Description

Small peppers with an intense red color and a spicy flavor. Round fruits of 3-4 cm.

Originating in southern Italy, it’s often stuffed with anchovies and mozzarella cheese. It ripens from green to dark red. Fruity flavor. As spicy as a Cayenne pepper: 40,000 to 50,000 SHU, but loses 60% of its heat when cooked.

Sow indoors in pots from February to March at a temperature of 20°C, in a bright location. Plant out in the ground in early May at a spacing of 50 by 50 cm.

Germination temperature: 20 – 24 °C
Germination time in open ground: 10 – 15 days
Sowing depth: 1 cm
Distance between the lines: 50 cm
Distance on the line: 50 cm
Sowing density: 5 – 10 g / are
Number of seeds per gram: +/- 150 seeds
Lifespan: 3 years
Location: Sunny
Height: 80 cm