El Oro de Ecuador Red Pepper Plant
El Oro de Ecuador Red is a pepper variety. Austin Peppers sells it as a live nursery-grown plant, shipped from South Texas.
Price: $15.00 USD
Species: C. baccatum Mature pod color: Red Pod form: Long/tapered Heat: 10,000-30,000 SHU (Medium) Light: Full sun (6–8+ hrs) Growing temperature: 70-85°F (21-29°C) SKU: PP-ELORODEECUADORRED-B The red-ripening form of El Oro de Ecuador, named for the province in the southwest of the country. Capsicum baccatum, long tapered pods, 10,000 to 30,000 SHU.The baccatums are South America's own branch of the genus and they were domesticated there separately from everything else. They carry a fruit-forward character the other species mostly do not.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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