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PeppiGrande Red Pepper

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Plant Details:

Scientific Name: Capsicum annuum

Blooming Season: Summer

Plant Habit: Upright

Characteristics: Culinary Use

Water: Medium

Fertilize: Every two weeks

Spacing: 18 - 24" (46 - 61cm)

Height: 36 - 48" (91 - 122cm)

Width: 24 - 36" (61 - 91cm)

Exposure: Sun

General Information: Corno pepper ripens from green to red, with outstanding crisp texture, rich flavor and more sweetness than large-fruited peppers. The corno-shaped fruit are often seedless, which means less preparation time for chopping and cooking. Great on the grill or baked stuffed with cheese.

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Corno-shaped pepper has outstanding crisp texture, rich flavour and more sweetness than large-fruited peppers.
Fruit is often seedless, which means less preparation time for chopping and cooking; great on the grill or baked stuffed with cheese.
To produce seedless fruit, grow it in isolation from other (non-seedless) pepper varieties.
Best grown in-ground with support of stakes or a cage.