Aji Ayuyo Pepper Plant
Aji Ayuyo is a pepper variety. Austin Peppers sells it as a live nursery-grown plant, shipped from South Texas. It is also known as Ají Ayuyo, Ayuyo, Aji Ayuyo Red, Ají Ayuyo Red, Red Ají Ayuyo.
Also known as: Ají Ayuyo, Ayuyo, Aji Ayuyo Red, Ají Ayuyo Red, Red Ají Ayuyo
Price: $15.00 USD
Species: C. baccatum Mature pod color: Red Pod form: Long/tapered Heat: 10,000-50,000 SHU (Medium) Days until harvest: Late 80-90 Plant height: 36 to 42 inches Light: Full sun (6–8+ hrs) Growing temperature: 70-85°F (21-29°C) Planter size: 1 gallon minimum, optimally 7–10 gallons (26–38 liters) SKU: PP-AJIAYUYO-B Out of the South American aji tradition, where peppers are grown for fruity flavor as much as for heat. Ayuyo is a Capsicum baccatum, red and long tapered, 10,000 to 50,000 SHU. It is a tall plant at 36 to 42 inches, wanting full sun, 70 to 85F, a large 7 to 10 gallon container, and 80 to 90 days. Some catalogs list it as Aji Ayuyo Red.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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