Long Thin Cayenne pepper
$4.00 – $10.00
(Capsicum annuum)
A productive, hot little pepper. Knee-high plants keep flowering as long as you keep harvesting. I like to string the red fruits on a tread and hang them to dry in our kitchen for eating all winter long.
Start indoors 6-10 weeks before last frost; sow 1/4” deep. Harden off for 10 days before transplanting. Prepare planting holes by adding manure and eggshell and covering it with a bit of soil. You can work in aged manure or compost 2 weeks before transplanting out and cover the site with a coldframe to warm the soil. Plant in the hottest spot you have available. Transplant 6-10” apart and topdress.