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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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Type : Sweet

Class : Corno

Habit : Large, tall, vigorous

Fruit Color : Green to red

Growth : Indeterminate

Fruit Size : 5-6 in./13-15 cm long x 1.5-2 in./4-5 cm wide, 2.5-3.5 oz. (71 to 99 g)

Days to maturity from transplant (green) : 60-65

Days to maturity from transplant (ripe) : 80-85

  • 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.
  • If it is not isolated, it will produce larger, great-tasting fruit with just a few seeds.
  • Best grown in-ground with support of stakes or a cage.