FREE: Pequin Peppers 20 Seeds

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20 Pequin Pepper seeds harvested from my garden. These seeds have been tested for 100% germination. Place the seeds in your medium and put inside bag and place in warm location; these babies will sprout like crazy!

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Pequin (or Piquin) pepper (pronunciation: pee/puh-KEEN) is a hot chile pepper, also known as "bird pepper", that is commonly used as a spice.

Pequin has a compact habit growing typically 0.3 - 0.6 meters tall, with bright green, ovate leaves and small fruits that rarely exceed 2 cm in length. Like most chiles, fruits start out green, ripening to brilliant red at maturity. Pequin peppers are very hot, often 13-40 times hotter than jalapeños on the Scoville scale (100,000-140,000 units). Flavor is described as citrusy, smoky (if dried with wood smoke), and nutty.

Other common names (and possible misnomers) of this plant are pinhead pepper, chile petin, chile pequin, piquin, chile del monte and chile mosquito. They may also be confused with the chiltepin, which is a variety with very similar foliage, form and growth habit but with much rounder peppers.

Common uses include pickling, salsas and sauces, soups, and vinegars. The popular Cholula brand hot sauce lists piquin peppers and arbol peppers among its ingredients.