Aji Charapita (Yellow)
Variety
Aji Charapita (Yellow)
Approved Data
created by Marcel at 24.03.2021
Features
Color
yellow
Growth habit
growth habit: high
growth habit: bushy
Taste
Sharpness 9
Cultivation Break
4 Years
Season Overview
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Description
The Aji Charapita Yellow Chili comes from the border region of Peru to Brazil and is considered the most expensive chili in the world, it is also called caviar chili. Its fruits are small, yellow and rather inconspicuous, but they have a fiery heat of 50,000 - 100,000 Scoville. Their taste is delicate: fruity, floral and exotic. The cultivation period of the plants is long and from sowing to harvesting you have to expect 7 to 10 months. The plants grow bushy branched, can grow up to 150 cm/1.6 yd tall and have a high yield. In Peru, it is also eaten fresh and is used to season sauces and salsas, to which it adds a fruity flavor. In most cases, however, it is used in powder form and lends its typical flavor to stews, stews and sauces.
Non hybrid
Not frost resistant
Growing tips
To overwinter, cut back 20 cm/7.9 in after harvest and place in a bright spot at a minimum of 15°C/59 in.
Details
Light requirement
Sunny
Water requirement
Moist
Soil
Light (sandy)
Nutrient requirement
High
Plant distance
20 cm
Row spacing
20 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
