Information on Peppers
- Sweet Bell peppers ripen from Green to Yellow, Orange, Red or Chocolate colour.
- None Bell peppers have conical, curved or long tapered fruit. Arousa is used in Spanish Tapas and Conquistador can be dried then ground to make Paprika
- Average plant height is 30 inches and most varieties can be grown in 8 inch pots from seed which takes 1-3 weeks to germinate. Hotter varieties may take a bit longer.
- Pinch out the growing tip to get laterals and give plants plenty of support, a nitrogen feed to start, followed by tomato food once flowering starts.
Hot Chilli Peppers
- Extreme heat is found in the seed oil. Flesh is hotter at the shoulder than the blossom end.
- Capsicums Chinese are some of the hottest Chilli Peppers around. Seeds from 10 Habanero vaieties and Scotch Bonnet are able to compete with C. annuum ‘Tepin’ and C. frutescens ‘Zimbabwe Bird Pepper’ for the hottest seeds around. All are available from www.simpsonsseeds.co.uk a Chilli and vegetable specialist.
- Jalapeno are a traditional early strain popular in tex-mex cooking. They are a mid range heat.
- Georgia Flame sounds like a good variety for a salsa with thick crunchy flesh.
- Heat can vary even on the same plant so test several to find a varieties you like.
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