Giant Red Peruvian Rocoto Pepper Plant
Giant Red Peruvian Rocoto 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: Red Pod form: Apple/bell Heat: 30,000-100,000 SHU (Hot) Days until harvest: Extremely Late 120+ Plant height: 36 to 42 inches Light: Full sun (6–8+ hrs) Growing temperature: 60-75°F (16-24°C) Planter size: 1 gallon minimum, optimally 7–10 gallons (26–38 liters) SKU: PP-GIANTREDPERUVIANROCOTO-P The large red rocoto, held in the database as Giant Peruvian Rocoto. Capsicum pubescens: hairy leaves, purple flowers, black seed, thick walls, and a plant that becomes something closer to a small tree if it is allowed to.30,000 to 100,000 SHU. In Peru these are eaten stuffed as rocoto relleno, which the wall thickness makes possible.Cool nights, long season, and patience. There is no shortcut with this species.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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