Aji Delight Capsicum baccatum 7x Chilli Pepper Seeds (Full Baccatum Flavour, But No Heat)

A real rarity, Aji Delight is a Capsicum baccatum cultivar with a full baccatum flavour, but no heat. The plant is vigorous, easily grown, and produces a huge crop of good size bullet shaped red chillies.

The delicious chillies are fairly thick-walled and ideal for adding a new flavour to salads or as a garnish to a whole range of dishes. In fact, they can be used with advantage to replace bell peppers in the kitchen.

• Species: Capsicum baccatum
• Type: Aji
• Chillies: medium
• Shape: tapered
• Flavour: sweet, fruity
• Pungency: none
• Unripe Chillies: light green
• Ripe Chillies: dark red
• Flesh: medium
• Core: small
• Season: early
• Yield: very good
• Environment: Full Sun, Sheltered
• Soil Type: Chalk, Sand, Loam Soil Acidity: Alkaline, Neutral, Acid
• Moisture: Well-drained

A vigorous plant carrying a good crop of sweet tasty chillies which have no heat. The no heat mutation is very uncommon in Capsicum baccatum.

The baccatum equivalent of a sweet pepper, Aji Delight can be used fresh in salads, sliced in an omelette or in stir fries. The flesh remains remarkably firm when cooked, so if char-grilled the skin can easily be removed leaving the flesh intact.

Sowing & Growing

Sow early December-January, or for main crop March- April.

Sow the seed into compost either into a seed tray or into modules with a temperature between 20-24°C and cover with a light layer of compost. Germination typically takes 14 - 21 days. Cover the compost with clear plastic film which helps raise the temperature aiding germination.

Once seedlings emerge they do not require quite as much heat, temperatures can be reduced to 18°C by day and no lower than 16oC at night.

It is best to re-pot in stages before their final pot size. Transplant seedlings when large enough to handle into 7.5cm (3in) pots. Plant in the greenhouse in individual large pots, or 3 plants per grow bag when 20cm (8in) high.
Can be placed outdoors, in large pots once all frost risk has passed.
 

Please note that germination can be slow and erratic on some open pollinated hot peppers.

For best production keep the plants in the Greenhouse, Polytunnel, Conservatory.

Suitable for the vegetable garden, allotments and containers.
Be prepared to water well and supplement feed with high-potash feed during season. Regular feeding is recommended.