Sugar Rush Peach Chilli Pepper
Capsicum baccatum
Story: A very pretty and unusual lookinh pepper with pale peach colour and crinkly skin. This chilli has a medium heat, it is definitely hot, just not face burning hot. It is fruity, citrusy and almost floral in flavour. It grows quite tall - to just under 1m high and like all peppers grown in the UK, it would do better in a greenhouse or conservatory, and will need a long growing season with lots of sun.
When to sow: From mid-February to early April indoors in pots or seed trays of seed compost.
Requirements: Free draining, rich soil, and full sun.
When to Harvest for eating: late summer/early autumn. When the fruit turns from pale yellow to peach.
When to Harvest for seed: Around the same time as for eating - late summer/early autumn though be sure to let them become fully ripe on the plant and develop a full peachy coloured.
Seed contributors: Omved Gardens and SSN members: Rosie Hedger, Emily wites
Isolation Needed: Yes
Saving Seed: Peppers have 'perfect' flowers meaning they contain both male and female parts that can fertilise themselves. However pollen can also travel on insects and cause cross pollination. The isolation distance for preventing cross pollination is recommended at 100m. For this reason it is best to only grow one variety of pepper or chilli in any one area if you plan to save seeds - such as growing one variety on a windowsill and one in a greenhouse - this will reduce the chance of cross pollination massively. Allow fruits to fully ripen on the plant, cut open and scoop out seeds (use gloves for chillies) then lay the seeds out to dry fully. Label, package and date.
Number of plants to save seeds from: 1 plants minimum, 3 or more is ideal
Pollination: Self pollinated and insect
How to send seed back: Please label all seed with variety, type, date and your contact. If you didn't get a chance to fill out our online data collection form, you can also send us a few lines about how it grew for you/flavour etc. Please aim to send back 1 tablespoon of dried seed or more so that we can continue to share with network members. Send to: The Seed Saving Network, Omved Gardens, 1 Townsend Yard, N6 5JF.
Please remember, if you’re an individual grower you can order up to 4 packets of seeds. If you order more than this, you will receive just four packs to begin with. This is to ensure we get plenty of data in return and to keep our stocks sustainable for years to come.*
*Community groups and Experienced Growers can order larger quantities, please email us if this is the case.
If an item is out of stock we will send a close alternative.
