Calf variety is grown through seedlings, which are prepared 60 days before planting in the ground. The preparation of seeds and seedlings is standard for the crop.

The main stages of cultivation that are significant for a given variety:

• Plants are planted in open ground when the threat of recurrent frosts has passed. They are planted in greenhouses or under film shelters at the end of April or in May. They practice a two-row planting with a distance between plants of 40-45 cm, between rows - 50 cm.
• The bushes are powerful, but due to the abundance of large fruits, the plants require props.
• The shaping of the bush consists in removing all the stepsons before the first fork. To obtain the largest fruits, no more than 1-2 ovaries are left in the bunch.
• Harvesting is carried out when the color of the fruit turns from greenish-yellow to orange.
• To prevent the development of diseases, plants are sprayed with "Fitosporin" before flowering. From folk remedies, garlic infusion is used.

Fresh fruits can be stored for up to a month if they are kept in a cool place with an air humidity of 60-65%.

Reviews of gardeners

Summarizing the reviews of gardeners from different parts of our country, one can characterize the Golden Calf pepper as a fruitful and unpretentious crop.

Observing the simple rules of agricultural technology and disease prevention, even novice gardeners received the yield of fleshy sweet peppers indicated in the description of the variety.

The hostesses noted the convenient shape of the fruit for stuffing and the sweet taste.

Summing up, we can add - the variety of bell pepper Golden Calf has been successfully tested by Russian gardens for 10 years. It remains in demand and popular plant, not inferior to new varieties and hybrids.