Hot Chilli Pepper Habanero Orange
Hot Chilli Pepper Habanero Orange. If you are looking for a blistering hot pepper you have found it. This incredibly hot pepper is around 40 times hotter than a Jalapeno. The small 1-inch long and 1 ½ inch wide pepper is wrinkled and thin-walled. It is acorn shaped and tapered at the end and grows on 36-inch high plants. You must use gloves when cutting and handling. Great for any recipe containing hot peppers especially Indian and Jamaican dishes. Does best in warm conditions, ideally greenhouses / conservatories. Harvest in 85 to 95 days.
Cultivation Advice Hot Chilli Pepper Habanero Orange
Days to Germination: 10-21
Optimum Soil Temp. for Germination: 70F+
Days To Harvest: 85 to 95
Planting Depth: 1/4in
Spacing, Plant: 24 inches
Light: Greenhouse / Conservatory
- Sow seeds 1/4″ deep in 3in pots with quality seed compost. Keep moist.
- Seedlings emerge in 10-21 days at 70degrees F+.
- Transplant to individual containers when seedlings have at least two pairs of leaves.
- When 4-5 inches plant 18″ apart in greenhouse / conservatory with root ball 1/2″ below the soil surface.
- Keep moist and feed when flowering with tomato type fertiliser.
Harvest when fruits have reached full-size and full colour.
