Pilunca
Variety
Pilunca
Approved Data
created by Martin at 12.09.2023
Features
Location
planting: greenhouse
Heat requirement: high
planting: bed
planting: outdoor
Fruit shape
elongated
Color
red
Taste
aromatic
fleshy
Growth habit
growth habit: high
Cultivation Break
4 Years
Season Overview
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Description
Pilunca is a very vigorous, medium-late ripening pointed bell pepper variety. The fruits are long (approx. 18 cm/7.1 in), firm-fleshed and very tasty. Fruit weight approx. 150 - 180 g. During the ripening process, the fruits change color from green to a deep red. The plant structure is tall. Pilunca originates from the Reinsaat breeding program. Local variety from Hungary.
Non hybrid
Not frost resistant
Growing tips
Tall plant structure, medium-late. For greenhouse and warm outdoor locations, can be grown in the greenhouse with 2 to 4 shoots. Further growing tips for the type of bell pepper.
Details
Light requirement
Sunny
Water requirement
Wet
Soil
Light (sandy)
Nutrient requirement
High
Plant distance
40 cm
Row spacing
60 cm
Seeding depth
1 cm
Companion Plants
Basil
Bean ((Scarlet) runner bean)
Bean (Broad bean / Faba bean / Field bean)
Bean (Dwarf bean)
Bean (Lima Bean)
Bean (Runner bean)
Borage
Broccoli
Brussels sprouts
Brussels sprouts
Cabbage (Cabbage)
Cabbage (Pointed cabbage)
Cabbage (red cabbage)
Cabbage (Savoy cabbage)
Carrots
Cauliflower
Celery (Leaf celery / Chinese celery)
Chinese kale - Kai-lan / Chinese broccoli
Chives
Collard greens (Kale)
Collard greens (Tuscan kale / Dinosaur kale / Palm tree kale)
Common marigold
Cucumber / Gherkin
Dill
Garlic
Garlic chives
Kohlrabi / German turnip / Turnip cabbage
Lavender
Leeks
Lettuce (Common chicory)
Lettuce (Endive / Escarole / Erisée)
Lettuce (Lamb's lettuce)
Lettuce (Lettuce)
Lettuce (Puntarelle / Cicoria di catalogna / Cicoria asparago)
Lettuce (Radicchio / Italian chicory)
Lettuce (Sugar loaf)
Nasturtium
Onion
Onion (Spring onion)
Ornamental alliums
Parsley
Radish
Radishes
Rosemary
Savory
Spinach (Summer)
Spinach (Winter)
Thyme
Vegetable cabbage - Forage cabbage
Antagonistic Plants
Aubergine / Eggplant
Beetroot
Broccoli raab / Stem cabbage / Cima di rapa
Chili
Courgette / Zucchini
Cucumber (Caigua)
Fennel
Florence fennel / Finocchio
Garden squash - Patisson / UFO squash
Hair cucumbers / snake gourds
Napa cabbage / Chinese cabbage
Nightshades (Other)
Ornamental pumpkin
Pea
Potato
Pumpkin / Squash
Rapeseed
Rapeseed - Sheer cabbage / Siberian cabbage
Rapini / Broccoli rabe
Rutabaga / Swedish turnip
Turnip
Turnip greens - Tatsoi
Turnips - Oilseed turnips
Turnips - Wild turnips
Yalta tomatoes
Diseases
Root Rot
Powdery mildews
Blossomrot
Early blight of potato
Black spot of roses
Red spot disease
Grey mold
Pests
Land snails
Thrips
Spider mites
Aphids
White fly
