Pepper Emerald Fire F1
2015 AAS Edible - Vegetable Winner
Pepper Emerald Fire F1

A grill master’s delight! At 2,500 Scoville units, this is the hottest pepper in this year’s pepper winners but it boasts extra large and very tasty jalapeno fruits that are perfect for stuffing, grilling or using in salsa. Emerald Fire produces gorgeous, glossy green peppers with thick walls that have very little cracking, even after maturing to red. Gardeners will appreciate the prolific fruit set on compact plants that resist disease better than other similar varieties on the market.

Emerald Fire is a strong and vigorous hybrid jalapeno plant that sets a large amount of concentrated fruit. This high yielding X3R variety produces tasty extra large hot jalapenos that are great for fresh and canning uses.

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Plant Description
Genus:
Capsicum
Species:
annuum
Common Name:
Jalapeno pepper
Plant Habit:
 Spreading, upright
Plant Height:
30-40 inches
Plant Spread:
 2 feet
Fruit Color (Harvest):
 Dark green
Fruit Shape:
Large jalapeno bullet shape
Fruit Weight:
1 ounce
Fruit Size:
3.3 inches x 1.2 inches
Fruit Flavor Description:
Spicy jalapeno flavor with 2500 Scoville average when fresh
Foliage Color:
Dark green
Disease Resistances or Tolerances:
 Xanthomonas Campestris Race 1-3 (X3R), PVY PO
Breeder:
Seminis Vegetable Seeds
Close Market Comparison:
El Jefe, Chichimeca
Planting & Care
Garden Spacing:
 18-24 inches
Days To Harvest (Transplant):
 90
Duration Type:
Annual
Light Needs:
Full sun
Water Needs:
Normal
Season Type:
Warm season
Staking Required:
No
Container:
Yes
How to Grow:

Staking not required, but can benefit from a stake.

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