Devils Tongue

Hot, hot, hot chilli, fantastic flavour and great heat level. This is good eaten fresh in salad or used in a chili.  The pods are long, 2 to 3 inches by 1 to 1.5 inches wide. Turns from green to bright yellow. This chilli is outrageously hot! Capsicum chinense

10 Seeds £2.00

Yellow Bhut Jolokia Experiment

We hope this yellow Bhut Jolokia is a mutation and not a cross pollinated variety.  The Chile Pepper Institute explained to us that a mutation is actually better than a cross as it allows the original chilli to remain potent and unchanged in flavour and shape. The chilli will have a pungency level similar to the red Bhut Jolokia. We will not know untill this lot of seeds is harvested and grown. Thanks for becoming part of this exciting experiment, don't forget to send us your yellow Bhut pictures and your names.

Cobincho

Hot Marbles

Heat Level is 7
Small round orange-red marble shaped South American chillies on long thin stems. Marbles is a beautiful hot pepper ornamental edible. The 12 to 18 inch tall peppers plants become densely covered with fruit and are very decorative producing marble-sized peppers. Peppers turn a collection of colours, first yellow, then purple, orange, and finally maturing to a flame red.

  10 seeds £1.75

Hot Pepper Rodeo F1

A traditional Italian variety that produces a high yield of small, round fruits, on medium height, well branched plants. When immature the fruits are dark green but the red colour intensifies with maturity. Although it has a sweet flavour, the hotness of the pepper increases the more it is exposed to the sun. Traditionally eaten fresh or stored in olive oil, often stuffed with anchovies.
10 seeds £1.50

Red Savina Chilli Seeds

Red Savina tested and certified at over 577,000 Scoville heat units, twice as hot as regular Habanero. The Red Savina was the worlds hottest chilli. It has a fantastic flavour and is great eaten fresh or used in cooking.  (Capsicum chinense)

10 Red Savina Seeds £3.50

Extremely rare hot chilli from the Caribbean. The irregular shape, thin pods have an excellent flavour and are similar in heat, if not hotter than the record Holder. Seeds have been grown in Trinidad and not isolated so some cross pollination is possible and pure strain Trinidad Scorpion cannot be guaranteed. Capsicum chinense)

Currently two of the most sought after and difficult to obtain peppers.

 7 Pod / 7 Pot Chilli Seeds

The 7 Pod (sometimes called 7 Pot, as in 1 pod will spice seven pots of stew.) is a Chinense variety from Trinidad. This variety is matched for heat by just a small number of other Chinense varieties, namely the Bhut Jolokia, Bih Jolokia, the Dorset Naga/Naga Morich, and the Trinidad Scorpion (see above). The texture of the peppers is very different to your average capsicum. Rather than the smooth, shiny surface of most peppers, the 7 pod has an almost paper-y texture and pods start lime green rather than the usual dark green. Seeds have been grown in Trinidad and not isolated so some cross pollination is possible and pure strain 7 pod cannot be guaranteed. Having said that, a 7 pod cross would be an even rarer hot pepper so don't let that put you off trying this great variety.

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Germination Powder

Our germination powder makes up 3 litres of solution

Helping you get the best from your peppers seeds.
We have recently completed trials germinating a selection of our very hot chilli seeds. We grew a tray with seeds soaked in our germination solution and a tray without and found a 50% increase in germination success rate.

Some hot chilli seeds can be tricky to germinate and do benefit from the germination solution and a germination temperature of between 80°F and 89°F. The pepper flowers also benefit from hand pollination with a paint brush. Our germination solution is available to help you get the best from germinating your hot seeds.

Germination Powder £1.20

Fuego

A new F1 from Italy has long tapering 15cm long pods, it is a compact plant great for pots. Used in the kitchen for all types of cooking and great added fresh to salads.

Heat Level 5

Assam Bhut Jolokia

Frontal Agritech in Assam, India had their locally grown Bhut Jolokia chillies HPLC-tested and reported a value of 1,041,427 Scoville Heat Units, giving two independent hot results for Bhut Jolokia with no significant variation between them. (Capsicum chinense Jacq)
£3.50 for 10 seeds

10 seeds £3.50

5 seeds £2.50

Raja Mirch - Naga Morich

This strain of Naga Morich is straight from the hills surrounding Nagaland where Gordon Ramsey visited a village of one the famous Naga Warrior Tribes in his latest show.

