Escamillo Hybrid Pepper
Growing Escamillo Hybrid Pepper
‘Escamillo’ is an award-winning hybrid Bull’s Horn-type pepper and 2016 All-America Selections Winner prized for its beautiful golden-yellow fruits and sweet flavor. Long, tapered peppers combine distinctive appearance with excellent culinary versatility.
Start ‘Escamillo’ indoors for transplanting. Plant seeds about ¼ inch deep and space plants 24 to 36 inches apart. Grow in full sun. This heat-tolerant variety performs especially well during warm summer conditions.
Ready to harvest in about 80 days, pick peppers once they reach their mature size and rich golden-yellow color.
Sweet, tender, and versatile, ‘Escamillo’ is excellent for salads, fresh eating, stuffing, sautéing, roasting, and everyday cooking.
- Days to Maturity: 60 to Green / 80 to Yellow (Mature)
- Sow Method: Start Indoors
- Sow Depth: ¼ Inch
- Spacing: 24 - 36 Inches
- Sun: Full Sun
- Height: 24 - 36 Inches
- Fruit Weight: 5 Oz
- Fruit Size: 6 x 2 - 2 ½ Inches
Catalog Page: 54
Start Indoors
¼ Inch
24 - 36 Inches
Capsicum annuum