Skip

Hungarian wax pepper Hungarian Wax Pepper Capsicum annuum

How to sow Hungarian wax pepper: Direct seed indoors, transplant seedlings outside after hardening off

Sun requirement for Hungarian wax pepper: Plant in Full Sun

Nobody is growing this yet. You could be the first!

Hungarian Wax Peppers are a Capsicum annuum cultivar that produce 10-15cm long, tapered peppers with a broad Scoville rating of 1,000-15,000 units. Peppers have smooth, waxy skin and mature from green to orange to red. They resemble banana peppers when immature and are often harvested before maturity. Peppers are frequently pickled, stuffed, roasted, and fried.

Image of Hungarian wax pepper

Predictions

Annual

living and reproducing in a single year or less

Height

60cm

Spread

40cm

Row Spacing

45cm

Companions

parsley parsley

Photos

Crop Map

Only plantings by members who have set their locations are shown on this map.

What people are saying about Hungarian wax peppers

Nobody has posted about Hungarian wax peppers yet.

Sign in or sign up to post your tips and experiences growing Hungarian wax peppers.

How to grow Hungarian wax peppers


Hungarian wax pepper is a variety of Capsicum annuum

Scientific names

Capsicum annuum

Alternate names

See who's planted Hungarian wax peppers

Hungarian wax pepper harvests

Nobody has harvested this crop yet.

Find Hungarian wax pepper seeds

There are no seeds available to trade on Growstuff right now.

Learn more about Hungarian wax peppers

resources outside Growstuff (staging)