Sugar Rush Red Pepper Plant
Sugar Rush Red is a C. baccatum pepper variety, rated medium at roughly 22,500 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 Red Sugar Rush.
Also known as: Red Sugar Rush
Heat Level: Medium (22,500 SHU)
Species: C. baccatum
Pod Color: Red
Price: $15.00 USD
Species: C. baccatum Mature pod color: Red Pod form: Long/tapered Heat: 15,000-30,000 SHU (Medium) Days until harvest: Late 80-90 Plant height: 36 to 42 inches Light: Full sun (6–8+ hrs) Growing temperature: 70-85°F (21-29°C) Planter size: 1 gallon minimum, optimally 7–10 gallons (26–38 liters) SKU: PP-SUGARRUSHRED-B Bred in Wales by Chris Fowler of Welsh Dragon Chilli. Red, long tapered pods at 15,000-30,000 SHU, enough heat to take seriously without crossing into punishment. The plant runs big, 36 to 42 inches, and wants a large planter and full sun. Late to ripen at 80 to 90 days.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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