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Wild Desert Tepin Pepper
the World's Hottest Spice!
(Pronounced "Tay-PEEN") -- Get a free sample of the Tepin pepper flakes, below.

>>>Plus the best price in the USA for the Bhut Jolokia or Ghost pepper

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TEPIN (Capsicum annuum v. aviculare), the tiny round fruit, only 1/4 inch across, is only harvested from wild plants growing in the desert mountains of Northern Mexico, much hotter than any Habaneros, Scotch Bonnets, Red Savina® or Bhut Jolokia. Also called the Chiltepin and is one of the many types of chilies called Bird peppers.

The first year, plants require 120 days for green fruit and 200 days from the setting out of plants to mature red ripe fruit, so they are best grown in containers year-round and brought indoors overwinter in areas that have frost. The second year, when plants are put outdoors the next spring, they start flowering quickly, and start producing fruit from July to October.

Plants can live for 35-50 years if protected from frost in winter.

In Florida, Hawaii, southern Texas, southern NM and southern Arizona, and coastal California, the plants will grow as perennial bushes outside year-round, if protected with a cardboard box over them, if night temperatures ever dip into the 30s.

All the peppers in the world are perennials and can live for years to decades , when protected from cold, and only die when hit by frost.

Tepin plants grow into round perennial bushes. Being a wild plant, seeds can take 3-5 weeks to germinate at 80-85°F daytime soil temperatures. The total germination rate from our tepin seeds is between 80% and 90% , and there are 100 seeds in a packet.

THE WORLD'S HOTTEST PEPPER PODS, the dried Wild Desert Tepin --- actual size!
Whole pods Dried flakes

Dremann's Hotness Scale for the tiny Wild Desert Tepin=20,000-64,000
This pepper is several times hotter than any other pepper.
Grow the Tepin and the Bhut Jolokia together in your garden and have a contest!

SOME OF OUR OTHER VERY HOT PEPPERS:

Hot pepper seed germination tips: Always start seeds in a potting soil that is made out of forest products, and do not use peat , peat pots or peat pellets. There is more information, plus photos of the results of tests at www.ecoseeds.com/pepper.growing.tips.html.

Bhut Jolokia, life sized fresh fruit

---BHUT JOLOKIA or Ghost Pepper (Pronounced BOOT Joh-LOH-key-ah) (Capsicum chinense) Also called the Naga Jolokia. Listed as the hottest pepper in the Guinness Book of World's Records, as the hottest pepper that has been submitted to them. One of the largest fruit of the habanero or Scotch Bonnet group, and a unique shape for a habanero-type, currently from India. Seeds absolutely need a minimum of 15-25 days of 80-85 degree F. daytime soil temperature to germinate.

Planting California poppies around or near by the Bhut Jolokia plants in the garden, helps draw in native pollinators, and helps stop blossom drop and can dramatically improve fruit set.

Bone meal is absolutely essential for growing Bhut Jolokias and any other Habaneros or Scotch Bonnets. Plants need to be fed a hand-full when planting out into the garden, and once a month during the growing season, sprinkled around the plant and watered in until you cannot see the bone meal on the surface.

Bhut Jolokia is extremely hot for a large-fruited pepper, with an unusual wrinkled and very thin skin, which makes it easy to dry. However, the original Bhut Jolokia from India is an variable plant, as to fruit size and fruit production per plant.

Selected from the biggest fruit from the most productive plants, and germinates faster and better than the regular strain. Germination 88%, tested May 2010. Packets limited to 20 packets per customer per year, or order in bulk by the 5,000 seeds. (HS: 25,000 f). PKT. (25 seeds) $5, or BULK 5,000 seeds for $250. The price of this item, includes postage to Canada and USA customers.

Chocolate Habanero

---Chocolate Habanero or Chocolate Congo. (C. chinense) One of hottest of the large-fruited habanero types, and the favorite pepper in the Caribbean to make barbecue sauces and marinades, with a unique rich flavor unduplicated by any other pepper. Can be dried and smoked like the Chipotle, to produce an exquisite flavored sauce. Beautiful chocolate brown, 2 inches long. (HS: 6,000 f). PKT. (100 seeds) $2.50.

Habanero Craig's Orange 3X Hot , loaded with hot, hot, hot fruit.

