Pepper Lombardo

🌶️✨ Pepper ‘Lombardo’

A very early sweet pepper variety with a compact habit, perfect for greenhouse growing and ideal for fresh summer harvests!

🌱 Growing Information

Botanical Name: Capsicum annuum
Sowing Method: Sow under cover / greenhouse

Sow under cover: February – April (II–IV)
Transplant: April – May (IV–V)
Spacing: 30–40 × 70 cm
Position: Full sun & warmth ☀️
Soil: Fertile, rich, well-drained

💧 Watering

• Keep soil consistently moist
• Water regularly during flowering & fruiting
• Avoid waterlogging and cold watering

🌿 Plant Details

✔ Type: Sweet pepper / paprika
✔ Habit: Compact & productive
✔ Variety: Very early
✔ Harvest Period: August – September (VIII–IX)
✔ Suitable for greenhouse & outdoor growing

🌶️ Why You’ll Love It

✔ Early harvests and reliable cropping
✔ Sweet, mild flavour
✔ Excellent for salads & cooking
✔ Compact plants — ideal for smaller spaces
✔ Great greenhouse performer

🌸 Growing Tips

• Start early indoors for best yields
• Transplant after plants are well established
• Feed regularly once flowering begins
• Support plants if heavily loaded with fruit
• Thrives in warm, sheltered conditions

🍽️ Perfect For

🥗 Fresh salads
🍲 Sauces & soups
🌶️ Roasting & grilling
🥫 Preserving & pickling

📦 Pack Size

0.1 g

🌱 Grow sweet, colourful peppers packed with flavour — perfect for summer harvests straight from your greenhouse 🌶️✨