Pepper,Santa Fe Grande ,Capsicum annuum

Santa Fe Grande pepper, Hot Peppers ,also known as Guero, Organically Grown !

• Capsicum annuum
• Harvest Size: 3.5 inches long, 1.5 inches wide
• Days to Harvest: 75 to 80
• Plant size: 24 to 30 inches tall, 18 inches wide
• Scoville units: 2500 to 5000 (medium)

A pretty chile, Santa Fe Grande pepper (also known as Guero) matures from yellow to orange-red with mild heat and slight sweetness. It works well either cooked or fresh for salads, salsas, and other dishes based on chile peppers.
Give your garden a shot of color with Santa Fe Grande chile peppers. This is a popular type of pepper also known as guero, the word for blonde in Mexico. Fruits are yellow when ready to harvest, but later turn bright orange red, decorating plants with brilliant shades. These peppers blend sweetness with heat. This chile pepper is prolific, yielding 25 to 50 small fruits per plant, and it’s capable of more (and getting taller) where the growing season is long. Plants also grow well in containers.
Growing Hot Peppers in Containers
Peppers can be grown all year long in containers. It is suitable for apartment dwellers and gardeners who live in cool regions where the number of growing days are limited. Many pepper enthusiast grow peppers in pots so they can have fresh peppers all year long. It’s best to use 5 gallon containers so the roots do not get too over-crowded
Plant in spring to early summer starting anytime about two weeks after the last spring frost. To plant a little early and harvest earlier, be prepared to protect plants from possible frost and keep them warmer with a row cover.
Disease resistance: Tobacco mosaic virus. Plant spacing: 18-24 inches apart in rows 30 inches apart; 12 to 18 inches in intensive gardens. One plant per 18-inch container. Plants per person: 2 for fresh use; 3 to 4 for pickling or making sauce.
Sun: Full Sun