Rocoto Pepper Mix Seeds - 15 pcs

Rocoto Mix (Rocoto Pepper ‘Mixture’) is a colourful mix of cold-tolerant Capsicum pubescens chilli peppers, producing red, orange and yellow fruits. The peppers are thick-walled, about 5 cm, with Rocoto’s characteristic black seeds, and the plants bloom with beautiful blue flowers. This species can be grown as a perennial and tolerates short periods at around and slightly below 0°C.

Rocoto Mix is especially interesting for its combination of ornamental appearance, good cold tolerance and potential for perennial cultivation. The plants are vigorous and hairy, while the fleshy fruits range from oval-round to slightly blocky.

The variety ripens relatively late, so growing it in a large pot is a practical solution—during autumn, the plant can easily be moved indoors and kept for the next season.

Features

• Bulgarian name: Tree pepper Rocoto Mix
• Original name: Boom- of Rocotopeper ‘Mixture’
• Botanical species: Capsicum pubescens
• Type: Perennial hot pepper
• Fruit colours: Red, orange and yellow
• Fruit size: about 5 cm
• Shape: Oval-round to slightly blocky
• Fruit walls: Thick and fleshy
• Seeds: Characteristically black
• Plant flowers: Blue
• Growth: Vigorous, with hairy stems and leaves
• Cold tolerance: Tolerates a few degrees of light frost
• Overwintering: Suitable
• Heat: Quite hot; for this Vreeken's mix, no specific SHU value is given.

🔥 Heat

Quite hot—no officially stated SHU value

🌱 Sowing and growing

Sowing: January–April
Temperature: 20–30°C
Planting in a greenhouse: for higher yield
Outdoors: around the end of May
Growing in a pot: strongly recommended if you wish to overwinter
Pruning: can be pruned in winter
Support: can be tied up when growing vigorously.

Rocoto ripens relatively late. It is recommended to grow plants in pots so they can easily be brought indoors in October. After winter pruning, they can bear fruit again the following year—and year after year.

❄️ Better cold tolerance

One of the most interesting traits of Capsicum pubescens is its ability to tolerate lower temperatures than many other cultivated hot peppers.

🍴 Culinary use

The thick, fleshy fruits make Rocoto especially interesting for stuffing, pickling and cooking. A customer of ours, who recommends removing the top and seed placenta, pickles the fruits and then fills them with cream cheese.