Description
Rio Grande produces 3.5″ x 1.5″ peppers that turn from yellow to then orange-red as they completely ripen. Continuous heavy yielding hot pepper. About 3,500 Scoville Heat Units, making it slightly milder than a jalapeno pepper.
Pepper Hot – Rio Grande – Capsicum annuum
Soil & Water: Peppers require deeply worked, well-drained soil with plenty of added organic matter and a pH of 6.0-6.8. Water deeply, but don’t over water. This pepper requires warm and moist conditions.
Planting & Growing: Start seeds indoors 8-10 weeks before the last frost. Stake to keep fruit off the ground and mulch for disease and weed control.
Harvesting & Storage: Harvest the first fruits early to encourage continued production through the season. Cut (don?t pull) the fruit from the stems. Harvestable from the green stage through the color changes.
Soil Temperature: 75-85F
Planting Depth: 1/4″
Germination: 6-15 Days
Height At Maturity: 24-28″
Days To Maturity: 75-80 Days
Sun/Shade: Full Sun
Spacing After Thinning: 12″
Approx Seeds per Pack: 25
Product image(s) via: True Leaf Market
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