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Home | Plants | Vegetables | Pepper Starts

Pepper Starts

This list is divided into three parts: Sweet Peppers, Mild Peppers and Hot Peppers.

The list below will include all the varieties we will be carrying this spring (2022). However, we don’t necessarily have all the varieties available at once. If you have your heart set on a certain variety, please call (303) 939-9403 before your visit to make sure it’s in stock.

TERMS:
Days to maturity (Days) – the approximate number of days from date of transplanting to date when crop begins to be ready to harvest.

Open Pollinated – A variety from which it is possible to collect and save seed that will produce plants with the same qualities and traits as the ‘mother’ plant.  Care must, of course, be taken to prevent unintended cross-pollination from another variety. All heirloom varieties are open-pollinated. There are varieties that were originally developed as F1 hybrids, but through the patient efforts of gardeners, seed growers and breeders, have been selected and re-selected until a ‘stable’ hybrid has been achieved, transforming the hybrid into an open-pollinated variety.  Some examples are Gypsy pepper, Gold Nugget tomato.

Heirloom – An old variety that owes its present availability to the seed-saving efforts of gardeners (rather than commercial seed growers), often for many generations. All heirloom varieties are open-pollinated.

Scoville Scale- Where we have the information we show the range on the Scoville Scale, which ranges from 0 SHU for a Bell Pepper  to 800,000 to 1,001,300 SHU for a Ghost Pepper. Growing conditions will influence how hot your peppers turn out.


See our 2022 PEPPER STARTS LIST; peruse descriptions of these varieties, below.

PURPLE JALAPENO Hot Pepper

75-85 days, Open-pollinated, Mild to Medium Heat
Fruits start out green, then turn dark purple a long time before turning red at maturity, making this a beautiful ornamental plant that often shows green, purple and red fruits at the same time. Plus, the blossoms are lavender. The fruits are 3-5” long, with low to medium heat (2,500 to 8,000 Scoville units), and a little more sweetness than the average jalapeño. Plants are highly productive. Use fresh in salsa and salads, for stuffing or pickling.

RED HABANERO Hot Pepper

90-100 days, Open-pollinated, Extremely Hot
Attractive plants to 3’ tall bear heavy crops of small, wrinkled, bright red fruits hanging from slender curved stems like holiday ornaments. They have a fruity aroma and flavor, and truly fierce heat (260,000 Scoville’s fresh, 445,000 Scoville’s dried), so be careful!! Though commonly associated with Caribbean and Mexican cuisines, Habanero peppers originated in the Amazonas region of Peru.

RED HOT CHERRY Hot Pepper

80-90 days, Heirloom,  2,500 to 5,000 SHU
Named for its pretty, cherry-like shape and color, Hot Cherry produces medium-heat peppers with a slightly sweet taste. They are very fleshy and juicy, perfect for pickling or stuffing. The 1” to 2” wide fruits grow on full, bushy, plants and mature from green to red when they have developed their full flavor. Frequent harvesting through summer will maximize the plant’s yield.

RED ROCKET CAYENNE Hot Pepper

55 days green, 75 days red, Open -pollinated, Very Hot
Red Rocket is a widely adapted, quite early-maturing and quick-drying Cayenne variety, bred by Rob Johnston, Jr. 2-3’ tall plants produce heavy yields of 4″ long by ½” wide thin-walled peppers that are both sweet and very hot (30,000 – 50,000 Scoville units), excellent for pickling, salsa, ristras, hot chile flakes or powder.

SERRANO HUASTECA Hot Pepper

75 days green, 100 red, Open pollinated, Hot
A small fruited Serrano pepper from the mountains of the Huasteca region on the Gulf coast side of Mexico. It produces flavorful, hot, dark green, 2-2 1/2” fruit even in cool summers. Serrano peppers are popular for their productivity and diverse utility in the kitchen, and are used almost as much in Mexican cuisine as jalapeños. Fairly juicy considering their small size, they are used in Mexican hot sauces and pico de gallo.

TABASCO Hot Pepper

85 days, Heirloom
Imported to the US in 1846 from Tabasco, Mexico, this pepper made its way to Avery Island, LA, where the McIlhenny family used it in a hot sauce that became so popular and famous that now Tabasco sauce is synonymous with hot sauce. The 2”-long, tapered Tabasco is a very hot pepper, borne in copious quantities on a short, compact plant.

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Thursday-Sunday, 9AM-5PM

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Mondays, CLOSED

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4795 North 26th St
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MARCH HOURS:
Thursday-Sunday, 9AM-5PM

APRIL-OCTOBER HOURS:
Tuesday-Sunday, 9AM-5PM

Mondays, CLOSED

The plants we grow are organically grown. All the plants we sell are free of bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides.