Pepper : Chili/Moderate : Padron (The Tapas Pepper)

Vegetable fruit

• Crops in : July to October

Description

Enjoy this Spanish culinary experience fresh from your own garden. Chili Pepper Padro is ieal picked when small and green for low levels of heat, as the heat increases as the fruits get larger and continue to mature to red. Also known as the Tapas Pepper, Chili Pepper Padro is excellent added to stirfries.

Padron is from the Pimientos de Padron, brought to northern Spain by Mexican monks in the 18th century.

 Customer Rating

Reviews
Prize Winners!
By Christine A Jones 06-10-2011
A lovely chilli, early and prolific. Mine grew to an impressive size while still green and won first prize at a well-contested agricultural show. A must-grow for next season.

Awesome
By Matthew Graham 03-09-2011
Got addicted to these on a trip to Barcelona so I was very happy to see last year that T&M stocked the seeds. Have had a few batches of these already and the plants are still going strong, and the peppers themselves are sublime. Would recommend growing in a greenhouse though, the outdoor ones didn't do so well. Definitely on my list to grow next year.

Sowing Instructions

Place seeds on the surface of a free-draining compost and cover with a fine sprinkling of compost or vermiculite. Place in a propagator at 18-21C (65-70F) until after germination which takes 7-10 days. Do not exclude light as this helps germination.

Growing Instructions

Transplant seedlings when large enough to handle into 7cm (3in) pots. Plant in final situation when plants are 10cm (4in) high, 45cm (18in) apart. For indoor crops plant into growbags or pots. For outdoor crops, acclimatise plants to outdoor conditions for a few days before planting in sunny, fertile, moist, well-drained soil, after all risk of frost has passed.

Aftercare

Feed plants weekly with a high potash tomato fertiliser once the first fruits have set.

Nutritional Information

Red chillies are very high in Vitamin C and betacarotene.

Kitchen Notes

Shallow fry in oil, or slice in half, stuff with cheese and bake in the oven.