CHILLI-JALAPENO
CHILLI-JALAPENO
A$3.60
Availability: 75 in stock
Seeds Per Pack: 30
Capsicum annuum
CHILLI-JALAPENO are small oval bright red fruit to the 3cm diameter up to 15cm long, prolific, firm thick flesh, bush to 1m, & the most widely eaten, first chilli in space in 1982.
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Add to anything you want to spice up. Although small in size the jalapeno pepper packs a nutritional punch, with notable amounts of two important vitamins, vitamin C & vitamin E. When dried they are known as chipotle chillies. Jalapeño chillies are related to the paprika & are native to Mexico. They are one of the most popular chilli peppers in the world, loved for their supreme flavour and infused with a level of heat that is not too scorching. Heat 5.
Scoville Heat Units (SHU)
2,500 - 8,000
Plant Height
80 - 100
Season of Interest
warm to hot
Temperature Range
18 - 35
Determine / Indeterminate
Annual / Perennial / Biennial
Perenial/Annual
Frost Hardy / Tender
Tender
Full Sun / Part Sun / Shade
Full sun
Sow Direct / Raise Seedlings
Either
Soil
Sandy Loam, Rich in nutrients. added compost to the soil for fertility, and dolomite or crushed egg shells to help fend off blossom end rot
pH
5 - 6
Soil Temperature
18 - 30°C (64 - 86°F)
Seed Preparation
Soak seeds overnight in lukewarm water or freeze for a few days before planting
Sowing Depth
4
Plant Spacing
35 - 40
Row spacing
90- 110
Watering
regular, keep moist not wet
Germination Time (Days)
7 - 21
Harvest Time (Days)
60 - 90
Good Companion Plants
carrots, cucumber, squash, members of the Allum family, Basil, Dill, Fennel
Bad Companion Plants
Pests
Diseases
blossom end rot
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