The Naga Morich 'snake or serpent chilli' is one of the world's most respected hot chilli peppers.

The heat of chillies is due to the presence of a group of seven closely related compounds called capsainoids, but capsaicin (8-methyl-N-vanillyl-6-nonenamide) and dihydrocapsaicin are responsible for approximately 90% of the pungency.  The Naga Morich has a high percent of these two compounds.

A sample of fresh fruit of the rare Bangladeshi Naga Morich chilli was tested by Warwick University using HPLC and registered a hot tongue numbing 1,598,227 Scoville Heat Units (SHU).

To compare the Naga with the Bhut a HPLC test would need to be carried out on a dry sample as for the Worldwide Standard Sampling Techniques as was used to test the Bhut Jolokia. The figures for a test carried out under the standard test situations are showing that the comparable heat is around the 800,000 to 900,000 SHU. These original Naga Morich seeds have not been grown by gardeners at home, these are the genuine Naga Morich. Naga Morich is the closest relative to the Dorset Naga.

Currently original Naga Morich seeds are scarce, and Naga seeds with proven provenance are even scarcer still. Our Naga Morich seeds come from certificated germination and heat tested stock. (Capsicum Chinense)

Chocolate Bhut Jolokia Seeds

Assam hot chilli growers Frontal Agritech have collected a chocolate version of the World’s hottest chilli Bhut Jolokia, Capsicum chinense Jacq.

This type is thought to be a natural variant of Bhut Jolokia. The initiative has been taken to select the genuine type in successive generations to give a pure variety. The chilli has a pungency level similar to the red/orange Bhut Jolokia. Pungency rating: Extremely hot.

The world’s hottest chilli is the Bhut Jolokia Originating in Assam in North East India with an official Scoville heat rating (SHU) of 1,001,304 SHU twice that of the previous record holder, the Red Savina. Your chance to grow some of the hottest chillies in the world and that's official! Fresh Chocolate Bhut Jolokia Seeds. Photo/David Stehnike 

Peter Pepper RED

Judged "MOST PORNOGRAPHIC PEPPER" By Organic Gardening Magazine
Heat level is 7-8

These interesting chilli peppers are a talking point for the gardener who has everything! Seeds are becoming scarcer and scarcer every year.
Peter Pepper/ Penis Pepper, this is bred for its phallic appearance. Red, orange or yellow, length between 7.5-10 cm. Extremely rare variety. (Capsicum annuum)
5 Seeds £2.50

Peter Pepper YELLOW

Judged "MOST PORNOGRAPHIC PEPPER" By Organic Gardening Magazine
Heat level is 7-8

Peter Pepper/ Penis Pepper, this is bred for its phallic appearance. Red, orange or yellow, length between 7.5-10 cm. Extremely rare variety. (Capsicum annuum)
5 Seeds £2.50

Tongues of Fire Chilli

Chilli Heat Level 8

Great new low growing hot chilli, perfect for borders or pots around a sheltered patio. Very compact, densely foliaged plants bear an abundance of light green chillies turning bright red, thin-skinned medium hot chillies. Variety bred by Mario Dadomo (Azienda Agraria Sperimentale Stuard, Parma, Italy)

Amazon Chile Roma

Mild Habañero variety, lots of Habañero flavour without the heat.  The shape is a typical Habañero shape. Fruit turns from green to orange to red, very attractive plant. Fruit size : Length: 5.0 - 6.0 cm width: 2,7 - 3,5 cm (Capsicum chinense)

NB pictures and germplasm were kindly provided by John Fiedler (Maine-USA) www.pbase.com

10 seeds £1.75

Mexiquin

Tall branching hot plant great shape with conical-peppers that stand erect. Pods are fantastic for cooking with, ideal for Mexican dishes.  Easy to grow and easy to dry for use all year round.
Plant grows 100 - 130 cm tall, width: 90 - 100 cm
Fruit size: Length: 1.7 - 2.2 cm width: 0,6 - 1,0 cm
Colour: green-black to red at full maturity. (Capsicum annuum)

10 seeds £1.75

AOC Piment d' Espelette Basque Chilli Peppers

AOC Piment d' Espelette Basque Chilli Peppers Are you buying the genuine Piment d' Espelette Basque Hot Chilli Peppers?

