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Capsicum Sweet Heat Seed is an early-fruiting pepper with compact, bushy plants and sweet, mildly spicy fruit. It is well suited to South African containers and in-ground vegetable beds where quick, colourful crops are wanted.
View Our Detailed Grow Guide: Pepper and Chilli Grow Guide for South African Conditions
Plant Information
- Plant Type: Frost-tender sweet/mildly spicy pepper, usually grown as an annual.
- Scientific Name: Capsicum annuum
- Common Name: Sweet heat pepper.
Growing Information
- General Sowing Time: Start in pots or trays, then transplant outside once warm weather has settled and frost risk has passed.
- Position: Sunny, sheltered position protected from strong winds.
- Sow Depth: About 6 mm in warm seed trays.
- Spacing: Around 60 cm apart.
- Germination: Best in warm seed mix at 27-32 C; germination is slow in cool soil.
- Height: Compact, bushy plants for containers or in-ground growing.
- Available Pack Sizes: 10 raw seed, 100 raw seed
- Harvest: Fruit can be harvested green or red.
Why Grow Capsicum Sweet Heat?
- One of the earliest peppers in this imported set to bear fruit.
- Compact, bushy plants suit containers and smaller edible gardens.
- Sweet and mildly spicy fruit can be picked green or red.
- Good for gardeners wanting gentle heat rather than very hot chillies.
- Works well in containers or in-ground plantings.
Garden Uses
Grow Sweet Heat in containers, raised beds or sunny vegetable rows. Use the fruit fresh, grilled, stuffed, chopped into salsas or cooked where you want sweet pepper flavour with a mild spicy lift.
Growing Notes
- Start seed in warm protected conditions.
- Transplant only after cold risk has passed.
- Keep plants evenly moist and avoid waterlogging.
- Feed during active growth and fruiting.
- Pick regularly to encourage continued production.
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