Capsicum annuum Seeds | Mulato Chile Pepper Mulato
LATIN NAME: Capsicum annuum
COMMON NAME: Mulato Pepper
Plant Profile
Mulato Pepper (Capsicum annuum) is a fast-growing, annual in the nightshade family. Mulato dries dark, wrinkled pods on open branches, broad, dark-green leaves below them, and the whole plant stands in the dusky, generous look of the warm kitchen garden. It is a plant of open, sunny, deep, rich, moist, well-drained ground. Bees and other pollinators visit the flowers freely through the season. It is the sort of plant that quietly justifies the space it occupies.
Science & Biotechnology
The species features in the wider study of the nightshade family, and its traits make it a useful subject for work on germination biology, cultivation and ornamental selection. With present-day seed handling, raising this species well within the reach of any careful grower.
Uses & Benefits
Mulato Pepper works well in borders, containers and dedicated beds. Mulato is a dusky, useful plant of warm kitchen garden and study collection. It is a dusky, useful plant of open, sunny, deep, rich, moist, well-drained garden. Mulato seeds germinate well in a fine, gritty compost kept warm and moist. Thereafter it wants only the ordinary attentions any garden plant receives.
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
Mulato Pepper is one of those generous plants that come along well from seed. Fill a pot with a light seed compost, sow evenly on the surface, cover thinly and stand it somewhere warm, bright and evenly moist. A cool, moist period before sowing helps the seeds wake evenly — a few weeks in damp medium in the refrigerator is the usual approach. Once the seedlings have made true leaves, pot them on individually and plant out when they are sturdy and conditions are right.
Our Take
It forms a fast-growing, annual, which makes spacing and siting straightforward. A few weeks of cold, moist stratification before sowing mirrors its natural cycle.
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