Only Espelette Products Stamped With This Logo Are The Genuine Piment d 'Espelette AOC Powders, Seeds and Pods Our basque d' espelette (Capsicum annuum) seeds are from what is considered the best pimento growing district in the Espelette Basque AOC area. The Genuine Espelette pepper is grown only in 10 areas: Ainhoa, Cambo-les-Bains, Espelette, Halsou, Jatxou, itxassou, Larressore, Pée Saint-sur-Nivelle, and Souraïde Ustaritz. Our Espelette Basque Chilli Pepper seeds are from the most prized growing area in the Piment D' Espelette Basque AOC. Originally from South America, it seems that the pepper was imported in 1650 by a Basque navigator who accompanied Christopher Columbus. After years of studies and tests 2000 saw the recognition of the AOC Piment d' Espelette. The appellation was enhanced in 2002 by obtaining the European PDO, Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) This means that the seeds are protected and can only be grown in the areas mentioned above and is against the law to grow to sell seeds and name them as Espelette Basque Chilli Pepper Products/Seeds. Basque chilli pepper production is managed by the Department of Fraud which guarantees the origin of the Espelette Basque Chilli Pepper pods, powder and seeds. The Basque chilli pepper is more aromatic and sweet than hot. Espelette chilli peppers are tied with string the strings of peppers are hung in the kitchens to dry. Once dried they are ground to a powder which is very much prized around the world in the home and in many restaurant kitchens. In the kitchen, this spice substitute is for providing pepper spice and perfume to all your meals. The chilli is used in Basque Cuisine to give taste to the simplest dishes such as omelettes, fried eggs, grilled sardines or salads… Sprinkled on grilled goat or sheep cheese, the Basque chilli breathes out its blend of flavours. We always add a pinch of Espelette chilli powder in Basque recipes such as “piperade”, “axoa” or “marmitako”. Basque chilli can have a fruity tomato flavour or a dry hay scent, but what makes it special is the aromatic aspect of it, rather than its intensity. Depending on the Summer the Espelette chilli pepper plant grows between 60cm and 1.5m high producing between 15 to 30 fruit per plant.

 10 seeds £2.50

Friar's Hat/Bishops Crown

Heat Level 6

From Barbados, this large hot plants produce three-sided peppers which resemble a Bishop's Crown. Sometimes called Friar's Hat or Monks Hat.  2.5 inches long. (Capsicum baccatum var. pendulum)

Filius

Heat level is 8-9

Very nice ornamental hot chilli with violet flowers. First, black and purple, round fruits ripen after orange-brown, very Hot! All chilli varieties, including ornamental chilli are edible. (Capsicum annuum)

Bonda Ma Jacque

Rare, aromatic hot Habanero chilli variety, comes from the Lesser Antilles, West Indies. Very hot! (Capsicum chinense)
10 seeds £2.00

Ancho Poblano

Ancho (Ahn-cho) Chilli peppers
The Ancho pepper provides an authentic flavour to Mexican cooking.  Easy to grow and dry, perfect to have in the kitchen for all types of cooking because these peppers are not hot.  Grown in Mexico, Anchos are common to Mexican and South-western cooking.  Anchos have a mild, sweet, fruity flavour. Ancho is the most commonly used dried chilli in Mexico. An Ancho is a dried Poblano Pepper and often is mislabelled as a Pasilla or Mulato pepper. Anchos can be used as a substitute for Guajillo or Pasilla Negro and visa versa. These chillies have the same heat range and flavour profile. Ancho, Pasilla and Guajillo form the Holy Trinity of chiles used to prepare traditional mole sauces.
Great in sauces, salsa and soups, add directly to the cooking liquid along with other spices. Use in stir fry, or sprinkled over poultry or fish before baking or grilling.

Habanero Long Red Hot Organic Chilli Seeds

300,000 + SHU. Heat Level 10+++ The hot fruit shape is very much elongated with a tapered end. These peppers turn a brilliant red upon maturity and grow in abundance on 3-1/2 foot tall plants. Hot enough to suit even the most dedicated heat seeker. The Habanero is one of the world's hottest and most renowned peppers. For the uninitiated even a tiny piece of Habanero would cause intense and prolonged oral suffering. Underneath the heat is a delicate plum-tomato apricot, apple-like flavour. This bright red version of Habanero is one hot pepper. (Capsicum Chinense)  

Guarda Cielo

A hot Italian chilli variety. Excellent for cooking, very attractive small plants well suited for the culture on the window sill. (Capsicum annuum)

Buy both red and orange for the special price £3.00 save 50p
Makes a great salsa or salad addition.