Your email address will not be published. I had sold out of the Aji Cachucha seeds for a while but they are now back in stock. My pepper plants flower and fruit all year long in South Florida, and they set the most flowers during the warmer months. Let me know down below. I love peppers of all kinds and use a lot of peppers in most of my meals. Cachucha is a Latin American word for cap, so ají cachucha means "cap chili pepper" and refers to its cap-like shape. The seeds can be eaten but are normally removed because of their texture. I hope this post helped you and I hope your plant does well! It is native to the Brazilian Amazon, where it has been grown for thousands of years. On Etsy I have listed it under the name “aji dulce,” but it is the same exact plant that is talked about under this post. The flower can measure about a half-inch across. A seed grown ají cachucha plant will produce in its first year. The disk shaped ají cachuchas can grow 1 to 2 inches in width and 1 inch in height. FYI. The pepper is similar looking to the habanero but without the heat. Required fields are marked *. [1], Sweet perennial peppers found in Latin America and the Caribbean, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ají_dulce&oldid=979904220, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 23 September 2020, at 12:41. Sometimes this chile is called an aji dulce although the same name is used for another chile from South America which is quite hot. They are either borne singly or in pairs. I hope this helped. I have also found that this pepper plant does very well with transplanting. The most common shape that is seen in the ají cachucha cultivars is a round flattened disk shape. It does best grown in full sun. Gustoso means tasty, so ají gustoso translates to "tasty chili pepper". This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Cachucha chile peppers are extremely popular in Puerto Rican, Cuban, and Dominican cooking, … https://www.etsy.com/listing/688262745/aji-dulce-seeds-sweet-pepper-capsicum?ref=shop_home_active_1&frs=1&crt=1 . Aji Cachucha Purple Splotched Pepper. And I love the taste of the fruit, so I wanted to do some home work on it. Over time, the ají cachucha will develop a woody stem at the base while the new growth will be soft and green. https://www.etsy.com/listing/688262745/aji-dulce-seeds-sweet-pepper-capsicum?ref=shop_home_active_1&frs=1&crt=1, https://www.etsy.com/hk-en/listing/688262745/aji-dulce-seeds-sweet-pepper-capsicum. In Cuba it is known as ají cachucha . The ají cachucha can tolerate cooler temperatures but are very sensitive to frost. The ají cachucha is most easily propagated by seed. If you are still interested then this link will lead you to the Etsy page. This leads to an overall stronger plant that can better withstand the wind and the weight of its own fruit. If your winters are too cold then you can grow this plant in a pot and bring it indoors during the winter. The large immigrant population in the U.S. from these Caribbean islands has caused an increase in demand for sweet chili peppers in the U.S. Due to this, some U.S. farms now grow it; and it is often sold in latin grocery stores. If so, were they the Capsicum chinense species? It is possible to propagate the ají cachucha by cuttings as well, but I haven’t tried this method. Here is a link that covers some of these. In the English-speaking Caribbean, it is known as seasoning pepper and is essential to a variety of traditional dishes. However, I have heard of people having difficulty growing the ají cachucha in other parts of South Florida. I have never used it medicinally, but it is said to have antiseptic properties.