Serrano Monte d'Oro Pepper Plant
Serrano Monte d'Oro is a C. annuum pepper variety, rated medium at roughly 17,500 Scoville heat units, producing red pods. Austin Peppers sells it as a live nursery-grown plant, shipped from South Texas. It is also known as Chile Serrano Montedoro.
Also known as: Chile Serrano Montedoro
Heat Level: Medium (17,500 SHU)
Species: C. annuum
Pod Color: Red
Price: $15.00 USD
Species: C. annuum Mature pod color: Red Pod form: Long/tapered Heat: 10,000-25,000 SHU (Medium) Days until harvest: Mid 70-80 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 5–7 gallons (19–26 liters) SKU: PP-SERRANOMONTEDORO-A Named for the sierra (mountains) of Puebla and Hidalgo in Mexico. Smaller and hotter than a Jalapeño (10,000–23,000 SHU), with thinner walls that make it less suitable for stuffing but perfect for fresh salsa. The most commonly used fresh hot pepper in Mexican cooking after the Jalapeño.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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