Chilli Pepper Serrano – Seeds (Capsicum annuum)

Description:
Add heat and flavor to your garden with Chilli Pepper Serrano (Capsicum annuum). This popular Mexican variety produces slender, dark green fruits that mature to bright red, offering a medium to hot spice level. Perfect for salsas, sauces, and cooking, Serrano peppers are compact, high-yielding plants suitable for containers, raised beds, or greenhouse cultivation. Easy to grow from seed, they provide a steady harvest throughout the summer.

Key Features

• Medium-hot chili peppers with rich flavor

• High-yielding, compact plants

• Dark green fruits turning bright red at maturity

• Ideal for salsas, sauces, and culinary use

• Easy to grow from seed

Ideal For

• Kitchen gardens, containers, and raised beds

• Greenhouse cultivation

• Cooking, sauces, pickling, and fresh use

• Home gardeners seeking spicy peppers

Sowing & Growing

• Sow Indoors: February–April

• Transplant Outdoors: May–June, after frost

• Germination: 10–14 days at 20–25°C

• Spacing: 30–40 cm apart

• Light: Full sun

• Soil: Fertile, well-drained, rich in organic matter

Care Tips

• Water consistently, keeping soil evenly moist

• Fertilize every 2–3 weeks with a balanced or high-potassium fertilizer

• Remove lower leaves to improve airflow and reduce disease

• Harvest fruits when fully colored for best flavor