Pepper. Scotch Bonnet Red.
Pepper. Scotch Bonnet Red.
So popular all over the world. Friends with onions, carrots and marigolds. Just £1.80 for 8 seeds.
PEPPER
Scotch Bonnet Red.
Difficulty Rating = Medium
Plant Info
MEGA HOT! 600,000 -1,000,000. SHUs. A popular habanero type. Very hot with strong pungency.
Planting and sowing instructions
Sow Jan, Feb, March, Apr. Flowers Jun, Jul, Aug, Sept. Harvest July, Aug, Sept Oct. Sow seeds as early as Jan in a heated propagator under a grow lamp in good quality peat free compost. If you do not have a propagator then sow in March. Grow young plants on in warm frost free conditions. When well established transfer to grow bags or containers or beds of well prepared soil. If growing outside acclimatise them to outside conditions over 10 days. Space 50cm apart.
Companion planting information
Carrots, onions and marigolds.
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Companion Plants and Related Items
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