Pineapple Rocoto Pepper Plant
Pineapple Rocoto is a pepper variety. Austin Peppers sells it as a live nursery-grown plant, shipped from South Texas. It is also known as Rocoto Pineapple, Locoto Pineapple, Manzano Pineapple.
Also known as: Rocoto Pineapple, Locoto Pineapple, Manzano Pineapple
Price: $15.00 USD
Species: C. pubescens Mature pod color: Yellow Pod form: Round/tomato/cherry/marbles Heat: 30,000-100,000 SHU (Hot) Days until harvest: Very Late 90-120 Plant height: > 48 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-PINEAPPLEROCOTO-P Capsicum pubescens, and it shows: hairy leaves, purple flowers, black seed, and a plant that goes past four feet given room. The pods are round and ripen yellow, 30,000 to 100,000 SHU.Rocotos come from the Andean highlands and they want what the Andes give, which is cool nights. They are the slowest and the most particular of the cultivated species, and they are worth the trouble.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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