Guajillo
Heirloom pepper
- Breeding
- Heirloom
- Growth habit
- -
- Days to maturity
- 80-100 days 1 seed catalog · basis unstated
- Fruit
- red
- Weight
- -
- Bred by
- -
Grey captions say what stands behind that particular figure. Breeding, growth habit and fruit characters carry no caption because they rest on the record's sources as a whole rather than citing their own; closing that gap is ordinary outstanding work, not a finished job.
Also known as
| Name | Kind | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Mirasol | Shared name (ambiguous) | Mirasol is the fresh pod and guajillo the dried one, but several distinct mirasol-type cultivars are dried and sold as guajillo. |
Commonly confused with
These are different varieties. A name shared between them does not make them the same seed.
- different variety
NuMex Mirasol
NuMex Mirasol is a specific NMSU selection of the type; guajillo names the dried pod of the type generally.
- different variety
Puya
Puya is smaller and hotter but sold interchangeably with guajillo in many markets.
Origin & history
The most used dried chile in Mexico, made from mirasol-type pods. Thin-fleshed with a leathery skin and a bright, slightly tannic flavour that carries adobos and birria.
Measurements
| Measurement | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Days to maturity | 80-100 days | |
| Scoville heat | 2,500-5,000 SHU |
Against the rest of the pepper database
Where this variety sits among every pepper we hold a comparable figure for. Position is not merit: earlier is not better than later, and hotter is not better than milder. Only cultivar-level figures are compared, never trial results, and maturity is only ranked against figures counted the same way.
later than 62% of the 252 peppers we hold a figure for. None of these figures state whether they are counted from sowing or from transplant, so they are ranked against each other on the assumption that suppliers use one convention, which is not something any of them says.
milder than 53% of the 249 peppers we hold a figure for.
Traits
Disease resistance
No documented disease resistance, typical of heirlooms and older open-pollinated varieties. See pepper diseases for the cultural playbook that fills the gap.
Related varieties
- heirloom
Baklouti
80-95 days
- heirloom
Byadgi
80-110 days
- heirloom
Costeño Amarillo
80-100 days
- heirloom
Erjingtiao
80-100 days
- heirloom
Korean Gochu
75-95 days
- heirloom
Puya
80-100 days
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Sources & References
Evidence: 1 source, all seed catalogs. No independent reference documents this yet.
- Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds catalog · Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co., Seed Catalog