Thai Hot Pepper

Description

Days To Maturity: 40

This delicious hot, zesty pepper is also a festive ornamental for the patio, container, or border! Thai is also a fantastic hot chile pepper for cuisine. These small peppers really pack a wallop -- 50,000 to 100,000 Scovilles of heat! this makes them a terrific pest repellant, of course, but be careful taking a bite of one right off the plant!

The peppers begin green, then quickly turn bright, glossy red and remain that way for weeks. A great addition to mixed containers with flowering annuals and foliage plants,

The seedlings should have at least 2 sets of true leaves, and all trace of frost be past, before transplanting outdoors. Fertilize when the blooms appear, and water well. Fruit is most nutritious if allowed to ripen on the plant.

Uses

Care

Fertilize regularily.
Water the Thai pepper plant daily so that the soil is moist, but not sopping wet. Thai pepper plants grown in containers require a great deal of moisture.Spray the Thai pepper plant with homemade insecticidal soap if you notice any of the following pests: aphids, pepper weevils, melon thirps or armyworms. You can make homemade insecticidal soap by combining dish soap with water in an empty spray bottle.