#Habanero Peppers
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My wife has a desire to grow some habanero chile peppers. Does anyone know
where she can order either seeds or starter plants? None of the garden
centers here in Virginia claim to have heard of the habanero chile.
Alan — I get my pepper seeds (not habanero, although they are available)
from The Pepper Gal in Florida somewhere. I keep promising to post the
address, and I will do that tonight, promise!
/Diann
Alan, the Tomato Grower's Supply Company sells habanero pepper seed. Call
for a catalog at 813-768-1119.
Hi Alan,
Your wife must really love hot peppers. Smithsonian magazine had a
recent cover story on them, and they claim the Habanero is the absolute,
unqualified, hottest pepper in the world!!!
Best,
Bob
Hey, they are great, though, for salsa. I have a customer, a
friend…(Warren, remember Charlie Andrews from my 40th?) who is a
commerical grower down in FL who had 1800' of habaneros!!!! And the market
fell through….I'd almost be afreaid to try and plow them under!
Did that article discuss Scotch Bonnet peppers? I've heard that your eyes
start watering the minute you look at them.
Warren,
Excuse me for jumping in, but unless I'm mistaken, Scotch Bonnet is just
another name for Habaneros…
Mark
Warren, excuse me for jumping in here, but I believe that Habaneros are
also called Scotch Bonnets. I grew a few habaneros last year here in
Richmond, Va., and I'll attest to their reputation as hot, hot, hot. And
when they tell you to wear gloves when you work around them, well, they're
right!
They are pretty little peppers. I put out seedlings around mid-May and the
"big" harvest came in around the first of October. The peppers looked
almost like little Halloween candies.
John
John, did you raise your habaneros is pots or in a garden? If in a garden,
do you have that red clay stuff some people call soil? I bad-mouth the dirt
because I'm also a Richmond resident. Is there anything special I need to
do to get the peppers to grow in Virginia's climate?
Alan, I didn't do anything too special. I put them out in my "intensive Fan
garden" pretty early, I think, with black plastic mulch and a lot of manure
in the hole. Then I stood back and watched 'em heat up.
And I agree with you on the soil. What mine lacks in redness, though, it
makes up for in clayness. Every spring I try to "condition" the soil a
little: that means dumping a wheelbarrow or so of clay into the alley
behind my house and replacing it with peat moss or compost. Another 100
years, and, well, who knows??
John
Hi Warren,
I don't think Scotch Bonnets are mentioned. The author, Jim Robbins, says
pepper heat is subjectively measured by the Scoville Organoleptic Test.
Ordinary bell peppers are zero Scoville. Jalapenos are 5000. But Habaneros
are a whopping 200,000 to 300,000!!!
I like a spicy pepper, but that sounds a bit much, don't you think?
Best,
Bob
Anything organoleptic is too much for me….
We sell that seed.
The Cook's Garden PO Box 535 Londonderry, VT 05148
(802) 824-3400
Alan –
Three more sources for habanero seeds (the latter two are mainly hot stuff
food sources, but carry various chile seeds too):
Shepherd's Garden Seeds – $1.95
Connecticut – 203-482-3638 (8-9 EST M-F)
California – 408-335-6910 (8-5 PST M-F)
The Great Southwest Cuisine – $1 gram $1.95
New Mexico – 1-800-869-9218
Old Southwest Trading Company
P.O. Box 7545 / Albuquerque NM 87194
1-800-748-2861 8:30 a,.m. – 5 p.m. MST
(they carry the seeds, but are not listed in the catalog)
My habs last year were grown from seeds a friend got from Brazil, and did
quite nicely here in Chicago.