Pepper 'Pikito'

  • Product number: 209263
  • Origin: Central and South America
  • Latin: Capsicum frutescens

A moderately hot pepper with fruity aromas! The plants are bushy and compact, early to harvest, growing to about 40-50 cm high and thriving in a large pot. When unripe (but also edible), they are green and ripen to red. The peppers grow slightly upright, but mostly hanging from the plant. Each fruit measures 5x1 cm, and you can expect about 75 per plant. 20,000 SHU.

Names:
Latin: Capsicum frutescens
Dutch: Peper 'Pikito'
English: Hot Pepper

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Sowing method: January-April indoors (20-30°C). Plant out in the greenhouse (for more yield) or outdoors (end of May). Tie taller plants to stakes or prune them into a compact plant. In autumn, the plants can be potted and continue to produce on the windowsill!

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Sowing/planting time:

  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April

Harvesting time:

  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October

Soil type:

  • All soil types

Cultivation location:

  • Indoors
  • Greenhouse
  • Outdoors warm / sheltered

Position:

  • Sun
  • Flower colour: Small white flowers
  • Origin: Central and South America
  • Average growth height: 30 to 60 cm
  • Annual or perennial: Perennial
  • Attractive to insects: N/A
  • Winter hardy: Not frost hardy
  • Ease of cultivation: Moderate
  • Latin: Capsicum frutescens
  • Dutch: Pepper 'Pikito'
  • Also known as: Not applicable / Not known
  • English: Hot Pepper
  • All year round

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