Heredity: | Hybrid |
General Type: | Other: Similar to Pepperoncini. |
Pepper Shape: | Other: Blunt |
Fruit Length: | 3 - 4" |
Fruit Width at Shoulders: | 1 - 1.5" |
Fruit Ripening Color Sequence: | Green to Red |
Days to First Harvest and Maturity: | 45 green, 55-60 red |
Scoville Heat Units (approximate SHU): | 330 green, 235 red. |
Heat: | Mild 100-2500 SHU |
Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb Shrub |
Life cycle: | Perennial |
Sun Requirements: | Full Sun |
Water Preferences: | Mesic Dry Mesic |
Soil pH Preferences: | Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0) Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5) Neutral (6.6 – 7.3) |
Plant Height: | 10-13 Inches |
Plant Spread: | 12-16 Inches |
Leaves: | Broadleaf |
Fruit: | Showy |
Fruiting Time: | Summer Late summer or early fall |
Flowers: | Inconspicuous |
Flower Color: | White |
Bloom Size: | Under 1" |
Flower Time: | Late spring or early summer Summer |
Underground structures: | Taproot |
Uses: | Vegetable Suitable as Annual |
Edible Parts: | Fruit |
Eating Methods: | Raw Cooked |
Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Other Beneficial Insects |
Propagation: Seeds: | Sow in situ Start indoors Can handle transplanting |
Pollinators: | Bumblebees Bees |
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