PEPPER HOT - HABANERO YELLOW

  Organic Hot Pepper Habanero Yellow

        10 Seeds Pack    

Renowned as one of the hottest chilies in the world, the yellow habanero chili pepper is celebrated for its fiery heat and distinctive lantern-like shape. These small but potent peppers measure 1 to 2.5 inches in length and 1 to 2 inches in diameter. Their vibrant colour spectrum transitions from green to yellow, and, in some varieties, further to red or reddish-purple as they mature. With heat levels soaring between 100,000 and 300,000 Scoville Heat Units (SHU), the habanero is at least 50 times hotter than a jalapeño, making it a chili that demands caution during handling. Despite its blistering heat, the ripe yellow habanero offers a uniquely sweet, tropical fruity flavour and a fragrant apricot-like aroma, which make it a sought-after ingredient in salsas, hot sauces, and tropical-inspired dishes. However, when dried, the habanero loses its fruity notes, leaving behind pure, intense heat.

    PLANTING & GROWING

Soaking needs to be done at least a few hours before planting, and preferably overnight. To prevent damping off when starting seeds indoors, it’s essential that you disinfect all of your pots, plastic grow trays, seed cells, and seedling tray covers before you reuse them. 

Can grow in plant containers in your balcony garden or inside near a sunny window. If you don’t have a suitable garden spot, try a container instead.  A pot that’s at least 8 inches wide and it has drainage holes. Due to sensitive roots, repotting is best avoided. Instead, make sure you choose a suitable growing container for your seeds right from the start.

Hot Pepper prefer Well-drained, light, moderately fertile soil, high in organic matter. 

Seeds can be stated, in trays or modules, from January to March at a temperature of 18 – 21 degrees C. When some true leaves have formed pot up into 8cm pots in

good quality organic compost.  If growing in the ground or a raised bed, peppers should be planted around 40-60cm apart in a row, or 1 per square foot in a denser polyculture planting scheme – though these spacing suggestions are just guidelines and spacing can differ depending on your specific approach.  Once the plants have established, it is better to water heavy and infrequently, allow the top inch or so to dry out in between watering. 

Chilli plants are self fertile and will generally pollinate themselves. However, if you want to give them a helping hand to ensure that lots of fruit are set indoors, use a cotton wool bud to gently sweep the inside of the flowers, spreading the pollen as you go. The flower's petals will drop off as the green middle part of the flower starts to swell slightly. This is the chilli pepper beginning to grow. 

Chillies will take a few weeks to develop and a further couple weeks to turn from green to red. Harvest any time after they are fully developed. Use scissors to snip the fruits so you don't damage the plant. 

Good companion plants for chili peppers are dill, parsley, basil, rosemary, marjoram, petunias, marigolds, nasturtiums, lettuce, beans, peas, cucumbers, chard, chives, spinach, shallots, spring onions, garlic, onions and leeks.

You should avoid planting chili peppers with mustard greens, kohlrabi, cabbage, fennel and apricots.

Do not plant in same spot more than once every 4 years.