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  • The 6 Most Beloved Hot Peppers of All Time

    Feb 20, 2019 Categories: Annuals, Container Plants, Growing Instructions, Pollinators, Seeding the Future, Uncategorized, Vegetables

    Heirloom Hot Peppers To Purchase Heirloom Hot Pepper Seed click this link The 6 Most Beloved Hot Peppers of All Time Sweet and hot peppers are indigenous to Central and South America. They have been cultivated since prehistoric times. Archaeologists have found chili peppers at sites dating to 7000 BC. The Aztecs, Incans and Mayans all cultivated peppers. The Aztecs had at least seven different words for hot peppers. We derive the term chili pepper from some of the Aztec words for hot pepper. The Incas used peppers as a form of currency. Columbus named the peppers he saw growing in the West Indies, pimiento, because he thought they were the pimienta, spice pepper, grown in the East Indies. He was painfully surprised to find out that the West Indian

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  • 5 Heirloom Hot Peppers That Flourish in Containers

    Feb 26, 2018 Categories: Container Plants, Seeding the Future
    Harvesting History Container Hot Peppers

    5 Heirloom Hot Peppers That Flourish in Containers   Columbus named the peppers he saw growing in the West Indies, pimiento, because he thought they were the pimienta, spice pepper, grown in the East Indies. He was painfully surprised to find out that the West Indian peppers were incredibly hot. On his several voyages to the New World, Columbus collected many varieties of hot and sweet pepper and brought them back to Spain. The peppers immediately gained popularity and spread to Africa, India and the Far East before they became popular in the rest of Europe and North America. In Central and South America, peppers are perennial plants, which can grow four to six feet in height, but in North America, peppers are grown as annuals because they

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  • Hot Pepper, Fish Pepper

    Jan 24, 2017

    HOT PEPPER, Fish Pepper – Capsicum annum FULL SUN - Native to the Americas, specifically Central America, hot peppers have been  cultivated for  thousands of years. They were an extremely important food and economic crop and were even used as a currency for centuries. Fish peppers were brought to the US from the Caribbean by enslaved African Americans in the 1600s. Plants have striking variegated leaves and fruit similar in size and heat to Jalapenos. The peppers are yellow with green stripes until they ripen into red peppers. Sow indoors 6 weeks before transplanting outside. Plant seed 1/2 in. deep. Transplant outside after danger of frost is over. Add 1/4 cup bone meal to the soil when planting. Space plants 30 in. apart in rows 36 in. apart. Type Spacing Planting Depth Days to Germination Maturity Hot 30

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  • Hot Pepper, Jalapeño

    Jan 24, 2017

    HOT PEPPER, Jalapeño – Capsicum annuum FULL SUN Native to the Americas, specifically Central America, hot peppers have been cultivated for thousands of years. They were an extremely important food and economic crop and were even used as a currency for centuries. Jalapeños are named after the Mexican city of Xalapa. Maybe the most popular hot pepper grown, the 30 in. plants produce a profusion of 3-4 in. fruit that ripen to red. Quite hot. Sow indoors 6 weeks before transplanting outside. Plant seed ½ in. deep. Transplant outside after danger of frost is over. Add ¼ cup bone meal to the soil when planting. Space plants 30 in. apart in rows 36 in. apart Type Spacing Planting Depth Days to Germination Maturity Hot 30 in. 1/2 in. 14-21 85

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  • Hot Pepper, Poblano

    Jan 24, 2017

    HOT PEPPER, Poblano – Capsicum annuum FULL SUN Native to the Americas, specifically Central America, hot peppers have been cultivated for thousands of years. They were an extremely important food and economic crop and were even used as a currency for centuries. Called poblanos when fresh and anchos when dried, the 30+ in. plants produce an abundance of plump 5 in. mildly hot peppers which ripen from green to red. Sow indoors 6 weeks before transplanting outside. Plant seed ½ in. deep. Transplant outside after danger of frost is over. Add ¼ cup bone meal to the soil when planting. Space plants 30 in. apart in rows 36 in. apart. Type Spacing Planting Depth Days to Germination Maturity Hot 30 in. 1/2 in. 14-21 85

