Lemon Drop / Hot Lemon (Ají Limón)
Variety
Lemon Drop / Hot Lemon (Ají Limón)
Approved Data
created by Lisa51 at 24.06.2022
Features
Color
yellow
Fruit shape
elongated
Growth habit
growth habit: high
Taste
Sharpness 7
Cultivation Break
4 Years
Season Overview
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Planting
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Description
The Aji Limón chilli is one of the best-known varieties of the Capsicum baccatum species native to South America due to its intense citrus aroma. The Lemon Drop chili is also known as Aji Limón or Hot Lemon and is a very high-yielding variety that can bear up to 100 fruits in a year. The elongated chillies are thin-walled with few seeds and ripen from green to a bright yellow. The fruity, citrus-like aroma makes the Lemon Drop chilli ideal for salads. They can also be eaten fresh or dried and processed into chilli powder, which turns a bright yellow color.
Non hybrid
Not frost resistant
Growing tips
The germination temperature is between 22 and 28 °C (8 - 20 days germination period), so the use of a greenhouse and a heating mat is recommended. The plants need fresh, well-fertilized, well-drained soil and do not tolerate waterlogging. They should be placed in a sunny, sheltered spot with at least 6 hours of sunlight, preferably more.
Details
Light requirement
Sunny
Water requirement
Moist
Soil
Medium (loamy)
Nutrient requirement
Medium
Plant distance
50 cm
Row spacing
80 cm
Seeding depth
1 cm
Companion Plants
Basil
Bean (Dwarf bean)
Borage
Carrots
Chard
Common marigold
Garlic
Lavender
Lettuce (Common chicory)
Lettuce (Endive / Escarole / Erisée)
Lettuce (Lamb's lettuce)
Lettuce (Lettuce)
Lettuce (Radicchio / Italian chicory)
Lettuce (Sugar loaf)
Onion
Onion (Spring onion)
Oregano
Parsley
Savory
Spinach (Summer)
Spinach (Winter)
Tagetes / Marigolds
Thyme
Antagonistic Plants
Abyssinian cabbage / Ethiopian mustard
Aubergine / Eggplant
Broccoli raab / Stem cabbage / Cima di rapa
Brussels sprouts
Cabbage (Pointed cabbage)
Cabbage (red cabbage)
Celery (Celeriac / Celery root)
Celery (Celery)
Chinese kale - Kai-lan / Chinese broccoli
Collard greens
Collard greens (Kale)
Collard greens (Tuscan kale / Dinosaur kale / Palm tree kale)
Corn / Maize
Courgette / Zucchini
Cucumber (Caigua)
Fennel
Florence fennel / Finocchio
Garden squash - Patisson / UFO squash
Hair cucumbers / snake gourds
Melon (Sugar melon)
Melon (Watermelon)
Napa cabbage / Chinese cabbage
Nightshades (Other)
Ornamental pumpkin
Pepper / Paprika
Potato
Pumpkin / Squash
Rapeseed
Rapeseed - Sheer cabbage / Siberian cabbage
Rapini / Broccoli rabe
Rutabaga / Swedish turnip
Turnip
Turnip greens - Tatsoi
Turnips - Oilseed turnips
Turnips - Wild turnips
Vegetable cabbage - Forage cabbage
Vegetable cabbage - Ribbed cabbage / Portuguese cabbage
Vegetable cabbage - wild cabbage / ancient cabbage
Yalta tomatoes
Diseases
Root Rot
Downy mildew
Powdery mildews
Blossomrot
Early blight of potato
Black spot of roses
Red spot disease
Grey mold
Pests
Thrips
Spider mites
Aphids
White fly
