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chilli pepper 'Demon Red'

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A compact, bushy annual chilli pepper to 35cm high, with ovate, mid green leaves. Produces small white flowers in summer, which go on to abundant small upward-pointing fruits to approximately 4cm length. Fruits ripen to bright red with a hot flavour.

Scientific classification

Species: chilli pepper 'Demon Red' (Capsicum annuum 'Demon Red')
Genus: Capsicum
Family: Solanaceae

Irritant if eaten, skin/eye irritant. Wear gloves and other protective equipment when handling]
Toxicity: Annual Biennial
Plant type: 0.1-0.5 metres
Height: 0.1-0.5 metres
Spread: Deciduous
Foliage: Bushy
Habit: Spring · Summer
Season of interest: Full sun
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Distribution of chilli pepper 'Demon Red'

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Culture

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Toxicity

Irritant if eaten, skin/eye irritant. Wear gloves and other protective equipment when handling]

Quick identification of chilli pepper 'Demon Red'

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chilli pepper 'Demon Red' care guide

Keep moisture even through flowering and fruiting, avoiding hard dry swings
Watering: Full sun
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Watering

Keep moisture even through flowering and fruiting, avoiding hard dry swings

Fertilizing

Tomato or pepper feed every one to two weeks in fruiting season

Pruning

Pinch out growing tips to encourage branching

Propagation

Propagate by seed. See sowing vegetable seeds or sowing seeds indoors for further advice

Growing

Grow in a loam-based compost in bright, filtered light. When in growth, water freely and apply a balanced liquid fertiliser every 10 days until fruit begins to colour. See how to grow: chilli peppers for further advice

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