Bolivian Rainbow Seeds - Capsicum Annuum - Beautiful & Hot
Quantity: 10 Seeds
Species: Capsicum Annuum
Scovilles: 10,000 - 30,000
Bolivian Rainbow is an excellent variety of capsicum annuum. These compact plants are both productive and ornamental. At any given time, you may see peppers of five different colours; purple, cream, yellow, orange, and then finally red. The pods are mild in heat; roughly the same as a cayenne or tabasco. They taste crisp, tangy, and a little bit sweet. Bolivian Rainbow grows to be about 2.5 feet tall, and equally wide. Under ideal growing conditions, these plants can yield over a couple hundred pods in the first season. The pods taste great when dried and ground into a powder, but they also make a delicious addition to pickling recipes or fermented hot sauces.
All seeds are organic and open pollinated.
Growing Instructions
It's best to start pepper seeds as early in the season as possible; we start them here on the farm in January. It's good to sow them in a sterile growing medium; most available seed starting soils should do the job nicely; we use sunshine mix (peat moss and perlite). The soil should be made moist, but not damp. Sow the seeds 1/4 inch below the soil surface. Store in a warm area until tiny sprouts emerge from the soil. A heat mat aids in this step, but is not necessary. Seeds can take between 2-8 weeks to germinate, but they can sometimes take less time too. Once germinated, and the first true leaf has formed, it's time to pot up to a larger container that contains a good quality potting soil. Transplant to their final location when the nighttime temperatures are consistently 8°C or higher. These peppers grow very well in pots or containers; I recommend 5 gallon pots of larger. Peppers do best when grown in full sun.