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Pepper Seeds - Hot Pepper - Ají Habanero

Sun-kissed citrus heat with apricot sweetness. Heavy-setting plants load up on glowing orange pods that light up sauces, ceviches, and grills. If you love bright flavor with a clean, medium-hot kick, this is your must-grow pepper.
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Sun bright citrus with a friendly kick. Ají Habanero delivers the tropical perfume and fruity sparkle people love in habaneros, but with a gentler, more versatile heat. The flavor leans toward apricot, mango, and lemon zest, making this pepper a favorite for fresh sauces, ceviche, and quick pickles.

The plants are vigorous and handsome, typically 2 to 4 feet tall with a branching habit that loads every stem with blossoms and fruit. Medium green foliage frames clusters of pendant pods so the plants look ornamental long before ripening. The pods average 2 to 3 inches, slightly tapered and thin walled. They mature from light green to a glowing golden orange that signals peak sweetness and aroma, and the thin walls make them perfect for drying into flakes and powders or fermenting into silky hot sauce.

Bite into one and the sweetness hits first, followed by a clean, rising warmth that lingers without overwhelming. In the kitchen you can slice a few rings into salsas, brighten grilled seafood, or bloom chopped pepper in a little oil to perfume a whole pan. Dried pods grind into a sunny, citrusy powder that wakes up rubs, vinaigrettes, and roasted vegetables.

Ají peppers were stewarded for centuries by Indigenous growers of the Andes, and Ají Habanero is a modern selection from that rich Capsicum baccatum lineage. It captures the fruit forward charm of the ají family with a heat level most cooks can use every day, a variety with character, dependability, and harvests generous enough to stock the pantry and share.

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Minimum Seed Count
25
Heat
Hot
Scoville Heat Units
30,000–80,000 SHU
Soil pH
6.0–6.5
Soil Type
Loamy
Sunlight
Full sun
Plant Spacing
18 in
Row Spacing
24 in
Support
Stake
Ideal Soil Temp
80–90°F
Seed Depth
1/4 in
Sprouts in
10-21 Days
Life Cycle
Annual
Frost Hardy
Tender
Scientific Name
Capsicum baccatum
Maturity
90-99 Days (from transplant)
Grow Location
In-ground bed, Raised bed, Containers, Greenhouse, High Tunnel, Community garden
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Our seeds are grown and sourced from the US. They're then packed and shipped from Colerain NC.

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Soil Readiness

for Pepper Plants (Capsicum spp.)

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