3x Red Scotch Bonnet Hot Pepper Plug Plants

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Plug Plant Count: 3    

 

We are offering Three (3) Red Scotch Bonnet Chilli Pepper plug plants ready for potting on and growing on in frost free greenhouse or on sunny windowsill ready for planting out as soon as last frosts have passed


Scotch bonnet is one of the most well known pungent extremely hot varieties originating from Jamaica chilli peppers. This variety matures from green to red. The plant grows bright red fruit and produces masses of fruit, 4-6cm long on 24-36in plants. Long growing season, most suitable for greenhouse, polytunnel, conservatory production.
 

Pepper is one of the most diverse, showy, and flavourful fruits grown in the annual garden bed. Available in nearly every possible colour and shape from the super sweet to super spicy, pepper grows stronger and tastes better with a season of full sun and high heat. Pepper plants thrive in pots and containers and can even perennially over winter in warm enough regions, maturing into bushy, vibrant, and well-stemmed patio favourites.
 

Growing Hot Peppers is very similar to growing Sweet Peppers and Tomatoes. For best results it is advised to grow the crop indoors with heat. This means that crops can be grown all year round with the correct temperatures.

A very hot pepper extremely pungent plants reach up to 1 meter under cover. High yielding.

• DAYS TO MATURITY: 70-100

• PLANT SPACING: 30-45cm (12-18”)

• PLANT HEIGHT: 45-90cm (18-36”)

• ROW SPACING: 45-60cm (18-24”)

• GROWTH HABIT: Sturdy upright

• SOIL TYPE: Fertile, organically rich, well-drained

• TEMP PREFERENCE: 21-27°C (70-85 °F)

• LIGHT PREFERENCE: Full sun

Harvesting:

Some sweet and bell peppers can be harvested as soon as 60-70 days, but most hot varieties are ready about 100 days from sowing or when skin has changed colour. Know the individual variety you are sowing to know when colour has reached ripeness. Peppers can be picked early to ripen indoors or left to ripen and change colour on the vine. Using a knife or shears, carefully snip off peppers while leaving some stem attached to the fruit. If working with hot peppers, wear gloves to avoid skin contact with capsaicin.

When plug plants arrive transplant into individual 7.5cm (3") pots of compost and grow on at a minimum temperature of 15C (59F).

When plants are well grown, transplant into baskets and containers. If the plant is suited for growing outdoors when all risk of frost has passed gradually acclimatise them to outdoor conditions over 7 - 10 days before positioning baskets outdoors in a sheltered position in full sun once all frost risk has passed.

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.