A bushy annual to about 60cm with dark green, pointed, oval leaves and small, white flowers followed by hanging green fruit up to 8cm long, ripening to bright red, medium-hot, chilli peppers
0.5-1 metres
0.1-0.5 metres
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Best grown inside on a sunny windowsill or in a greenhouse, but can be grown outside once all danger of frost has passed; select a sunny, sheltered position and grow in containers, peat-free growing bags or in open ground. Water regularly and feed with a high-potassium, liquid fertiliser once the first fruit has set. See how to grow: chilli peppers for further advice.
Propagate by seed. See sowing vegetable seeds or sowing seeds indoors for further advice
Pinch out growing tips of plants when they are about 20cm tall to encourage bushiness
May be susceptible to glasshouse red spider mite and aphids
May be susceptible to blossom end rot