---Habanero Craig's Orange Triple Hot . (C. chinense) Square shaped fruit 2" long, turning orange with an unusual apricot flavor and scent when ripe. Plants 3 feet tall and 4 feet across, very prolific about 50-100 fruit per plant. Loved for its unique fruity flavor and juicy, crunchy fruit. This selection is three times as hot as the usual orange Habanero variety. (HS: 15,384 f) PKT. (100 seeds) $2.50.

---Habanero Mustard (C. chinense) Plants 4 feet tall and 3 feet across. Extremely hot fruit 1.5-2 inches long and 1 inch across, very wrinkled, orange when ripe. One of the world's hottest peppers. People are surprised when the grow and try this pepper for the first time. (HS: 23,076 f) PKT. (100 seeds) $5

Habanero Paper Lantern

---Habanero Paper Lantern. (C. chinense x annuum x pubescens) One of earliest maturing of the large-fruited habanero types. Plants 2 feet tall and 3-4 feet across, fruit hanging 2" long and 0.6" across, not your typical habanero, productive and easy to harvest. (HS: 6,667 f). PKT. (100 seeds) $5

---Habanero Gold Bullet® -- 2x hotter than the Bhut Jolokia-- available spring 2011.

The amazing abundance of the White Bullet® Habanero, on a single plant!

---Habanero White Bullet ® (C. chinense) The earliest maturing and most productive habanero, with white fruit turning light golden, 1/2" wide and 1" long. "Dare to bite the bullet"™ -- the fruits are 3x hotter than most other habaneros, and 2x as hot as the chocolate! If you can successfully grow the orange habanero or the red scotch bonnets in your garden, then wait until you see the staggering yields of the White Bullet®---a single plant can produce over 1,000 fruit weighing a total of five pounds! (HS: 16,000 d). Federally registered trademark, not shipped outside of the USA. PKT. (35 seeds) $5

Pequin dried flakes, one of the world's hottest peppers.

---Pequin or Prin-key-new (C. frutescens) One of the top-10 hottest peppers, originally from the Americas and now grown in Thailand where it is known as the Prin-key-new. This tiny pepper, only 1/4 inch long, really packs a punch, and the dried flakes are usually smoked like Chipotle, so add a very distinctive flavor to dishes. (HS: 20,000). PKT. (100 seeds) $5

---Dried Pequin flakes. Lightly smoked like chipotle. Sample (about one gram) $1, One ounce.$10, Two oz. $18, 4 OZ. $30, 1/2 pound $50, One pound $90, price includes shipping to USA and Canada.

Scotch Bonnet Caribbean Red

---Scotch Bonnet Caribbean Red (C. chinense) Plants 3 feet tall and 4 feet across, fruit 1.5" long and 1" across, about 100 fruit per plant, ripening over 3-4 week period. (HS: 8,000 f) PKT. (100 seeds) $5.

Scotch Bonnet Fatali, life size (C. chinense)
Plants with big leaves, 2.5 feet tall and 3 feet across, large peppers 3 inches long and 1 inch across, turns yellow to orange when ripe, extremely hot fruit, among the world's hottest. Fruit has the ability to keep fresh for several weeks. Produces well in northern climates, and still keeps its heat. (HS: 17,582 f). PKT (100 seeds) $5

Sudanese fruit, life size (C. frutescens) Beautiful plant 2 feet tall and 12" across, fruit upright or hanging, 1" long and 0.3" across, very early and productive, very nice and easy to grow in a pot. (HS: 5,000-10,000 f) PKT. (35 seeds) $10

Thai Bangkok Upright, life size (C. frutescens)
Plants very upright, 3 feet tall, and only one foot across, all fruit upright at the tops of the plants, 2 inches long and 1/4 inch across. (HS: 6,700 d) PKT. (100 seeds) $2.50

Zimbabwe Bird fruit, life size (C. annuum) Ornamental round=shaped plant only 8-12" tall and 1-2 feet across. Plants very prolific, looking a like a lawn of fruit. Pods are upright, triangular, 3/4" long and 1/4" across. One of the world's hottest peppers, a bird pepper from Africa, and very rare. (HS: 19,500 f) PKT. (100 seeds) $5.

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