hot; Habanero; 0.5 to 0.75 inches long by 0.75 to 1 inches wide; medium thick flesh; matures from purple to light pinkish purple; pendant pods; purplish green leaves; 24 to 30 inches tall; Late Season (80-90 days); C.chinense.
Cheiro Roxa-(Capsicum chinense)-A very rare variety from Brazil that has a nice sweet flavor and lower heat than a habanero. One of the prettiest peppers you will ever grow. It ripens from a dark black purple to a light pinkish purple color. Cheiro Roxa chile plants grow over 3 feet tall.
- A rare chile pepper from Brazil
- Cheiro Roxa is great for making a tasty salsa!
- The Cheiro Roxa can also be grown as an Ornamental pepper
Growing Peppers:
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 â 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.
Growing Hot Peppers in Containers
Peppers can be grown all year long in containers. It is suitable for apartment dwellers and gardeners who live in cool regions where the number of growing days are limited. Many pepper enthusiast grow peppers in pots so they can have fresh peppers all year long. Itâs best to use 5 gallon containers so the roots do not get too over-crowded
Soil Requirements:
Requires fertile soil in a well drained location in the garden. Apply much and grass clippings, or straw around base of plant.
Water Requirements:
Water well with soaker hoses during dry and hot spells.
Fertilizer Requirements:
Use RootBlast, Vegetable Alive, and Slow Release Fertilizer when transplanting outdoors. Apply Miracle Gro every two weeks.
Harvest Tips:
Harvest hot peppers when they are fully mature using a garden scissor so you don’t damage the plant. Pick peppers as they mature to encourage new buds to form.
Seeds Saving
Peppers need to be red (or whatever color they ripen to) and can be cut open and the seeds dried on a plate or cloth. Use a 1/8″ screen to help with cleaning. Pepper seeds can remain viable for 3 years under cool and dry storage conditions.
The Scoville scale is the measurement of the pungency (spicy heat) of chili peppers.
The number of Scoville heat units (SHU) indicates the amount ofcapsaicin present. Capsaicin is a chemical compound that stimulates chemoreceptor nerve endings in the skin, especially the mucous membranes
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