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Pepper (Hot) - Bird's Eye 🔥🔥🔥

$399 USD
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The first thing you should know about the Bird’s Eye Chili Pepper is that it is ... HOT! That’s also the third and fifth things you should know. Small 1"-2", tapered fruit grows on a compact bush and ripens through all the showy colors of a painted bunting, green to purple to orange to red. Pungent with fruity, tropical notes and a serious blast of heat. Use this little Thai chili to add fiery flair to everything from Asian stir fries to Indian curries to South African peri-peri sauce.

  • Hot
  • Fruity, tropical flavor
  • Good for planting in containers & small spaces
  • Harvest any color

SEED PLANTING TIPS

  • Botanical name: Capsicum annuum
  • Pepper length: 1"-2"
  • Scoville heat units (SHU): 50,000-100,000/hot
  • Plant support: None
  • Depth to plant seeds: .25" deep
  • Spacing between plants: 12"-18" apart
  • Spacing between rows: 18"-24" apart
  • Days to germinate (sprout): 7-21 days
  • Germination soil temps: 75F-85F
  • Soil needs: 6.0-7.0 pH
  • Sun needs: Full sun
  • Frost hardy: No
  • Planting season: Spring, summer
  • # of plants per sq. ft.: Appx. 1 plant per sq. ft.
  • Days to maturity: 100+ days

Good companion plants: Basil, Carrot, Cucumber, Eggplant, Okra, Rosemary, Sage, Squash, Tomato

  • The Birds Eye pepper is the official wild pepper of Texas. A very hot, often 7x – 8x hotter on the scoville scale than jalapenos!

  • This is a Perennial pepper variety which means that if the soil doesn’t freeze hard in your area, you'll most likely be able to grow these peppers all year round.

  • Easy to grow from seeds.

  • Can be used in place of any hot peppers in many culinary recipes. 

  • The commercial hot sauce brand Cholula lists bird peppers as one of its ingredients.

  • Thomas Jefferson first obtained seed of the Bird's Eye Pepper in 1812 from Captain Samuel Brown, who was stationed in San Antonio, Texas.  Jefferson recorded planting this pepper in pots and in the kitchen garden in 1814. [source]

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Score of 3.3 out of 5 stars
Based on 23 reviews
Published date
2024-02-21
Very disappointed… I planted all of the seeds and none have sprouted. I also planted 5 other variety of peppers using the same, seed starting mix, light, heat with domes and had no problems but not to get any of the seeds to germinate is a first. Out of all the varieties I am planting, these were th...
Michelle
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2024-02-21
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2022-08-17
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Julia G. 🇺🇸
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2022-08-17
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2022-05-09
Seeds are garbage
I have planted 20 seeds as directed and none of then have sprouted in 2 months.
Ryan M. 🇺🇸
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2022-05-09
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2021-06-25
Just planted them
Just planted the seed and hopefully they grow fast. The delivery was very fast and friendly customer service
Sam F. 🇺🇸
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2021-06-25
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2021-01-19
Did not germinate!!!!
None of these seeds germinated!!!
Trung B. 🇺🇸
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2021-01-19
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2020-05-01
Wrong seeds
I ordered Thai and birds eye. You sent Thai and cayenne
Uvaldo R. 🇺🇸
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2020-05-01
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2019-07-14
Didn't germinate
I planted these in a greenhouse and none of them germinated. :(
Lolly 🇬🇧
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2019-07-14
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2019-05-30
got it quickly!
very pleased with the speed of the delivery! Now I need to plant these seeds.
Raymond S. 🇺🇸
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2019-05-30
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2019-05-01
0% seed germination
Seeds did not germinate. Waste of money.
Steven W. 🇺🇸
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2019-05-01
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2019-04-14
Second year trying this package.
None of them germinated. All my other peppers sprouted.
Evan-Oliver M. 🇨🇦
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2019-04-14
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