Tags: Heirloom Open Pollinated

Growing Practices: No Pesticides No Herbicides No Fungicides No Synthetic Fertilizers

Latin Name: Capsicum annuum

Days to Maturity: 88

Description:

Wonderful addition to all pepper collections. Fiery hot and oh so flavorful. 50000 Scoville units of heat and the best flavor for all your Thai and southern dishes. Add to red beans and rice along with celery and onions for the Holy Trinity of flavor. Also grow as a bonsai in a terra cotta pot & saucer for fresh chili all winter long-They do great on a window sill in the winter. This plant produces large numbers of 1-inch green fruits that mature to blazing red color with heat and flavor to match! These are extremely hot. This variety grows well in hot, humid regions as well as cool Bay Area CA regions and everywhere in between. They live for years when given frost protection. Plants are compact, about a foot tall, and perfect for containers. Great ornamental value. These colorful peppers last a long time on the plant.

Story of this Seed:

Bird's eye chili or Thai chili is a chili pepper, a variety from the species Capsicum annuum native to Mexico. Cultivated across Southeast Asia, it is used extensively in many Asian cuisines. It may be mistaken for a similar-looking chili derived from the species Capsicum frutescens, the cultivar "siling labuyo". Wikipedia
Scientific name: Capsicum annuum 'Bird's Eye'
Higher classification: Sweet And chili pepper
Rank: Cultivar
Scoville scale: 100,000 - 225,000 SHU
Heat: Very hot
Despite what is commonly believed, there is no single "Thai pepper", though most peppers referred to as Thai are small in size and high in heat or pungency. There are at least 79 separate varieties of pepper that have appeared from three species in Thailand, and they grow in green or red.

As with many other types of chili peppers, there is strong debate about them, and a particular confusion when it comes to Thai peppers. These are the dwarf type. Quite small and classic. Great house plants!

Growing Tips:

start indoors in early spring and transplant to frost free garden soil in mid spring.