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The Hungarian wax pepper is a canary yellow chile pepper also known as the hot yellow pepper or hot wax pepper. The Hungarian wax is closely related to the mild banana pepper.
These peppers have a sweet, but hot flavor that make them a favorite in many dishes.
Hungarian wax peppers are shaped like a carrot, they taper to a rounded point and averages about 6" in length and about 1 1/2" wide. It is considered an early pepper that produces excellent yields on a 24" plant.
Hungarian wax peppers are medium hot, with heat scores that range between 5,000 and 15,000 Scoville heat units.
To get an early start with your peppers, particularly in the North, cover the prepared garden bed with a dark-colored mulch at least a week before planting. This will heat the soil beneath and provide better growing conditions for young pepper plants. The mulch will also help your soil retain moisture throughout the season as the plants grow.
WHAT IS AN HEIRLOOM? Heirloom plants are grown from seeds that have been handed down thru generations, saved from year to year, some varieties dating back hundreds of years. Many made the migration from Europe and the East with the immigrants coming to the USA. The seeds are never cross pollinated and so they remain true to their particular characteristics. Heirloom tomatoes come in all colors, shapes, and sizes ? Reds, Pinks, Yellows, Orange, White, Green, Striped, and Black. Ranging in sizes of cherry and grape to large grapefruit size, meaty, or juicy.
WHY HEIRLOOM? These tomatoes are more natural, they are non GMO (genetically modified). They do not have as long of a shelf life as store bought tomatoes, but that is what makes them special. They have a real fantastic tomato flavor not found in grocery store offerings. These tomatoes are indeterminate (they grow all season, they flower all season and they produce tomatoes all season. They don't stop until frost. Once heirloom tomatoes are picked, they do not have a long shelf life as hybrids but they more than make up for any shortcomings in flavor.
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