Pequin Purple Cross Pepper Plant
Pequin Purple Cross is a pepper variety. Austin Peppers sells it as a live nursery-grown plant, shipped from South Texas. It is also known as Piquin Purple Cross, Piquín Purple Cross.
Also known as: Piquin Purple Cross, Piquín Purple Cross
Price: $15.00 USD
Species: C. annuum var. glabriusculum Mature pod color: Purple Pod form: Pequin/small bullet Heat: 30,000-60,000 SHU (Hot) Days until harvest: Late 80-90 Plant height: 24 to 30 inches Light: Full sun (6–8+ hrs) Growing temperature: 70-85°F (21-29°C) Planter size: 1 gallon minimum, optimally 3–5 gallons (11–19 liters) SKU: PP-PEQUINPURPLECROSS-A Purple is the destination here: small bullet pods on a semi-wild C. annuum var. glabriusculum line tied to Mexico and Texas. At 30,000 to 60,000 SHU it is properly hot for something this compact, and the 24 to 30 inch plant is content in a small planter. Figure on a later harvest, in the 80 to 90 day range.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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