An ideal chilli pepper cultivar for people that like the flavour, but not the heat. The sturdy, bushy plants grow around 70-90cm tall, producing slender fruit around 8cm long turning from green to red with mild Jalapeno chilli flavour. It is usually harvested when green
0.5-1 metres
0.5-1 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
No pruning required; pinch out growing tips of plants when they are about 20cm tall to encourage bushiness
May be susceptible to glasshouse red spider mite, whitefly, aphids, slugs and snails
May be susceptible to grey moulds