Pepper, Bird’s Eye

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The Birds Eye Pepper or (Capsicum Annum Glabriusculum) originated in Central America, and is rated very hot, often seven or eight times hotter on the Scoville Scale than Jalapenos.The flavor is citrusy, smoky and nutty if you can get past the hottness of them. Medicinally Bird Peppers are potentially anticarcinogenic, warming, carminative, digestive, and stimulating. Birds eye peppers make an excellent choice for greenhouse pepper growers or people growing peppers in the south or Gulf States, as well as in the tropics.

Origination: The Birds Eye Pepper is the official Wild Pepper of Texas.
Recommended Uses: Cooking (Food Spice)
Height: 1.5 ft at full growth
Hardiness:
Scoville Scale – 180,000
Flower Color: red when ripe
Characteristics:
Days To Maturity: 170

Sowing Instructions:
It is best to sow indoors so you can control germination conditions. Plant right after the last frost of spring. Soak the seeds in water for six hours before planting to facilitate germination. When the seed sprouts, wait until they have four or five leaves before moving outside. Bird’s eye peppers take about 180 days to mature but will continue to produce until the first frost.