Rocoto Oculto Clef Pepper Plant
Rocoto Oculto Clef is a pepper variety. Austin Peppers sells it as a live nursery-grown plant, shipped from South Texas. It is also known as Locoto Oculto Clef, Manzano Oculto Clef.
Also known as: Locoto Oculto Clef, Manzano Oculto Clef
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: Partial to full sun Growing temperature: 60-75°F (16-24°C) Planter size: 1 gallon minimum, optimally 7–10 gallons (26–38 liters) SKU: PP-ROCOTOOCULTOCLEF-P Plan on 120 days or more, and do not rush it. Rocotos are the Andean branch of the genus, Capsicum pubescens out of Peru and Bolivia, an ancient domesticate that prefers cooler conditions than most peppers at 60 to 75F in partial to full sun. Pods ripen red in a blunt apple or bell shape with a matte, powdery finish, and they carry 30,000 to 100,000 SHU with a burn that lingers. Allow a large container and 36 to 42 inches of headroom.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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