Zimbabwe Black Variegated Pepper Plant
Zimbabwe Black Variegated is a C. annuum pepper variety, rated hot at roughly 75,000 Scoville heat units, producing black/purple pods. Austin Peppers sells it as a live nursery-grown plant, shipped from South Texas.
Heat Level: Hot (75,000 SHU)
Species: C. annuum
Pod Color: Black/Purple
Price: $15.00 USD
Species: C. annuum Mature pod color: Multicolor/Irregular Pod form: Round/tomato/cherry/marbles Heat: 2,000-10,000 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-ZIMBABWEBLACKVARIEGATED-F Striped, marble-round pods that ripen through an irregular run of colors rather than one clean shade. Heat is a manageable 2,000-10,000 SHU, and harvest comes mid-season at 70 to 80 days. A 24-to-30-inch annuum that suits a medium container.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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