1983 All-America Selections Winner! 85 days. Capsicum annuum. Plant produces good yield of 1″ long by 1 ½” wide hot peppers. Peppers grow upright in clusters, are mildly hot, and turn from light yellowish-green, to orange, to bright red when mature. Plant has green stems, green leaves, and white flowers. A suitable ornamental pepper for indoor pots.
Packet: 30 seeds.
Plant Cycle: (A) Days to Maturity or Bloom: 85 purple, 120 red ripe
Scientific Name : Capsicum annuum
Common Name : Chili pepper
Hardiness Degree” : 40°F (4.4°C)
Plant Habit : Mounded, Upright
Spacing : 14 – 16″ (36 – 41cm)
Height : 10 – 12″ (25 – 30cm)
Width : 16 – 18″ (41 – 46cm)
Exposure : Sun
Grower Information :
A Hot Summer Survivors selection!
Peppers, like tomatoes, grow in well-drained fertile soil
Almost all peppers have the same requirements for successful growth. Plant them in good, well-drained, fertile soil , and make sure they get lots of sunlight and a good inch of water per week. In many ways, they mimic the same requirements needed for growing great tomatoes.
At Planting Time:
We plant all of our peppers with a good shovel full of compost in the planting hole, and then give them a good dose of compost tea every few weeks for the first 6 weeks of growth. We also mulch around each of our pepper plants with a good 1 to 2â³ thick layer of compost.
Space plants 12-18 inches apart, in rows 3 feet apart, or in a 3 gallon pot for an indoor house plant. Also makes a great back drop for other annuals or use a border or divider in grader areas. Very pungent! Eatable; Ornamental – C.annuum