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Tepín
(Capsicum annuum
v. aviculare), the tiny round fruit 1/4" 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 that way. 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 nights 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.
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. About 5,000 seeds per ounce and 86,000 seeds per pound.
Bhut
Jolokia, life sized fresh fruit
---BHUT JOLOKIA. (Pronounced Boot Joh-LOH-key-ah) (Capsicum chinense) Also called the Naga Jolokia, and the Ghost pepper. Listed in the Guinness Book of World's Records as the hottest pepper that has been sumitted to them, and one of the largest of the large-fruited habanero types, and a unique habanero-type of pepper from India. Extremely hot for a large-fruited pepper, with an unusual wrinkled skin, and its very thin skin, makes it easy to dry. Germinates in a minimum of 20-30 days. Lot No. 1, batch with 51% germination. (HS: 20,000 f). PKT. (100 seeds) $5. Ask about future 1/2 ounces (2,600 seeds), Ounces (5,400 seeds), pounds (86,000 seeds) from 2009 and 2010 crop harvests.
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, 1/2 Oz. $50, One Ounce $100.
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, 1/2 oz. $20, One ounce $40, One pound $400, 5 pounds $1,600, 10 pounds $3,000.
Habanero Gold Bullet ®,
life size
---Habanero Gold Bullet ® (C. chinense) Spreading low bush, 2-3 ft. tall and 4 ft. across. Very productive and early, fruit 1" long and 1/2" across, bullet-shaped. If you like the heat of the White Bullet®, then the Gold Bullet® variety is about three times hotter, and is nearly twice as hot as the Bhut Jolokia. (HS: 40,000 f). Federally registered trademark, not shipped outside of the USA. PKT. (35 seeds) $15
---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. (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. (35 seeds) $5
---Habanero Peach (C. chinense) Very unusual color for a pepper fruit, a pure peach, turning yellow when ripe. Plants 2.5 feet tall and 3 feet across. Fruit 1-2 inches long and 1 inch across, with about 100 fruit per plant. (HS: 9,524 f) PKT. (35 seeds) $5
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
Punjab
Small Hot
---Punjab Small Hot (C. frutescens) Another of those really hot scorchers from India, nearly three times hotter than the regular ornage habanero. Beautiful red fruit 2-3" long and 1/4" across. (HS: 13,300) PKT. (100 seeds) $1
Scotch Bonnet Big Sun
---Scotch Bonnet BIG SUN Yellow (C. chinense) Plants 1-2 feet tall and 2 feet across, branching at base or single stem, fruit very large, 1.5" along and 1.2" across, very productive. One of the Scotch bonnets/habanero varieties that has dark green fruit, which is desirable in certain fresh fruit markets. (HS: averages 7,200 f, ranges 4,000-11,420 f) PKT. (100 seeds) $5, 1/2 ounce $20, One ounce $40, One pound $400.
Scotch Bonnet Burkina Yellow
---Scotch Bonnet Burkina Yellow (C. chinense) Plants 2 feet tall and 2 feet across, fruit 1.2" long and 1.2" across, productive. (HS: 6,667 f) PKT. (100 seeds) $5
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, extemely hot fruit, among the world's hottest. (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. (35 seeds) $5.
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