Rocoto San Isidro Pepper Plant
Rocoto San Isidro is a pepper variety. Austin Peppers sells it as a live nursery-grown plant, shipped from South Texas. It is also known as Locoto San Isidro, Manzano San Isidro.
Also known as: Locoto San Isidro, Manzano San Isidro
Price: $10.00 USD
Species: C. pubescens Mature pod color: Red Pod form: Apple/bell Heat: 4,000–55,000 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-ROCOTOSANISIDRO-P Count on 120 days minimum before the first red, apple-shaped pods ripen; rocotos take their time. This is C. pubescens, the cold-hardy Andean line, comfortable at 60 to 75°F where other peppers sulk. Heat lands anywhere from 4,000 to 55,000 SHU, a wide window, with the lingering burn the family is known for.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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