Birds Eye Thai Chili Pepper Seeds - Capsicum Annuum - Tasty & Prolific
Quantity: 10 Seeds
Species: Capsicum Annuum
Scovilles: 50,000 - 65,000
Birds Eye Thai Chili Peppers are an excellent variety to grow in the garden. They're hardy, disease resistant, and vigorous plants that produce an early abundance of pods that are versatile in the kitchen. The pods taste fairly hot (roughly the same as a cayenne), and they have a nice sweetness to them too. Not only are the pods delicious and produced in abundance, but the plants are quite ornamental too.
Their compact size makes them fit just about anywhere in the garden, but are perfect for growing in pots too. They can easily grow to be about 2 feet tall and equally wide. Under ideal growing conditions these plants can yield over a hundred pods in their first season! Thai peppers are typically one of the first varieties to ripen, so you can start enjoying the heat a little earlier in the season. The pods taste excellent when eaten fresh, but they also dry well and make a flavourful powder or flakes.
All seeds are organic and open pollinated.
Growing Instructions
It's best to start pepper seeds as early in the season as possible; we start them here on the farm in January. It's good to sow them in a sterile growing medium; most available seed starting soils should do the job nicely; we use sunshine mix (peat moss and perlite). The soil should be made moist, but not damp. Sow the seeds 1/4 inch below the soil surface. Store in a warm area until tiny sprouts emerge from the soil. A heat mat aids in this step, but is not necessary. Seeds can take between 4-8 weeks to germinate, but they can sometimes take less time too. Once germinated, and the first true leaf has formed, it's time to pot up to a larger container that contains a good quality potting soil. Transplant to their final location when the nighttime temperatures are consistently 8°C or higher. These peppers grow very well in pots or containers; I recommend 5 gallon pots or larger. Peppers do best when grown in full sun.