PEPPER - RING O FIRE

  Organic Hot Pepper Ring on Fire

        10 Seeds Pack    

 Ring of Fire pepper, also known as the "Ring o’ Fire Cayenne pepper," is a modern and improved variety of the classic Cayenne pepper. While it shares a similar appearance, colour, and heat level with traditional Cayenne peppers, Ring of Fire offers a significant advantage: it matures earlier and produces much heavier yields, making it an excellent choice for growers in regions with shorter, warmer growing seasons.

This compact, bushy plant typically grows to just 1.5 to 3 feet tall, but it is remarkably prolific, producing a large crop of slender, tapered peppers. The peppers grow up to 4 inches long and ripen from dark green to a vibrant, glossy red. As they mature, their heat intensifies, ranging between 70,000 and 90,000 Scoville Heat Units (SHU), while their flavour develops a rich, bold complexity. Although slightly smaller than a standard Cayenne pepper, Ring of Fire peppers deliver comparable heat and look stunning on the plant, making them an attractive addition to any garden or patio..

    PLANTING & GROWING

Soaking needs to be done at least a few hours before planting, and preferably overnight. To prevent damping off when starting seeds indoors, it’s essential that you disinfect all of your pots, plastic grow trays, seed cells, and seedling tray covers before you reuse them. 

Can grow in plant containers in your balcony garden or inside near a sunny window. If you don’t have a suitable garden spot, try a container instead.  A pot that’s at least 8 inches wide and it has drainage holes. Due to sensitive roots, repotting is best avoided. Instead, make sure you choose a suitable growing container for your seeds right from the start.

Hot Pepper prefer Well-drained, light, moderately fertile soil, high in organic matter. 

Seeds can be stated, in trays or modules, from January to March at a temperature of 18 – 21 degrees C. When some true leaves have formed pot up into 8cm pots in

good quality organic compost.  If growing in the ground or a raised bed, peppers should be planted around 40-60cm apart in a row, or 1 per square foot in a denser polyculture planting scheme – though these spacing suggestions are just guidelines and spacing can differ depending on your specific approach.  Once the plants have established, it is better to water heavy and infrequently, allow the top inch or so to dry out in between watering. 

Chilli plants are self fertile and will generally pollinate themselves. However, if you want to give them a helping hand to ensure that lots of fruit are set indoors, use a cotton wool bud to gently sweep the inside of the flowers, spreading the pollen as you go. The flower's petals will drop off as the green middle part of the flower starts to swell slightly. This is the chilli pepper beginning to grow. 

Chillies will take a few weeks to develop and a further couple weeks to turn from green to red. Harvest any time after they are fully developed. Use scissors to snip the fruits so you don't damage the plant. 

Good companion plants for chili peppers are dill, parsley, basil, rosemary, marjoram, petunias, marigolds, nasturtiums, lettuce, beans, peas, cucumbers, chard, chives, spinach, shallots, spring onions, garlic, onions and leeks.

You should avoid planting chili peppers with mustard greens, kohlrabi, cabbage, fennel and apricots.

Do not plant in same spot more than once every 4 years.