Suryamukhi menasinakayi plant
₹349.00
Yields First pods at 10–12 weeks, then crops for a year or more
Live Suryamukhi chilli, a rare Karnataka landrace. Short round pods that stand upright facing the sun, and seriously hot.
Capsicum annuum
Suryamukhi menasinakayi / ಸೂರ್ಯಮುಖಿ ಮೆಣಸಿನಕಾಯಿ (Suryamukhi chilli)
- Grow bag12 in wide x 18 in tall
- Ships at6 in tall, 5-6 weeks old
- First harvestFirst chillies in 10-12 weeks
- Sunlight6+ hours direct
- Best plantedTransplant June-July or September-October
Grown to order — delivered in about 15 days
We start it when you order and hand it over once it is established and hardened off. That is what makes the olla work from day one: the roots have already grown down to it before it reaches you.
SKU MEN-SUR
Water it through the olla. That is the only instruction.
A buried terracotta olla releases water at exactly the rate the soil draws it, over a base of well-rotted wood that holds moisture through a hot week. You cannot overwater it and it will not dry out on you. The roots reach the olla before the plant leaves us, so it works from the day it arrives.
Details
A landrace that has very nearly disappeared from cultivation. Short round pods that sit upright facing the sun, which is where the name comes from, and a heat level well above anything sold as naati menasu in a market.
Grown from saved seed. If you let two or three pods ripen fully and dry on the plant, you can keep the line going yourself — which is the only reason varieties like this still exist.
Slower to fruit than Byadgi and a smaller yield per plant. You are growing this one because it is rare and because it tastes like nothing on a shop shelf, not for volume.
Same whitefly caution as Byadgi: keep it well away from cucumber and gourd.
Specifications
| Botanical name | Capsicum annuum |
|---|---|
| Grow bag | 12 in wide x 18 in tall, filled |
| Ships at | 6 in tall, about 5-6 weeks old |
| First harvest | 10-12 weeks from delivery |
| Sunlight | 6+ hours direct |
| Seed saving | Comes true from saved seed |
| Season | Transplant June-July or September-October |