Pequin / Piquin - Bird Pepper Seeds - Tiny Peppers with Super Hot Punch

Name: Bird Pepper Seeds - Pequin/Piquin - GMO-Free, Super Hot
Brand: Sandia Seed Company
SKU: 661799-937382
Price: 3.99 USD
Availability: InStock

$ 3.99 USD

Sale Sold out

Product variants

Quantity

Pequin / Piquin - Bird Pepper Seeds: A Tiny Pepper with Mighty Heat

Discover the fiery charm of Pequin / Piquin - Bird Pepper Seeds, a native gem of the Southwest U.S. and Mexico. These tiny chiles pack a super-hot punch, reaching up to 100,000 Scoville Heat Units, making them a must-have for spice enthusiasts. Known affectionately as "bird pepper" due to birds' love for them (they can't feel the heat!), these peppers are also called turkey pepper, chilipiquin, or even cayenne in some regions.

Why Grow Pequin Peppers?

These hardy plants grow up to 4' tall, producing an abundance of 1/2" oval peppers that mature from green to bright red. The flavor is complex and nutty, perfect for adding depth to salsas, hot sauces, or traditional South Texan pequin-infused vinegar. Plus, they bear fruit most of the year and can withstand mild winters!

Pequin peppers need a long growing season, they typically can take over 3 months, between 90 to 130 days, to start producing peppers, so start them extra early indoors if you grow in a short season climate.

How to Grow Pequin Peppers

Start your Pequin / Piquin - Bird Pepper Seeds indoors 8 weeks before warm nights. Plant in sterile media, cover 1/4" deep, and keep at 85°F with bright light. Seeds sprout in 7-21 days. Transplant seedlings with 6 true leaves into rich soil, spaced 36" apart. Each packet contains 10 GMO-free seeds.

Bring the Heat to Your Garden!

Whether you're a chili lover or a gardener seeking a resilient, flavorful pepper, these heirloom seeds are a fantastic choice. Add a bottle of homemade pequin vinegar to your table and keep the South Texan tradition alive.

Ready to add a burst of color and heat to your garden? Order your Pequin Pepper Seeds today and start growing these exceptional peppers!

Each packet contains 10 seeds
Heat Level: Super Hot
SHU: 100,000
Maturity: 100 days after transplant
Pod Size: 1/2 in. Plant Size: 4 ft.
Origin: Southwest U.S. and Mexico
Capsicum annuum
Heirloom - Open-Pollinated
Untreated and Non-GMO

View full details

These pepper seeds produce vigorous plants with fiery pequin peppers described as "much like Christmas lights." Customers praised their productivity in pots and said plants are "aesthetically pleasing." However, germination rates are inconsistent (around 50%), and some experienced slow growth or no flowering despite plants reaching a foot tall.

They produce well and the small chiles go from green to red looking much like Christmas lights.
The plants are vigorous and produce a bounty of fiery pequin peppers.
Delivery was fast and planting info very clear and concise.

Peppers (positive)Pots (positive)Seeds (neutral)Growth (neutral)Plants (neutral)

5 stars: 3 (50%)
4 stars: 2 (33%)
3 stars: 0 (0%)
2 stars: 1 (17%)
1 star: 0 (0%)

Fun and Small!

I really like growing these in pots. They produce well and the small chiles go from green to red looking much like Christmas lights. They are fun plus aesthetically pleasing and I pop them off and toss them in salsa or vinegar. Sandia Seed Co. is always consistent and I’m grateful they carry these fun little chiles.

Pequin and Chiltepin Seeds

Started the seeds exactly one month ago - 10 of each. Got about a 50% germination rate on both after two weeks. Seeds were surface sown in a 4" pot after a quick soak in a vinegar solution then covered with a baggie with vents. Tepins are growing well, but Pequins aren't doing much. It's been consistently over 100, so it may be the heat. Moved them inside under a grow light to see if a cooler environment helps. Have to say, even with the really slow growth on the Pequins, these have done better so far than any of this type seed I've tried in the past. Looking forward to getting them potted up and ultimately transplanted. Fingers are crossed. May get some more seeds to plant after temps drop a little in August.