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  • Hot Pepper, Red Cherry Hot

    Jan 24, 2017

    HOT PEPPER, Red Cherry Hot – Capsicum annuum FULL SUN Native to the Americas, specifically Central America, hot peppers have been cultivated for thousands of years. They were an extremely important food and economic crop and were even used as a currency for centuries. A delightful, gorgeous red, round, 1-2 in. pepper. Large enough to stuff. Makes delicious pickled peppers. Sow indoors 6 weeks before transplanting outside. Plant seed ½ in. deep. Transplant outside after danger of frost is over. Add ¼ cup bone meal to the soil when planting. Space plants 30 in. apart in rows 36 in. apart. Type Spacing Planting Depth Days to Germination Maturity Hot 30 in. 1/2 in. 14-21 70

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  • Hot Pepper, Cayenne Long Red Slim

    Jan 24, 2017

    HOT PEPPER, Cayenne Long Red Slim – Capsicum annuum FULL SUN Native to the Americas, specifically Central America, hot peppers have been cultivated for thousands of years. They were an extremely important food and economic crop and were even used as a currency for centuries. Cayenne is an ancient pepper introduced into the US before 1827. 20-30 in. plants produce an abundance of 4-6 in. long, slender red peppers. Sow indoors 6 weeks before transplanting outside. Plant seed ½ in. deep. Transplant outside after danger of frost is over. Add ¼ cup bone meal to the soil when planting. Space plants 30 in. apart in rows 36 in. apart. Type Spacing Planting Depth Days to Germination Maturity Hot 30 in. 1/2 in. 14-21 80

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  • Hot Pepper, Habanero

    Jan 24, 2017

    HOT PEPPER, Habanero – Capsicum Chinense FULL SUN Native to the Americas, specifically Central America, hot peppers have been cultivated for thousands of years. They were an extremely important food and economic crop and were even used as a currency for centuries. Believed to have originated in Cuba because ‘habanero’ means Havana, the 20-30 in. plants produce prolifically 1-2 in. fruit which ripens from green to reddish orange. Sow indoors 6 weeks before transplanting outside. Plant seed ½ in. deep. Transplant outside after danger of frost is over. Add ¼ cup bone meal to the soil when planting. Space plants 30 in. apart in rows 36 in. apart. Type Spacing Planting Depth Days to Germination Maturity Hot 30 in. 1/2 in. 14-21 85

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  • Hot Pepper, Hungarian Yellow Wax Hot

    Jan 24, 2017

    HOT PEPPER, Hungarian Yellow Wax Hot – Capsicum annuum FULL SUN Native to the Americas, specifically Central America, hot peppers have been cultivated for thousands of years. They were an extremely important food and economic crop and were even used as a currency for centuries. Commonly known as Hot Banana Pepper, this is a Hungarian heirloom. 30 in. plants produce a profusion of yellow, mildly hot, banana-shaped peppers. Does well in cool climates. Sow indoors 6 weeks before transplanting outside. Plant seed ½ in. deep. Transplant outside after danger of frost is over. Add ¼ cup bone meal to the soil when planting. Space plants 30 in. apart in rows 36 in. apart. Type Spacing Planting Depth Days to Germination Maturity Hot 30 in. 1/2 in. 14-21 85

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  • Hot Pepper, Black Pearl

    Jan 24, 2017

    HOT PEPPER, Black Pearl – Capsicum annuum FULL SUN Native to the Americas, specifically Central America, hot peppers have been cultivated for thousands of years. They were an extremely important food and economic crop and were even used as a currency for centuries. Black Pearl is not an heirloom, but it will become one. Introduced in 2006, it immediately received an All-America award. The 18 in. black-leaved plants produce round black peppers hotter than jalapenos. Exquisite plant. Sow indoors 6 weeks before transplanting outside. Plant seed ½ in. deep. Transplant outside after danger of frost is over. Add ¼ cup bone meal to the soil when planting. Space plants 30 in. apart in rows 36 in. apart. Type Spacing Planting Depth Days to Germination Maturity Hot 30 in. 1/2 in. 14-21 85

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