Pepper, Hot Paper Lantern Habanero (Capsicum chinense), packet of 20 seeds, organic

(2 customer reviews)

$3.95

Family:  Nightshade (Solanaceae)

Perennial in Zones 10-12, otherwise grown as an annual, 90 to 100 days to harvest

350,000 Scoville Heat Units

(Hot Paper Lantern Pepper, Habanero Pepper for the North)  Bright red, Chinese-lantern shaped peppers hang pendant from a sturdy, flat-topped bush.  I have trouble growing standard Habaneros outdoors in my zone 6, but these grew readily and produced volumes of beautiful peppers.  One caution, though, they are dangerously hot.  I have a habit of testing seeds by pinching them between my front teeth, and when I did this with a hot paper lantern seed, I ended up crying in the field! Standard pepper culture.

20 seeds per packet, certified organically grown

Traditional usage (TWM): flavor enhancement, circulation stimulant, antibacterial, vermifuge, against shock, life extension, prophylactic to cancer and heart disease.*  Source of capsaicin.

* American Heart Association Scientific Sessions Report, Presentation P1036

  • Consumption of chili pepper may reduce the relative risk of cardiovascular disease mortality by 26%, according to an analysis of diet and mortality data from four large, international studies.
  • Chili pepper consumption was associated with a 25% reduction in death from any cause and 23% fewer cancer deaths, compared to people who never or only rarely consumed chili pepper.

 

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  1. Courtney

    Makes the best hot sauce

    Courtney

    Killer hot sauce pepper. Fruity with a slow but intense, lingering burn. Easily my favorite!

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  2. Richo Cech

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    More comments specific to this particular pepper:  I found them very easy to pick.  The stem is thin and easily broken, and it is easy to pick the peppers without damaging the plant.  I like that.  The wall of the pepper really is thin, so these dry very easily, either entire (dries in 2 weeks) or as a scooped skin (dries in 2 days).  On a recent pick, it took me 45 minutes to pick 7 lbs of fresh peppers off of 24 plants.  This was the third harvest and they were at their peak.  The peppers would have been larger and heavier if the plants had been watered more during the growth cycle, but it was a drought year and I just didn’t have the water to spare.  It may be that the dry conditions also encouraged early ripening, but I can say for sure that if this had been a standard planting of habaneros I wouldn’t have gotten much off of it, whereas this planting of hot paper lantern habaneros gave prolifically.  I’ll have to break out my hot sauce recipe…

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