🔥 Ají Cachucha (Sweet Cuban Pepper)
Capsicum chinense ‘Cachucha’
Sweet, Mild Heirloom Pepper Used in Caribbean Cooking
🌿 Perennial in South Florida (grows as warm-season annual elsewhere)
🌍 Native Origin: Caribbean & South America
These glossy, wrinkled peppers look like habaneros but are sweet and aromatic with little to no heat. A staple in Cuban, Puerto Rican, and Dominican kitchens.
☀️ Light: Full sun
💧 Water: Moderate
📏 Size: 18–24 in tall and wide
🌸 Bloom Time: Late Spring to Summer (fruit follows)
🪴 Landscape Use: Edible gardens, raised beds, patio pots
💡 Casaplanta Tip:
Grow in Coast of Maine Bumper Crop for strong yields and flavorful, healthy fruit throughout the growing season.