Chili 'Little Elf'

Capsicum annuum*

The Little Elf Chili is a beautiful small ornamental chili with fruits shining in many different colours. The upright, about 2-3 cm long chillies ripen from green to yellow, purple, orange and red.  The pods in different ripening states are at the same time on the plant, resulting in a beautiful play of colours. This variety is quite small and therefore very suitable for pot culture on the balcony or window sill. The pods are realtively hot and good for fresh eating, cooking, drying and pickling.

Thrives in a warm, sunny, sheltered location in nutrient-rich, humus-rich, porous and warm soil. The soil is kept evenly moist and it is important to constantly loosen the soil. Does not tolerate stagnant water.

Scoville scale: 5,000-15,000

Pre-cultivation: Jan - April. Pre-cultivated indoors in seed soil. Moisten the soil before sowing and only lightly press the seeds down on the surface. Cover the seed with clear plastic with air holes and place in 22-28 degrees, light and slightly cooler after germination. Use additional lighting for early sowing. When plants are large enough to handle, plant 1 plant per pot in fertilized soil. If necessary, top the plant at a height of 15 cm. Plant out after hardening when the risk of frost is over.

Harvest: July - Oct

Height: 50cm

Spacing: 50cm / 1 plant per GreenStalk pocket

Sowing depth: 0.5 cm

Germination time: 7-20 days

Maturation time: 80 days

Location: Sunny and sheltered. Greenhouse preferred.

Annual

Number of seeds: 10 pcs

*There are many different types of chili, but the most common are Capsicum annuum, Capsicum baccatum and Capsicum chinense. Of these varieties, chinense has a long development time and should therefore be grown early, preferably already in December. The baccatum variety can be sown until January-February and annuum varieties can be planted throughout the period January-April.