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CHILLI
Slim 12mm fruit, 50-100mm long, changes to red when fully mature. Hot flavour in cooking, dried can be used in sauces and soups and decoratively, mostly used powdered. Cold tea used against aphids. Sow spring, summer, or anytime as potted plant. 70-75 days. Heat 8.
Known in tropical America from ancient times, high in minerals and vitamins A and C, used for flavouring. Used fresh or dried and suited for pickling. Range from mildest Heat 1 to hottest Heat 10. Plant as for Sweet Capsicum after last frost. Keep seed moist.
120-160 seeds per gram.
When To Plant In Australia
Tropics:All Year
Subtropic:Aug-Mar
Mild:Aug-Dec
Cold/Frost:Sep-Nov
Seed Sowing
Plant space cm:40-60
Row space cm:70-90
Depth cm:0.6
Best soil temp:18-35 °C
Other Info
Number of seeds per gram:130-190
Rate per hectare:500g
Average days to maturity:65-80
CHILLI
Slim 12mm fruit, 50-100mm long, changes to red when fully mature. Hot flavour in cooking, dried can be used in sauces and soups and decoratively, mostly used powdered. Cold tea used against aphids. Sow spring, summer, or anytime as potted plant. 70-75 days. Heat 8.
Known in tropical America from ancient times, high in minerals and vitamins A and C, used for flavouring. Used fresh or dried and suited for pickling. Range from mildest Heat 1 to hottest Heat 10. Plant as for Sweet Capsicum after last frost. Keep seed moist.
120-160 seeds per gram.
When To Plant In Australia
Tropics:All Year
Subtropic:Aug-Mar
Mild:Aug-Dec
Cold/Frost:Sep-Nov
Seed Sowing
Plant space cm:40-60
Row space cm:70-90
Depth cm:0.6
Best soil temp:18-35 °C
Other Info
Number of seeds per gram:130-190
Rate per hectare:500g
Average days to maturity:65-80