De Cayenne Chilli

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Cayenne is your classic ‘kitchen’ chilli, with a good amount of heat and a great flavour. The striking red peppers can grow up to 6” long, and can be harvested and eaten green or red. Plants can grow up to 2ft high and give an excellent yield.

Approx. 12 seeds.

Additional information: Cayenne is your classic ‘kitchen’ chilli – bright, shiny red and between 2” to 5” long, they look great in a greenhouse or polytunnel. We grow this variety for the Wales Seed Hub as they’re pretty much fool proof – super productive and ripening really early, which means you’ll still get a really good crop even in the shortest, dullest, coolest of Welsh summers! They have a great flavour and a good amount of heat without being too hot.

Great in all kinds of cooking, you can pick and use them when green too – a staple of many Indian recipes. And for the glut of chillies you may end up with at the end of the season? Well, you can’t beat a few jars of homemade chilli jam.

Botanical name: Capsicum annuum

Grown by: Carolyn Moody

Both sweet peppers and chilli peppers need a long growing season and so it is best to start them early in a propagator which has a temperature of 25 – 30 degrees C. I start mine at the end of January, but anytime in February should be OK, however early March is the latest really to get a good crop. Make sure that the propagator is not in direct sunlight as this can affect the temperature greatly. Grow lights can be really helpful to keep the seedlings stocky. Once they have germinated then prick them out into modules or small pots to grow on. Don’t overpot them as the plants seem to like a slightly restricted growing environment for their roots, but you may need to pot them on once during the growing on period. You can grow them on at a lower temperature, but keep them warm or they will sulk. Keep them warm till mid to late April when the greenhouse temperatures should be warm enough but if your conditions are chilly at night then take measures to protect them by bringing them back in the house overnight. By May you should be able to plant them in a larger pot or in a greenhouse bed. Keep the plants fed on a weekly basis – I use homemade comfrey feed but seaweed feed is also good.