Sowing months
Feb–Mar, Jun–Jul
Sunlight
Five hours of sun
Water
Moderate
Mature size
60–100 cm
First harvest
Fruit at 4 months
Family
Solanaceae
Where it grows
Balcony, Terrace / rooftop
Good for
Grow food
Sow in
Monsoon
Care
Overwinters as a woody plant where frost is light.
Small upright fruit on a woody perennial that crops for years in the hills.
Growing it
Overwinters as a woody plant where frost is light.
What it is for
Fresh and smoked chilli; a long-lived pot crop.