D'Espelette / Gorria - Fort Mid-season Pepper
This very famous, ancient and vigorous variety comes from the Basque country. It produces a large number of conical, elongated, sometimes slightly curved, thin-skinned fruits. They contain thick flesh with a distinctive fruity flavor.
Piment d'Espelette is not the variety itself, but the name given to the powder obtained after drying the fruit.
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in bucket
Sow in pots or in trays, at a temperature of between 20 and 25°C, under a well-lit shelter, 8 to 10 weeks before planting. Transplant the whole clump into the ground, after the last frosts, at a distance of 30 or 60 cm in all directions, depending on the variety, burying the stem up to the first leaves. Water abundantly at the time of planting.
Solanaceae need light and heat to produce. In cool climates, it's best to grow them under cover and, depending on the soil, water them regularly.
February, March, April
June, July, August, September, October
in the ground, in the greenhouse, in pot
full sun
medium
humus, gravel
drained, furniture, rich, reheated
Capsicum annuum
mid-season
40 g
25 seeds
conical
thick
Red
fort
60 cm
From 8 to 10 cm
South America
Originally from South America, this variety seems to have been imported in 1523 by Gonzalo Percaztegi, a Basque navigator from the village of Espelette who accompanied Christopher Columbus.
Gonzalo Percaztegi