Hot
Roughly 30,000 to 100,000 SHU: cayenne, tabasco, and the hotter ajis. Used in sauces and dried powders more often than eaten fresh.
Hot pepper varieties (33)
- open-pollinated
Barker's Hot
80-90 days
- heirloom
Hinkelhatz
75-85 days
- open-pollinated
Long Slim Cayenne
70-75 days
- open-pollinated
Ring of Fire
60-65 days
- heirloom
Tabasco
80-100 days
- heirloom
Ají Amarillo
100-120 days
- open-pollinated
NuMex Twilight
75-90 days
- heirloom
Ají Charapita
100-130 days
- heirloom
Ají Cristal
90-110 days
- heirloom
Criolla Sella
80-100 days
- heirloom
Ají Rojo
100-120 days
- heirloom
Ají Pineapple
100-120 days
- heirloom
Manzano Rojo
120-180 days
- heirloom
Manzano Amarillo
120-180 days
- heirloom
Rocoto Giant Red
130-180 days
- open-pollinated
NuMex Vaquero
70-85 days
- heirloom
Chile de Árbol
80-100 days
- heirloom
Serrano Tampiqueño
75-90 days
- heirloom
Pasilla de Oaxaca
90-120 days
- heirloom
Tabaquero
80-100 days
- heirloom
Takanotsume
75-95 days
- heirloom
Santaka
75-95 days
- heirloom
Facing Heaven
75-95 days
- heirloom
Guntur Sannam
80-110 days
- open-pollinated
Explosive Ember
70-90 days
- open-pollinated
Purple Flash
70-90 days
- open-pollinated
Aurora
70-90 days
- heirloom
Chinese Five Color
70-90 days
- F1 hybrid
Cayennetta
60-75 days
- open-pollinated
Hidalgo
70-85 days
- heirloom
Ají Amarillo Grande
100-130 days
- heirloom
Rocoto Amarillo
120-180 days
- heirloom
Peter Pepper
90-120 days
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Related use traits: Sauce & Paste · Slicing · Snacking · Container-Friendly · Canning · Storage / Long-Keeping · Sweet (No Heat) · Mild Heat