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chilli pepper 'Big Devil'

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A traditional red hot chilli pepper. It has green leaves and usually white flowers, though occasionally tinged purple. It produces a heavy crop of long slender fruit. The plant is actually a woody perennial but is almost always grown as an annual in the UK as it is hard to keep alive over the cooler months

Scientific classification

Species: chilli pepper 'Big Devil' (Capsicum annuum 'Big Devil')
Genus: Capsicum
Family: Solanaceae

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Toxicity: Fruit Edible · Annual Biennial
Plant type: 0.5-1 metres
Height: 0.1-0.5 metres
Spread: Deciduous
Foliage: Columnar upright
Habit: Spring · Summer · Autumn
Season of interest: Full sun
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Distribution of chilli pepper 'Big Devil'

Distribution map

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Culture

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Toxicity

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Quick identification of chilli pepper 'Big Devil'

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chilli pepper 'Big Devil' care guide

Frequent even watering, vegetable soil never allowed to fully dry out
Watering: Full sun
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Watering

Frequent even watering, vegetable soil never allowed to fully dry out

Fertilizing

High-potash vegetable feed every two weeks fruiting growth period

Pruning

Pinch out the growing tip of shoots to encourage a bushier plant. Keep picking fruit to encourage further flowering

Propagation

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

Growing

Grow in pots of fertile peat-free compost under glass or on a sheltered sunny patio. Alternatively grow in good garden soil in a polytunnel. See how to grow: chilli peppers for further advice

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