Yellow Scotch Bonnet Pepper
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| Binomial Name |
Capsicum chinense
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| Description |
Yellow Scotch Bonnet Peppers are medium-ripe hot pepper cultivars shaped like a hat. They have a rating of 100,000–350,000 Scoville units, making them much spicier than jalapenos. Scotch Bonnets are sweeter and stouter than habaneros and used in Caribbean cuisine. Sweet varieties are known as Cachucha Peppers. The fruit is green when young and red when ripe. Scotch Bonnets are often harvested when yellow-orange. Plants grown with less water will produce hotter peppers.
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| Sun Requirements |
Full Sun
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| Sowing Method |
Direct seed indoors, transplant seedlings outside after hardening off
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| Row Spacing |
60 centimeters
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| Height |
120 centimeters
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