Vegetables
| Heredity: |
Open Pollinated
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Data specific to Peppers (Edit)
| Pepper Shape: |
Tapered
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| Fruit Length: |
3 - 5" |
| Fruit Width at Shoulders: |
1" |
| Fruit Ripening Color Sequence: |
Green to Orange
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| Days to First Harvest and Maturity: |
60 green, 80 ripe orange. |
| Heat: |
Sweet<100SHU
|
General Plant Information (Edit)
| Plant Habit: |
Herb/Forb
Shrub
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| Life cycle: |
Perennial
|
| Sun Requirements: |
Full Sun
|
| Water Preferences: |
Mesic
|
| Plant Height: |
24" |
| Plant Spread: |
12" |
| Fruit: |
Showy
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| Uses: |
Vegetable
Suitable as Annual
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Posted by
DanCarmona (Fort Wayne, Indiana - Zone 5a) on Jan 18, 2012 8:21 AM concerning plant:
Tequila Sunrise
Capsicum: Annuum
Origin: USA
PI:
Flower: erect, stellate
Petals: white
Spots: no
Calyx: toothless
Pods: Green > orange,4-5"L
Seed: yellow-brown
Leaves: medium, glabrous
Plant height: 18-24"
Maturity: 80 Days
Habit: sturdy, tree-like bush
Scoville units: 250
Germ. Time: 1 wk > 2 mo.
Ornamental pepper that is quite delicious. Carrot-shaped fruits that are borne upright on plants, which ripen from deep-green to golden-orange. Firm crunchy thin flesh with sweet slightly sharp flavor when ripe. Great for adding texture and color to salsa.
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On June 15, 2016 |
Bloomed |
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From April 13, 2016 to April 18, 2016 |
Potted up |
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On March 22, 2016 |
Seeds germinated |
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On March 17, 2016 |
Seeds sown |
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On January 22, 2016 |
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