Chinese pepper 'Fatalii'

Capsicum chinense

How to grow Chinese pepper 'Fatalii'

  • Full Sun

  • Medium

The plants grow 20 to 25 inches in height, and plant distance should be about the same. The pendant pods get 2.5 to 3.5 inches long and about 0.75 to 1.5 inches wide. From a pale green, they mature to a bright yellow (there are red Fataliis around as well, but the yellow one is the “real thing.”) 1

Fatalii likes a position of full sun and remember to water moderately. Keep in mind when planting that Fatalii is thought of as tender, so remember to wait until your soil is warm and the night time temperature is well above freezing before moving outside. Try to keep the ph of your soil between the range of 7.0 and 8.5 as Fatalii likes to be in neutral soil - weakly alkaline soil.

Growing Fatalii from seed

Try to aim for a seed spacing of at least 1.95 inches (5.0 cm) and sow at a depth of around 0.2 inches (0.5 cm). Soil temperature should be kept higher than 18°C / 64°F to ensure good germination.

Transplanting Fatalii

Ensure that temperatures are mild and all chance of frost has passed before planting out, as Fatalii is a tender plant.

Harvesting Fatalii

Misspellings of Chinese pepper 'Fatalii'

Fataali, Fatali

Footnotes

1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatalii