African Pequin Yellow Pepper Plant
African Pequin Yellow is a pepper variety. Austin Peppers sells it as a live nursery-grown plant, shipped from South Texas. It is also known as African Piquin Yellow, African Piquín Yellow, Yellow African Piquín.
Also known as: African Piquin Yellow, African Piquín Yellow, Yellow African Piquín
Price: $15.00 USD
Species: C. annuum Mature pod color: Yellow Pod form: Pequin/small bullet Heat: 40,000-60,000 SHU (Hot) Days until harvest: Mid 70-80 Plant height: 24 to 30 inches Light: Full sun (6–8+ hrs) Growing temperature: 70-85°F (21-29°C) Planter size: 1 gallon minimum, optimally 5–7 gallons (19–26 liters) SKU: PP-AFRICANPEQUINYELLOW-C 40,000 to 60,000 SHU out of a pod the size of a bullet, and the burn lingers after. It sits in the Chile Pequin and Tepin complex, the tiny fiery peppers that blur the line between wild and cultivated, and it is associated with Mexico and the southwestern US. Yellow at maturity, Capsicum annuum, ready in 70 to 80 days on a 24 to 30 inch plant in a medium 5 to 7 gallon container.This plant is still growing and is not ready to ship yet.What you are getting: a seedling, minimum 8 weeks old and at least 6 inches tall. It is not a finished plant. It will need transplanting into a container, so choose the container accordingly: these will grow in anything from a half gallon up, but the pot determines the yield in many cases, and some varieties do better than others in a small one.If it is going outside: harden it off first. Give it a few hours a day somewhere sheltered and out of direct sun, and build that up over a week or so before it lives outdoors full time. A seedling put straight out is a seedling you can lose.Feeding: do not fertilise for the first two weeks. After that, use a balanced fertiliser.More on this variety, and on growing peppers generally, at wikipepper.org.
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