Vegetables
Heredity: Open Pollinated
Hybridizer or Originator: New Mexico State University

Data specific to Peppers (Edit)
General Type: New Mexican
Pepper Shape: Tapered
Fruit Length: 6 - 8 inches
Fruit Width at Shoulders: 1 - 1.5 inches
Fruit Ripening Color Sequence: Green to Red
Days to First Harvest and Maturity: 68 green, 95 red.
Wall Thickness: Thick
Scoville Heat Units (approximate SHU): 500 - 3000
Heat: Mild 100-2500 SHU

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 24 - 36 inches
Fruit: Showy
Uses: Vegetable
Suitable as Annual

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Common names
  • Hot Pepper

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Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2023-06-04

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Plant Events from our members
vbprog On March 7, 2016 Seeds sown
antsinmypants On June 4, 2023 Transplanted
One Into Garden Two
antsinmypants On February 23, 2023 Plant emerged
1 seedling emerged.
antsinmypants On February 18, 2023 Seeds sown
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