Peppers Scoville Scale Bell Pepper Zero on the

Peppers – Scoville Scale

Bell Pepper Zero on the Scoville scale Mainly used for salads Some varieties make Colorful peppers and Some make dark green Peppers Heat scale (0 – 10) - 0

Sweet Banana • Mild, not hot • Very easy to grow with high yield • Yellowish peppers ripen to red as days get shorter • Great for pickling and salads • Heat scale - 0

Jalepeno • Dark green pods that ripen red • Sturdy plants with high yields • Medium hot • We also have a mild variety ‘Fooled You’ • Heat Scale – 3

Guajillo Pepper • Chili pepper • Hot pepper with thick skin • Used as dried pepper flakes for cooking • Popular in Mexican dishes, smoky flavor • Heat scale - 4

Corbaci Pepper • Medium hot • Red, orange, and yellow fruit • Peppers are 6” to 10”, thin, and curly • Used for pickling and snacking • Very prolific with high yields, produces early and late until fall • Heat scale (1 -10)- 5

Cayenne Pepper • Red pepper used as a spice powder or as cracked pepper pieces • Thin skin for easy drying • Excellent yield • Heat scale (1 -10) -5

Jigsaw Pepper Type: Annual Exposure: Full Sun Care: Regular watering, easy to grow. Uses: Mass plantings in beds, containers, dark leaves contrasts well with light colored flowers. Decorative peppers – not pleasant to eat! Flowers: tiny white flowers tinged with purple- they do show up well against dark leaves, but mainly grown for its fruit and leaf color. Leaves: dark green to black – blacker when planted in full sun – somewhat glossy Size- 12 – 24 inches – slow growing Heat scale (1 -10) - 6

Fish Pepper • Variegated leaves, and sometimes variegated pepper pod • Heat scale : (1 -10) – 7

Habanero • Very Hot • Orange pepper • Not as high yielding as other peppers • Used in Salsas, chili, and marinades • Heat scale (1 -10) - 8

Ghost Pepper • Emergency room HOT!!! • To be used sparingly • Tall plants (up to 5’)that produce a large amount of peppers • Not very stable strain. so you get a random amount of hotness • Heat scale (1 -10) -9. 5

Carolina Reaper • Considered to be the hottest pepper on the planet. • Knobby skin, pointed tip, green fruit that ripens to red • Heat scale • (1 - 10) – 11!!!