Habanero Chocolate is a medium-late Chinese pepper (Capsicum chinense) variety from W. Legutko with original small brown fruits. The taste is very hot – 300,000 units on the Scoville scale.
Uses
- An excellent base for sauces, pastes and spice oils.
- An addition to meat and fish marinades.
- Because of its extremely hot taste, this variety is not recommended for eating raw.
Growing
- Sowing: in February, in trays under cover, 0.5 cm deep.
- Pricking out: at the one-leaf-pair stage into pots Ø 8–10 cm or trays with 8 cm cells.
- Planting out: 15–30 May, spacing 40 × 40 cm.
- Site: sunny, sheltered, fertile soil.
- Harvest: September–October.
Packet
- Seed weight: 0.15 g.
- Producer: W. Legutko (Poland).
