Kitchen Minis™ Tamale Pepper

Spice up your food with the Kitchen Minis™ Tamale Pepper. This bushy, upright plant makes a stunning and stylish addition to your deck or balcony or can live as a houseplant while also providing a crop of hot peppers. The plant will grow 6 to 8 inches tall and 8 inches wide, while the peppers are 2 inches long and 0.75 inches wide. The bright green peppers turn a deep red when they are mature. The peppers can be used raw, cooked, or canned for future use. This plant has a bushy, upright growth habit with red peppers that are 2 inches long and .75 inches wide.rKitchen Minis™ Tamale Pepper CarerGrow Kitchen Minis™ Tamale Pepper plants indoors near a sunny window, or place the plants outdoors in full to partial sun after the temperature warms up. Rich, well-draining soil with a pH level of 6.0 to 6.8 is ideal.rGrowing Kitchen Minis™ Tamale PeppersrThis compact plant reaches 6 to 8 inches and can thrive in a container in an outdoor space or on a kitchen countertop. The bright red peppers hang down from the stems and are ready to pick in 95 to 110 days. rGrowing Kitchen Minis™ Tamale Peppers in Containers rThe Kitchen Minis™ Tamale Pepper is a bushy, upright plant. Grow one plant in a 6-inch container with drainage holes to prevent the soil from becoming soggy.rWatering Kitchen Minis™ Tamale PeppersrWater this pepper plant with the top several inches of soil dries out. Peppers prefer to dry out, so feel the soil and only water when necessary.rFeeding Kitchen Minis™ Tamale PeppersrFeed the plant using a water-soluble fertilizer every few weeks. The fertilizer can be balanced and have a ratio like 10-10-10 or opt for a fertilizer low in nitrogen, so something like 5-10-10.rrKitchen Minis™ Tamale Pepper InformationrrrrUSDA Hardiness Zones: rrrPlant Type: Edible PlantsrrrLight Exposure: Partial Shade to Full Sun (At Least 3 Hours Of Direct Sunlight)rrrMature Height: 6 – 8 InchesrrrMature Spread: 8 InchesrrrSpacing: 8 InchesrrrHabit: UprightrrrFlower Color(s): Green, RedrrrFlower Description: rrrBloom Period: rrrFoliage Type: HerbaceousrrrFoliage Color(s): GreenrrrFoliage Description: Bright GreenrrrSeasonal Interest: N/ArrrWatering: LowrrrResists: N/ArrrTolerates: N/ArrrAttracts: N/ArrrContainer Role: rrrUses: Wildlife GardensrrrFeatures: N/ArrrBrand: KITCHEN MINIS™rrrCommon Name: Kitchen Minis™ Tamale PepperrrrOther Name(s): rrrScientific Name: Capsicum annuum