Love hot peppers but lack the space to try separate packets of each? Try our blend of at least 5–7 different kinds all in one packet. We’ll mix colors, shapes and flavors. You can look up the specific varieties in your blend by lot number here.
| Variety | Product Type | Days to Maturity |
|---|---|---|
| Beaver Dam | seeds | 80 days |
|
Beaver Dam Organic |
seeds | 80 days |
| Anaheim | seeds | 78 days |
|
Alpine Poblano/Ancho Organic |
seeds | 60 days green, 80 days red ripe |
| Trident Ancho/Poblano | seeds | 64 days green, 80 days red ripe |
|
Czech Black Organic |
seeds | 65 days |
| Fireball | seeds | 75 days |
| Long Red Narrow Cayenne | seeds | 75 days |
|
Carrot Bomb ECO |
seeds | 74 days |
|
Carrot Bomb Organic |
seeds | 74 days |
|
Jaluv An Attitude Organic |
seeds | 75 days |
| Early Jalapeño | seeds | 65 days green, 85 days ripe |
| San Joaquin Jalapeño | seeds | 70 days green, 90 days red ripe |
| Hungarian Hot Wax | seeds | 68 days |
|
Hidalgo Serrano ECO |
seeds | 75 days |
|
Fish Organic |
seeds | 80 days |
| Bulgarian Carrot Chili | seeds | 68 days |
|
Bulgarian Carrot Chili Organic |
seeds | 68 days |
|
Ho Chi Minh ECO |
seeds | 68 days |
|
Thai Hot Organic |
seeds | 82 days |
|
Matchbox Organic |
seeds | 75 days |
|
Hinkelhatz Organic |
seeds | 88 days |
| Orange Habanero | seeds | 90 days |
|
Habanada Organic |
seeds | 100 days |
| Some Like it Hot Blend | seeds | 64-90 days |
From early May through October 31, items shipping from our garden seeds warehouse ship twice a week, usually Tuesday and Thursday. For quickest turnaround time order online by noon Monday or Wednesday.
About 110–200 seeds/g, except Thai Hot.
Chiles have been consumed in Mexico for more than 5,000 years. In the U.S. hot peppers have increased dramatically in popularity.
Capsaicin compounds cause most of the heat in peppers. Warm nighttime temperatures stimulate maximum development of capsaicins and increase pungency levels. Pungency is expressed in Scoville units, after Wilbur Scoville, an Englishman who devised the method used for eighty years to measure the heat in peppers.
Some Scoville ratings for general categories are:
If you overdose on hot peppers, plain carbs like bread, rice or tortillas are better than any liquid at removing the heat from your mouth. Handle hot peppers with caution; capsaicin is highly alkaloid and can burn skin.
Exact components will vary according to availability; click here for current list of varieties in each mix (posted in mid-January).
Days to full-color maturity are from transplanting date.
Capsicum comes from the Greek kapto which means ‘bite.’
Culture: Start indoors in March or April. Minimum germination soil temperature 60°, optimal range 68-95°. Set out in June. Very tender, will not tolerate frost, dislike wind, will not set fruit in cold or extremely hot temperatures or in drought conditions. Black plastic highly recommended. Row cover improves fruit set in windy spots. Pick first green peppers when they reach full size to increase total yield significantly. Green peppers, though edible, are not ripe. Peppers ripen to red, yellow, orange, etc.
Saving Seed: Saving pepper seed is easy! Remove core of the fully ripe pepper (usually red or orange) and dry on a coffee filter. When dry, rake seeds off the core with a butter knife. To ensure true-to-type seed, grow open- pollinated varieties and separate by 30 feet. Use only the first fruits for seed; allow only 3–4 fruits per plant to grow and remove all others. Fewer fruits = larger seeds = greater seed viability. Later fruits often have germination rates of only 60%.
Diseases:
For the latest results of our germination tests, please see the germination page.
All of our seeds are non-GMO, and free of neonicotinoids and fungicides. Fedco is one of the original companies to sign the Safe Seed Pledge.
