Chocolate Rocoto x PS Pepper Plant
Chocolate Rocoto x PS is a pepper variety. Austin Peppers sells it as a live nursery-grown plant, shipped from South Texas.
Price: $10.00 USD
Species: C. pubescens Mature pod color: Brown/Chocolate Pod form: Apple/bell Heat: 30,000-100,000 SHU (Hot) Days until harvest: Extremely Late 120+ Plant height: 36 to 42 inches Light: Partial to full sun Growing temperature: 60-75°F (16-24°C) Planter size: 1 gallon minimum, optimally 7–10 gallons (26–38 liters) SKU: PP-CHOCOLATEROCOTOXPS-P Listed in the database as Rocoto × PS Chocolate. A brown-ripening pubescens at 30,000 to 100,000 SHU.Brown and chocolate pods generally carry more of a smoky, earthy note than the red forms of the same species, which is a genuine difference in the ripe fruit rather than a trick of the colour.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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