No Pequins again

While I have had great luck growing Goat Horns and other peppers I have yet to have any Pequin seeds produce any peppers for me. They are native here so I don't understand why they grow well until about a foot tall and then just stay green and produce no flowers or peppers. This was my third try. I have purchased nursery plants and they do well but not the seeds.
This season and last I also have purchased seeds for both myself and my son and neither of us have had any luck at all with Pequins. All the other seedlings thrive.

Pequin pepper plants are naturally slow growers, they typically take 3 months (between 90 to 130 days) to start producing. The lack of fruit after two months is often normal. Pequins require a long growing season, the plants may not even start producing until late summer or even fall, with the peppers themselves taking time to ripen to their mature red color. Also, make sure they don't have too much nitrogen fertilizer, which will result in lots of leaves but no blooms or pods, especially later in the season. Weather can also play a factor, cold weather and hot weather over 90˚ F can cause plants to drop blooms and not develop pods.

Our advice: start these pepper seeds extra early indoors, about 12+ weeks before spring planting, and keep potting the seedlings up so that you have a nice sized plant and rootball to transplant come spring. Wait to transplant outside until it's consistently 50˚F at night and after all chance of cold weather has passed. You can also grow Pequin plants in a large pot so that you can move it indoors in the fall if you have a shorter season and frost comes early before the plant has had a chance to produce or ripen pods. Growing Pequins from seed is best for gardeners who have long growing seasons in the south, or those who start growing them extra-early indoors for a much longer period, some people even grow them in pots year-round and bring them indoors during cold weather to protect them from frost. Nursery greenhouse-grown Pequins are also good for short seasons as they've been growing for a long time before you get them, and they have nice sized roots and plant size for a head-start in the spring.

You may also just decide to grow shorter season peppers, which are much more likely to have produced pods after 2 months of growing. We have a great selection of short season peppers in all shapes, colors, sizes and heat levels to choose from.

Ready to see a new Pequin plant

I just planted my seeds after receiving a well packaged packet of seeds. Delivery was fast and planting info very clear and concise. My previous plant froze and the birds loved it.

ONLINE RETAIL

Hello, my name is jaylem stack, and I work for EAZISH LLC, an online and e-commerce retailer-based company with a location at 5900 Balcones Drive, Suite 100, Austin, Texas 78731.
In order to provide our clients with high-quality items, we are constantly striving to collaborate with reputable businesses. While looking for high-quality brands, we came across your product listing. We are interested in selling your items by utilising our resources for brand awareness and promotion. Our websites will be where we sell our goods, but occasionally we may also sell on websites owned by third parties. For the purpose of promoting your brand as a retail partner, we'll work to raise awareness and carry out marketing initiatives. Opening a wholesale account is something we're interested in. We're interested in learning how we might start a relationship that benefits both of us. If you are interested in working with us, kindly let us know. I'll be pleased to provide company information or other specifics.
If you have a MOQ, annual requirements, or any other MAP policy, we have no problem with it.

Best Regards,
Jaylem stack
Purchase Manager:
EAZISH LLC
5900 BALCONES DR STE 100
AUSTIN TEXAS 78731
EIN: 37-2042503
Taxpayer No:3-20837-1748-1
Website : https://eazish.store/
Email: [****]
Ph# [****]

One of My Favorites

Back in the 1990s I met Dr. Paul Bosland during his talk at a Santa Fe Wine and Chile Fiesta event, and subsequently he sent me several packets of seed, one of them the Bailey Pequin. Since that time I have grown them in Texas and now in Arizona, with great results in spite of the weather. The plants are vigorous and produce a bounty of fiery pequin peppers that I use in a variety of dishes. What I don't use, the birds eat, and I imagine there are many volunteer plants growing from my original crop. This pepper will always be in my garden.