Capsicum annuum Seeds | Golden Cal Wonder Pepper

LATIN NAME: Capsicum annuum

COMMON NAME: Golden Cal Wonder Pepper

Plant Profile

Capsicum annuum, better known as Golden Cal Wonder Pepper, is a fast-growing, annual in the nightshade family. Golden wonder blocks blocky, golden fruits among broad, dark-green leaves, the whole plant standing in the neat, generous look of the kitchen garden. It is a plant of open, sunny, deep, rich, moist, well-drained ground. Few species give back so generously for so little effort.

Science & Biotechnology

Botanists studying the nightshade family regularly include Capsicum annuum in comparative work, and the species also appears in horticultural trials aimed at gardeners and growers. From a research perspective, species of this kind are valuable material for work on propagation and on the selection of uniform lines.

Uses & Benefits

In the garden, Golden Cal Wonder Pepper earns its place in borders, containers and mixed plantings, and it also rewards growers who raise plants for cutting, drying or kitchen use. Golden wonder is a neat, useful plant of kitchen garden and study collection. It is a neat, useful plant of open, sunny, deep, rich, moist, well-drained garden. Golden wonder seeds start easily in a fine, loamy compost kept warm and moist. After the first season it asks for very little beyond a place that suits it.

Chili pepper’s fire is capsaicin, one of the most useful plant molecules in medicine: topical capsaicin preparations are approved for nerve and arthritis pain, and population studies link regular chili eating with metabolic and cardiovascular benefits. Beyond the heat, peppers are superb sources of vitamin C.

Growing from Seed

Seed is the natural starting point for Golden Cal Wonder Pepper, and the process is uncomplicated. Fill a pot with a light seed compost, sow evenly on the surface, cover thinly and stand it somewhere warm, bright and evenly moist. Once the seedlings have made true leaves, pot them on individually and plant out when they are sturdy and conditions are right.

Our Take

Part of this plant’s appeal is the long practical history summarized above. Golden Cal Wonder Pepper has real presence in the garden without demanding much in return. Keep the sowing evenly moist at the start — that is the one real requirement.

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