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cascabel chili Cascabel Chili

Capsicum annuum
Also known as rattle chili (en)

A variety of chili pepper

How to sow cascabel chili: Direct seed indoors, transplant seedlings outside after hardening off

Sun requirement for cascabel chili: Plant in Full Sun

Cascabel, or Rattle Chiles, are a Mirsaol Capiscum annum cultivar that produces small, nearly round peppers 2-3cm in diameter. "Mirasol" means "looking at the sun" in Spanish - the peppers borne by a Mirasol cultivar are erect and point to the sun. The peppers ripen from green to red and have a thin skin that makes them well-suited for drying. When dry, the loose seeds rattle inside. They are known as Bola Chili when fresh, and Cascabel, Guajones or Coras when dried. The peppers are mildly spicy with a Scoville rating of 1,500-2,500 SHU and a nutty, slightly smoky flavor.

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Cascabel chili facts

Lifespan

Annual living and reproducing in a single year or less

Height

75cm

Growing cascabel chilis

  1. Sow seeds indoors somewhere warm 10 weeks before planting out
  2. Pot on the seedlings 6 weeks before planting out
  3. Harden off the seedlings 1 week before planting out
  4. Set or refill beer traps for slugs and snails at planting out every week
  5. Stake the plants 2 weeks after planting out
  6. Water regularly at planting out every week
  7. Check for aphids 2 weeks after planting out every 2 weeks
  8. Feed with tomato fertiliser 6 weeks after planting out every 2 weeks
  9. Pick chillies regularly at first harvest every week
  10. Bring pots in before the first frost 3 months after first harvest

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Ecological requirements

Data from the FAO EcoCrop database for Capsicum annuum L.

Family / Taxonomy Magnoliopsida
Asteridae
Solanales
Solanaceae
Optimal temperature 17 - 30 °C
Absolute temperature 8 - 35 °C
Optimal rainfall 600 - 1250 mm/year
Absolute rainfall 500 - 1700 mm/year
Optimal soil pH 5.5 - 6.8
Absolute soil pH 4.5 - 7.0
Crop cycle 60 - 180 days
Max altitude 3000 m
Life form herb
Life span annual
Habit erect
Optimal soil depth medium (50-150 cm)
Optimal soil texture medium, organic
Optimal soil fertility moderate
Optimal soil drainage well (dry spells)
Optimal soil salinity low (<4 dS/m)
Photoperiod short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours)
Optimal light very bright

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) ECOCROP, the crop ecological requirements database. Version 1. https://data.apps.fao.org/catalog/dataset/ecocrop. Accessed through the CGIAR Climate Action Data Hub, https://cgiar-climate-data-hub.github.io/catalog/ecocrop_1/.

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