Seeds Chili Korallen-Kirschen-Chili (Capsicum frutescens)

Chili - Coral Cherry Chili / 10 seeds

(Capsicum frutescens)

Round cherry chili / suitable for stuffing!

Variety description: The cherry or coral chili, which comes from Hungary, produces small, round and red fruits that are 3-5 cm in diameter with a firm skin. In Italy, the cherry bomb chili is known as Peperoncino Ciliegia and has been known there for centuries.

This coral pepper is a fiery bird-type chili with a spicy, delicious aroma and is ideal for pickling, filling with cream cheese or for goulash stew. The plants grow particularly bushy and only reach a height of 45-60 cm. This makes it ideal for growing in a pot on the balcony, terrace or in the room. The many white flowers appear from May to July and it takes about 80-90 days for the coral chili fruits to ripen. The ideal sowing time is from January to April.

Give the young plants suitable fertilizer as early as the beginning of May. Special tomato and pepper fertilizer has a long-term effect and can be easily worked into the nutrient-rich soil. The location should be bright to sunny and warm. The more sunlight the plants get, the better they thrive - 5 hours of sun per day is ideal, but this might be difficult here. Water them well and the water temperature should not be below 14°C. At night the temperature should not fall below 12°C. Chili plants always look neat and become even more beautiful when the fruits turn from green to red in late summer/early autumn or decorate the balcony or terrace in yellow or dark purple. Then the harvest takes place and you can use this versatile species. Enjoy your meal - if possible!

Before sowing, moisten the soil, sprinkle seeds on it, cover it very thinly and press down lightly. At 20°-26°C, the seeds germinate after 8-14 days. You can also just press the seeds onto the soil, as they are light germinators.

The germination rate is around 85% and only decreases very slowly.