Description
Jamaican Red Pepper
Fruity and spicy, with thin-skinned squash-shaped fruit. Plant produces an abundance of pods that ripen quickly from light green to bright red. A Caribbean favorite for hot sauces; perfect for salsa and pickles. Scoville Heat Units 100,000-200,000.
Planting
Unless you live in year-round warm climate, start seeds indoors eight to ten weeks before last frost. Keep soil temperature warm (75-80℉) for best germination. Harden off young plants ten days before transplanting and plant outdoors in late spring.
Harvest
Jamaican Red is very early to mature. Pick when fruits are bright red.
- Seed Depth: 1/4″
- Plant Space: 24″
- Row Space: 36″
- Sprouts in 10-20 days
- Matures in 70 days
- Seed Count: Approx. 40
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