Grow guide
How to grow Lemon Drop
Capsicum baccatum
- Type
- Pepper
- Zones
- USDA zones 3–11
- Sun
- Full
- Time to harvest
- 75–90 days
- Spacing
- 18″ apart
- Density
- 1 per sq ft
- Habit
- Upright
- Frost tolerance
- Tender
- Sowing
- Start indoors, then transplant
- Start indoors
- 8 weeks before last frost
Care
- Water Weekly
- Fertilize At transplant
- Harvest As needed
Notes
Peruvian Aji Limon type; waxy yellow 2" pods with citrus flavor and 30,000-50,000 SHU on upright 2' plants, good fresh or dried.
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