Vegetables
Heredity: Hybrid
History: A prolific mild to medium-hot chili pepper developed for making salsa.
Hybridizer or Originator: PETO

Data specific to Peppers (Edit)
General Type: Cayenne
Disease Resistance: Tobacco Mosaic Virus
Pepper Shape: Tapered
Fruit Length: 7-9"
Fruit Width at Shoulders: 0.8"
Fruit Ripening Color Sequence: Green to Red
Days to First Harvest and Maturity: 65-73 green, 85 red.
Wall Thickness: Medium
Scoville Heat Units (approximate SHU): 2000-4000
Heat: Medium Hot 2.5-30K SHU

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 24-30"
Plant Spread: 20"
Fruit: Showy
Uses: Vegetable
Suitable as Annual

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Common names
  • Hot Pepper

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Location: Westbrook, CT
Date: 2018-08-01
Location: Riverside, CA
Date: 2014-05-25
Location: Riverside, CA
Date: 2014-03-24
Location: Mackinaw, Illinois
Date: 2012-07-05
Immature fruits are banana yellow.  Should turn bright red when m
Location: Mackinaw, Illinois
Date: 2012-07-05
Hot pepper 'Garden Salsa' with several immature peppers.  They wi
Location: Chino
Date: 5/25/14
Comments:
  • Posted by Weedwhacker (Ford River Twp, Michigan UP - Zone 4b) on Jul 25, 2014 1:52 PM concerning plant:
    This is a hybrid, medium-hot pepper, about 8 inches long, that starts out green and turns red. Very productive in my northern garden, and one of the varieties I grow every year. Excellent for adding just a bit of heat to any dish -- I love to dice up both red and green peppers and add to sweet corn, for my own "Mexicorn." Also good raw in a salad. About 73 days to maturity.
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Is this actually a Garden Salsa? by Weedwhacker Aug 29, 2014 7:17 AM 2

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