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cubanelle pepper Cubanelle Pepper

Capsicum annuum
Also known as Cuban pepper (en)

A variety of chili pepper

How to sow cubanelle pepper: Direct seed indoors, transplant seedlings outside after hardening off

Sun requirement for cubanelle pepper: Plant in Full Sun

The Cuban, Cubanelle, or Italian Frying pepper, is a sweet Capsicum annuum cultivar popular in Cuban, Dominican, Puerto Rican, and Italian cuisine. Cubanelles have 2-3 lobes and are 12-18cm long. They have more flavor, thinner flesh, and a lower water content than bell peppers. Cubanelles ripen from light yellow-green to orange-red, but are commonly harvested at yellow-green to be roasted or fried. They have a Scoville rating of 1,000 units.

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Cubanelle pepper facts

Lifespan

Annual living and reproducing in a single year or less

Height × spread

75cm × 75cm

Row Spacing

45cm

Growing cubanelle peppers

  1. Sow seeds indoors somewhere warm 10 weeks before planting out
  2. Pot on the seedlings 6 weeks before planting out
  3. Harden off the seedlings 1 week before planting out
  4. Set or refill beer traps for slugs and snails at planting out every week
  5. Stake the plants 2 weeks after planting out
  6. Water regularly at planting out every week
  7. Check for aphids 2 weeks after planting out every 2 weeks
  8. Feed with tomato fertiliser 6 weeks after planting out every 2 weeks
  9. Pick chillies regularly at first harvest every week
  10. Bring pots in before the first frost 3 months after first harvest

Plant cubanelle peppers with

parsley ginger ginger

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Ecological requirements

Data from the FAO EcoCrop database for Capsicum annuum L.

Family / Taxonomy Magnoliopsida
Asteridae
Solanales
Solanaceae
Optimal temperature 17 - 30 °C
Absolute temperature 8 - 35 °C
Optimal rainfall 600 - 1250 mm/year
Absolute rainfall 500 - 1700 mm/year
Optimal soil pH 5.5 - 6.8
Absolute soil pH 4.5 - 7.0
Crop cycle 60 - 180 days
Max altitude 3000 m
Life form herb
Life span annual
Habit erect
Optimal soil depth medium (50-150 cm)
Optimal soil texture medium, organic
Optimal soil fertility moderate
Optimal soil drainage well (dry spells)
Optimal soil salinity low (<4 dS/m)
Photoperiod short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours)
Optimal light very bright

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) ECOCROP, the crop ecological requirements database. Version 1. https://data.apps.fao.org/catalog/dataset/ecocrop. Accessed through the CGIAR Climate Action Data Hub, https://cgiar-climate-data-hub.github.io/catalog/ecocrop_1/.

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