Aji Orange Drop Pepper Plant
Aji Orange Drop is a pepper variety. Austin Peppers sells it as a live nursery-grown plant, shipped from South Texas. It is also known as Ají Orange Drop.
Also known as: Ají Orange Drop
Price: $15.00 USD
Species: C. baccatum Mature pod color: Orange 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-AJIORANGEDROP-B Out of the South American aji tradition, where fruity flavor and medium heat are the calling cards. Orange Drop follows the pattern: long tapered pods ripening orange, listed heat of 10,000–50,000 SHU, and a sizable C. baccatum plant that reaches 36 to 42 inches. It ripens late, 80 to 90 days, so it is a plant for people who can wait.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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