Growing Guides

SMALL RED PEPPER ABOUT THE PLANT Description: Small Red Chili Peppers grow to 5″, are conical in shape, and taper to a point. They are hot, containing about 30,000 Scoville heat units. A large harvest of peppers will ripen in...

ABOUT THE PLANT Description: The Pasilla Bajio Pepper is 6" long and 2" wide, turning from green to brown when mature. It is mildly hot and fantastic when dried and used in making smoky-flavored mole sauce. It has a smoky,...

Description: Santa Fe Grande peppers are 2-5" inches long, conical shaped with a rounded end. They start out pale yellow, then turn a bright orange or brilliant red. They are mild and slightly sweet with only 500-700 SHU. Origin: Peppers...

Description: Fresno Chilies are 2-3" long, slightly curved, and taper to a point. They have shiny skin and mature from green to a fiery red. (They look a lot like Jalapeno pepper, but the flavor is fruitier and smokier). Their...

FIRECRACKER PEPPER ABOUT THE PLANT Description: The ornamental Firecracker has upright, 1-inch, glossy, fiery hot pods that mature from cream to red, orange, yellow, purple, and everything in between, giving the plant a potpourri of color. The hot pods range...

ABOUT THE PLANT Description: The Caloro pepper has thick-walled, conical-shaped pods 2" long by 1” wide. The pods ripen from green to yellow, then red. They are sweet and mildly hot with 1000 to 5000 Scoville Heat Units.  Origin: Peppers...

ABOUT THE PLANT Description: Hungarian Hot Wax peppers are smooth, creamy yellow, 5 inches long, with a conical, tapered shape. They have thick flesh, thin skins, and a sweet, medium heat of 1,000 to 15,000 Scoville Heat Units. They are...

They are typically picked green and used to produce roasted Big Jim green chili in New Mexican cuisine. Origin: Developed at New Mexico State University in 1975, the Big Jim chili pepper has become a staple in many dishes. Usage:...

RED CHERRY HOT PEPPER ABOUT THE PLANT Description: Red Cherry Hot peppers are one to two inches across, round, and flattened. When ripe, they're bright red and thick. They have a nice robust flavor with 2,500 to 5,000 Scoville heat...

SERRANO PEPPER ABOUT THE PLANT Description: Serrano peppers grow between 1 - 4 inches long and about 1/2 inch wide. Their flavor is sweet and tangy. They carry a punch of between10,000-25,000 SHU and are usually used at the green...