Description
Big Jim Pepper
An easy-to-grow, heavy yielding plant with fleshy 10-12" pods that mature from green to red. Mildly hot; pungency varies from plant to plant. Scoville Heat Units: 1,500-2,500
Planting
Unless you live in a year-round warm climate, start seeds indoors eight to ten weeks before last spring frost. Keep soil temperature warm (75-80℉) for best germination. Be patient. Peppers can be slow to germinate. Harden of young plants 10 days before transplanting and plant outdoors in late spring after soil temperature has warmed.
Harvest
Harvest either green or ripe red. Peppers tend to ripen all at once.
- Seed Depth: 1/4"
- Plant Space: 24"
- Row Space: 36"
- Sprouts in 10-25 days
- Matures in 75 days
- Seed Count: Approx. 45