Cayenne Red Chili Pepper Heirloom Seeds
One of the most widely used hot peppers in cooking,
the cayenne is a delicious and hot red
pepper growing to 6-8".
Hot but delightfully pungent in flavor!
For pickling canning and drying.
Five to seven inches long one-half inch thick
green fruits that turn red when mature.
Used dry or fresh in Salsas.
Days To Maturity: 63-68
Approximately 25 seeds per packet.
Planting:
Gardeners should be aware of cross-pollinating issues,
and should not plant any hot pepper
near a bell or sweet pepper plant.
Cayennes like moist, but not soggy, soil.
They should be planted
in a container or bed with
good drainage and can be mulched
with straw or something similar.
As a rule, peppers are hardy plants and the
gardener can usually plant them in
most climates with confidence.
How To Harvest Cayenne Red Chili Pepper Heirloom Seeds
To harvest the seeds of peppers,
simply cut the pepper in half
and pull out the core and seeds.
Rub the seeds gently from the core into a bowl.
Rinsing is not absolutely necessary, however,
when pepper seeds are placed
in water and gently stirred,
mature seeds will sink to
the bottom and the chaff
and immature seeds will float to the top.
Pour off the chaff and immature seeds,
repeating as necessary until clean.
Drain the seeds in a mesh strainer
set on absorbent toweling
before spreading them out on
a glass or metallic dish to dry.
Never dry seeds in the sun, the heat
can kill the embryo within very quickly.
When seeds are properly dried,
they will snap break when folded in half.
