Pepper Seed Set (6 packets): Aji Colorado, Aleppo, African Cayenne, Official Cayenne, Criolla Sella and Thai Volcano, all organic

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$14.95

Family: Nightshade (Solanaceae)

Most of these are perennial in zones 10-12, otherwise grown as summer annuals, 90 to 120 days to harvest

Peppers are native to tropical America but were distributed with the early migrations. Probably a more appropriate term would be “Capsicum” or “Aji” since the conquistadores mislabeled them as akin to the black pepper, but mislabels live on and on. Peppers prefer a scanty, even water supply, good drainage, full sun, and a long, hot summer. Start indoors 40 to 50 days prior to the last frost. Thin seedlings to at least 2 inches apart in the flat. Transplant out to garden after the soil has really warmed up. The best compost for peppers is higher in phosphorous than nitrogen. Kelp is well-tolerated and makes for outrageous yields. This set contains individual packets of our most popular and useful types.

Pepper Seed Set (6 packets): Aji Colorado, Aleppo, African Cayenne, Official Cayenne, Criolla Sella and Thai Volcano, all organic

Price shown is a discount.

6 full-sized packets, Certified Organically Grown

Traditional usage (TWM): flavor enhancement, circulation stimulant, antibacterial, vermifuge, against shock, life extension, prophyllactic to cancer and heart disease.*  All except “Romanian Sweet” are a 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. Tara

    Excellent variety pack!

    Tara (verified owner)

    I tried this seed pack this year. All of the pepper were very prolific. It was great to try different varieties that I normally wouldn’t have ordered. I dehydrated a bunch for powders. The Criolla Sella were excellent for a salsa/pico type recipe.

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      Richo Cech

      hi tara, thanks for writing and i’m with you on that. i too planted as many peppers as possible this year and in many cases have yet to sample the glory. Criolla sella is a spunky little fruity thing. we’ve been making soup with ocra, low-acid tomatoes and fresh romanian sweet peppers. extraordinary. r

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    Richo Cech

    Admin Richo Cech

    Of course we all love herbs and gardening and we know all about the positive aspects of that. Many of us would like to switch it up, drop the job and pick up rake and hoe and out to the fields we go! (for a living) But not so easy, really. Just like a wild herb of the field, you need to find your niche to grow and prosper. I happen to have read in the news last night that fast food joints have increased their “hot” offerings (like habanero sauce, etc.) by 15% in the last year. Of course most of us are into slow food, but the trend is obvious. People want flavor enhancement. So peppers, for all practical purposes, are profitable right now. By all indications they will continue to be popular, and that means that those of us who grow them should be able to sell them, peppers in the fresh form, dried peppers, and value added products that contain peppers (like sauce, salsa, chocolate) you name it, peppers will be likely to make it more popular, and help you make a living, to boot. So here’s my business advice: Grow peppers and you will be able to sell peppers. I did a quick check in the “asian food” section of my local alternative grocery yesterday, and a 30 gram bottle of whole dried “Thai Bird Peppers” was selling for $5.95. A quick quality check on the contents was disappointing. Peppers looked old, poorly dried, bad color, etc. but being peppers (and containing the ultra-hot seeds) you can be sure they would still work. But we can do better than that. Peppers need to be picked absolutely ripe and dried quickly and thoroughly. Pepper skin tends to be an efficient barrier to dryness, so it helps to (at least) split them before trying to dehydrate. Peppers of good color, recent, organic, at the above retail price of 0.20/g would sell for $90.00/lb. Of course you can’t really sell them that expensively unless you break it down and package it. The standard retail markup is 100%, which means that the seller of the above mentioned thai bird peppers was only getting $2.97 per unit, but even that looks pretty profitable on a per pound basis. Then again, the grower, who was probably in a third world country and not getting a fair wage, was making only a small part of that $2.97. And a lot of the price was going to the fancy bottle and label, which were of much higher quality than the contents of the bottle, that’s for sure! This brings up my final point: take out the middle man with a tackle to the knees. Grow your own, process your own, and sell your own. You’re going to get a better living wage by selling directly to your customer. The middle men can sell fast food, because it needs to travel really far… The rest of us are going to keep it local.

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