Grande Pequin Pepper Plant
Grande Pequin is a pepper variety. Austin Peppers sells it as a live nursery-grown plant, shipped from South Texas.
Price: $15.00 USD
Species: C. annuum var. glabriusculum Pod form: Pequin/small bullet Heat: 40,000-70,000 SHU (Hot) Light: Full sun (6–8+ hrs) Growing temperature: 70-85°F (21-29°C) SKU: PP-GRANDEPEQUIN-A Recorded in the database as Pequín Grande, which is the more usual way round. A large-podded selection of the pequin, the small upright wild-type chile of northern Mexico and the Texas borderlands.40,000 to 70,000 SHU. Pequin heat is sharp and quick rather than slow-building, and it fades faster than a chinense of the same rating, which is why it turns up in vinegars and table sauces.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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