Sweet Chilli Pepper Piquillo is a very early, red-ripening sweet chilli that is perfect for stuffing with cream cheese. Excellent taste and pleasantly mild heat. Suitable for raised beds and balconies.
Features
- Maturity: very early
- Fruit colour: red
- Taste: sweet with mild heat
- Growing conditions: greenhouse, open field (sunny south side), raised bed, balcony; usually more productive under glass
- Use: for stuffing, raw, in salads, soups and sauces, for preserving; one of the vegetables richest in vitamin C
Growing
- Sowing indoors: February to April in seed trays; cover the seeds only very lightly, depth about 0.2 cm; provide enough light
- Germination: from 20 °C in about 8–10 days, optimum 22–24 °C
- Pricking out: once the seed leaves appear, prick out into small pots and grow on at 18–20 °C
- Planting out: from the end of May after hardening off, watch out for night frosts; 50 cm between rows, 40 cm in the row
- Location: sunny, warm and sheltered from wind; deep, loose, humus-rich, evenly moist soil; a heavy feeder — fertilise regularly
- Harvest: July–October, usually 5–6 pickings; cut the fruits rather than pulling them off so the shoots are not damaged
Product information
- Brand: Dürr Samen
- Latin name: Capsicum annuum
- Contents: 8 seeds
- Manufacturer item no.: 4343
- Barcode: 4017048143435
