Informatie
Member of a little known group of peppers native to Bolivia and Peru. Makes a fast growing, flat-topped bush 24-30” tall, loaded with ornamental flowers giving way to red, elongated fruits that are not particularly hot, but have a lot of flavor. We use these sweet-spicy, thin-walled fruits fresh in season, as a fresh condiment (see recipe below), sliced up on stir-fry or whenever someone has the impulse to soak some beans and make chili. As a dried pepper, they make a great sprinkle for the table, the pizza, or both and ground up they become an incomparable chili powder. The plants are highly adaptable to N. American temperate gardens, with easy germination in cool soils and a short maturation period, although not as quick as “Criolla Sella,” which is a related pepper that is also recommended. Aji Colorado handles wet conditions and high elevation better than other peppers—resistant to viral pathogens. Another highly significant aspect of Capsicum baccatum is that the mature peppers or nearly mature peppers remain more or less unaffected by light frosts. This means that harvest may occur on into November in our zone 6, and we make some of the best harvests on this plant in the late season. Do not prematurely pull up vines–they will keep pumping! Peppers prefer a scanty, even water supply, good drainage, full sun, and as long and hot a summer as they can get.
Soort
Capsicum baccatum
Heetheid
Scoville: 30000 su
Ervaring
Binnenkort in 2015
Gebruik
Relish
Jans moestuin 