Chilli - Tepin seeds

Chilli - Tepin - 10 Seeds

Don't be fooled by their minuscule size - these little chillies pack a punch! This is the perfect ingredient for you if you're an aficionado of spicy chilli, salsa, and stews. This chilli is sure to bring any dish to life with its blazing heat that will scorch your tongue with delight.

This wild variety from Northern Mexico is intensely hot and produces abundant yield when overwintered. Grows in parts of Mexico, Arizona, Texas, and New Mexico.

Growing to about 1.5 meters in a pot, the chillies have the shape of berries, a characteristic that has earned this chilli its nickname: "The Mother of all Peppers." It's known for being one of the oldest Capsicum Annuum species, possibly even holding claim as the oldest strain ever discovered! Wild birds are credited with the propagation of this famous chilli, known by various names such as chiltepin, Indian chilli, and chile tepin; it is also commonly referred to as chiltepe, turkey, bird's eye, or simply bird peppers.

Chilli Tepin Scoville heat units (SHU): 100k to 250k

The jalapeno reference point (SHU): 5,000

Sow in spring (after frost) & early summer at 5mm deep. Emerge in 10-21 days at 26-35oC. Space apart 45cm. Maturity in 80-100 days.