Growing Cayenne Peppers

Seed
Planting time:	SU
Seeds per ounce:	4500
Ounces per square foot:	0.006
Minimum legal germination rate:	55%
Germination type:	Extra-long Germinating seeds

Notes Growing Cayenne Peppers is best in hot wether, full sun, and moist well drained soil. In most areas of the US it's grown as an annual, but in frost free and low frost areas it can be grown as a small perennial shrub. This fruit is red when it's mature and has a hot strong taste; the smaller they are, the hotter. The seeds of Cayenne Pepper are hotter than the pod. The seeds of Cayenne Peppers contain a chemical compound called capsaicin; believed to have antibiotic properties.

Planting
In garden spacing (inches):	12
In flat spacing (inches):	1
Planting depth (inches):	cover seeds with soil.
Maxiumum number of plants per square foot:	1.5
Nutrient relationship::	Heavy Feeder

Harvest
Days to maturity:	63-77
Harvesting period (days):	119
Minimum yields in pounds /square foot:	.05

Cultural
Diseases:	Anthracnose, Bacterial Spot, Bacterial Wilt, Blossom End Rot, Elephant's Foot, Fusarium Stem Rot, Leaf Spot, Pepper Stem Scald, Phytophthora Blight, Southern Blight, Tobacco Mosaic Virus, Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus, Wet Rot.
Insect pests:(Insect Pest Finder)	Army Cutworm, Beet Armyworm, Cabbage Looper, Cutworm, Eastern Field Wireworm, Fall Armyworm, Northern Mole Cricket, Pepper Maggot, Tomato Hornworm

Varieties
Cayenne Long, Charleston Hot,, Cowhorn, Golden,, Ho Chi Minh, Joe's Long, Long Red, Long Red Narrow, Long Red Slim, Maule�s Red, Negro Chili, Papper Peppers, Purple Cayenne, Red Peter, Ring of Fire, Super Cayenne II, Yellow Cayenne

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