Organic Hot Pepper – Hot Portugal

Description

Organic Hot Pepper – Hot Portugal

One of the earliest fruiting very hot pepper varieties producing abundant harvests of 6?x1? wrinkled dark green fruits ripening to a brilliant glossy red on vigorous, upright plants with smooth dark green leaves and white flowers. Matures 70+ days from germination.

Cultivation advice Organic Hot Pepper – Hot Portugal

Sow seeds 1/4 inch deep in 3 inch pots with quality soil based seed compost from early spring. Keep moist. Seedlings emerge in 10-21 days at 70 degrees F+. Temperature is critical for germination.
Transplant to individual containers when seedlings have at least two pairs of leaves.
When 4-5 inches plant 12 inches apart in greenhouse / conservatory with root ball 1/2 inch below the soil surface.
Keep moist and feed when flowering with tomato type fertiliser.
Harvest when fruits have reached full-size and full colour.