Kitchen Minis™ Tamale Pepper

Light Needs

Partial Shade to Full Sun

(At Least 3 Hours of Direct Sunlight)

Mature Height

6-11 Inches

Mature Spread

6-11 Inches

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 vibrant 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.

Kitchen Minis™ Tamale Pepper Care

Grow 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.

Growing Kitchen Minis™ Tamale Peppers

This 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. 

Growing Kitchen Minis™ Tamale Peppers in Containers 

The 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.

Watering Kitchen Minis™ Tamale Peppers

Water 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.

Feeding Kitchen Minis™ Tamale Peppers

Feed 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.

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PEPTM