Chilli pepper "Stromboli"

Compact hot pepper "Stromboli" - Capsicum frutescens.
Early, hot variety.
Compact plant producing bunches of conical dark green fruits which grow upwards, turning orange when ripe.
Can also be grown ornamentally in a container.
Early ripe (85-93 days) variety for cultivation in open ground, under film shelters and at home as a pot culture.
The plant is bushy, sprawling, 50 cm high. The fruits are directed upwards, conical.
The value of the variety: long and abundant fruiting, decorative. Suitable for use in home cooking: cooking paprika, as a spice, sauces, various pastes and canning vegetables.
One small pepper is enough to give a unique spicy taste to a three-liter jar of cucumbers.
In medicine, an alcohol tincture of bitter pepper fruits is used for back pain, rheumatism and sciatica.
2-3 bushes of this plant will decorate your room and provide the family with a spicy vitamin seasoning for a whole year...

* So, you decided to combine business with pleasure - to grow peppers at home.
One plant can be kept on the windowsill for 2-3 years. For normal development, he needs a pot with a volume of 1-2 liters.
The first rule is cleanliness. Scald the pot with boiling water, you can add potassium permanganate.
If you have a supplementary lamp, then sow starting in January. If illumination is not expected, then it is better to wait with sowing until February.
At the bottom of the pot, put a small layer of drainage from fine gravel and charcoal so that the water does not stagnate.
From above, pour a layer of nutrient soil (humus, leafy soil, sand - 5:3:2). Fill a pot with this mixture, pour boiling water over it, and when the soil cools down, sow 2-3 seeds, pre-soaked and swollen, to a depth of 1-1.5 cm.
Now put the pot in a dark and warm place, covered with glass or plastic wrap, to create a greenhouse effect and speed up seed germination.
When the seedlings hatch, transfer them to a lighted window. Do not leave your pets unattended - constantly moisten the soil with warm water.
Care for these peppers, feeding (every 10-15 days) are the same as when growing tomato seedlings.

Bot. syn.: Capsicum annuum var. frutescens (L.) Kuntze, Capsicum fastigiatum Blume, Capsicum minimum Roxb.