How to Grow Sugar Rush Peach Stripey Chillies from Seed

Sugar Rush Peach Stripey chillies with red streaking
Chilli Growing Guides · Capsicum baccatum

How to Grow Sugar Rush Peach Stripey from Seed

The striped sport of Sugar Rush Peach: the same remarkable peachy sweetness, with red streaks running through the ripe fruit.

Sugar Rush Peach Stripey is the striped sport of Sugar Rush Peach, the Welsh-bred aji from Chris Fowler, carrying the same remarkable peachy sweetness with red streaking through the ripe fruit. It is as handsome as it is useful.

Heat follows its parent: sellers quote 50,000 to 100,000 Scoville units, though no lab test has been published and many growers find it milder in practice. It is every bit as vigorous as its parent, so give it height, support and a long season under cover.

Quick Facts at a Glance

Species

Capsicum baccatum

Heat

Quoted 50,000 to 100,000 SHU (untested)

Sow

January to February

Harvest

September to October

Plant

Tall and vigorous

Difficulty

Full growing method

Sugar Rush Peach Stripey is grown like every other aji. Our Capsicum baccatum guide covers sowing temperatures, potting on, support, feeding and problems step by step.

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About this Variety

The fruit

Peach-coloured pods streaked with red when ripe.

The flavour

The same peachy sweetness as Sugar Rush Peach.

Origin

A striped sport of Sugar Rush Peach, bred by Chris Fowler in Wales.

The plant

As vigorous as its parent. Give it height, support and a long season under cover.

Handling

Wear gloves when cutting or deseeding, and keep your hands away from your eyes and face.

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Sowing & Harvest Calendar

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
🌱 Sow, heated
🪴 Final pots
🌶️ Harvest
Sow in heated propagator
Final pots or greenhouse bed
Harvest
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Variety Specifications

Latin nameCapsicum baccatum 'Sugar Rush Peach Stripey'
OriginStriped sport of Sugar Rush Peach (Chris Fowler, Wales)
HeatQuoted 50,000 to 100,000 SHU; no published lab test, often milder in practice
FruitPeach with red streaks
FlavourPeachy, sweet
GrowingUnder glass, long season, needs support
Grow Your Own

Peachy sweetness with stripes

Sow in January, give it height and support under glass, and pick handsome striped peach chillies in autumn.

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