Hot Pepper Seeds Habanero Orange, 0.15 g
W. Legutko. A medium-late Chinese pepper variety with distinctive small orange fruits and a very hot flavour.
Characteristics
- Latin name: Capsicum chinense
- Maturity: medium-late
- Fruits: small, orange
- Heat: 300,000 Scoville heat units
- Seed weight per packet: 0.15 g
Uses
The fruits are excellent as a base for sauces, pastes and spiced oils, and as an addition to meat or fish marinades. Because of its extremely hot taste, this variety is not recommended for eating raw.
Growing
- Sowing for seedlings: February, in trays under cover, 0.5 cm deep
- Pricking out: at the first true-leaf stage into 8–10 cm pots or trays with 8 cm cells
- Planting out: 15–30 May
- Spacing: 40 × 40 cm
- Position: sunny, sheltered, fertile soil
- Harvest: September–October
Seeds are intended for amateur cultivation only.
