Hot Red Cherry Heirloom Pepper Seeds - Medium Heat Red Peppers - Easy to Grow

Name: Hot Red Cherry Pepper Seeds - Medium Heat Peppers - Easy to Grow
Brand: Sandia Seed Company
SKU: 661799-937597
Price: 3.99 USD
Availability: InStock

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Hot Red Cherry Pepper Seeds - Spice Up Your Garden & Dishes!

Looking to add a fiery kick to your garden and meals? Our Hot Red Cherry Pepper Seeds are the perfect choice for home gardeners and culinary enthusiasts. Also known as Calabrese or Devil's Kiss, these vibrant peppers deliver a robust flavor with a medium heat level, making them ideal for pickling, salsas, stuffed recipes, and even homemade pepper jelly.

Why Grow Hot Red Cherry Peppers?

These heirloom, open-pollinated peppers are easy to grow and produce bountiful yields. The compact 30 in. tall plants bear bright red, 1-1/2-2 in. peppers that mature from green to a striking crimson. With thick walls and upright growth, they’re perfect for snacking, salads, or preserving.

Key Features:

Flavor & Heat: Medium spice (3,000–5,000 Scoville) with a bold, slightly sweet taste
Versatile Use: Great for pickling, salsas, relishes, chutneys, and stuffed peppers
Easy to Grow: Thrives in gardens or containers (5-gallon pots recommended)
Heirloom Quality: Non-GMO, open-pollinated seeds for sustainable gardening
Fast Growth: Matures in just 80 days

Growing Tips:

Start seeds indoors 8 weeks before the last frost. Plant ¼ in. deep in sterile soil with 85°F bottom heat. Keep moist and provide bright light. Transplant after 6 true leaves appear, spacing 30 in. apart. Harvest when peppers turn deep red for peak flavor.

Ready to grow your own fiery harvest? Plant these Hot Red Cherry Pepper Seeds today and enjoy homegrown heat all season long!

Each packet contains 10 seeds
Heat Level: Medium
SHU: 3,000-5,000
Maturity: 80 days after transplant
Pod Size: 1-1/2-2 in. Plant Size: 30 in.
Origin: Mexico
Capsicum annuum
Heirloom – Open-Pollinated
Untreated and Non-GMO

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Customers praised these seeds for high germination rates (>90%) and producing prolific, hardy plants. Peppers have "perfect heat level" - milder than jalapeños with excellent flavor complexity. "Perfect for pickling" and stuffing. Plants are robust and easy to grow, though fruit size varies between plants. Fast delivery noted.

Perfect heat level, great pepper flavor, not squishy textured.
Germination rate: >90%. Very productive and healthy despite inconsistent watering.
Robust, hardy and easy to grow. Loved pickling them.

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Tough, Prolific, and Perfect for Pickling!

I bought these Hot Red Cherry Pepper Seeds from Sandia Seed this year and they have seriously impressed me.

They were quick to germinate and got off to a strong, healthy start. What really sold me is how tough they are - they survived the brutal Texas summer heat without missing a beat and just kept on producing.

It's now weeks into November and thanks to the mild weather, they're still going strong and pumping out peppers. The plants are loaded with those perfect little round, bright red cherries.

They are absolutely great for pickling - firm, crunchy, with just the right amount of heat and a little sweetness. I've been pickling batch after batch and they stay crisp and flavorful.

If you want a reliable, heat-tolerant pepper that produces like crazy and is ideal for pickling, this is it. I'll definitely be growing these again next year!

5 stars all the way.

Perfect pickling peppers. Not uniform in fruit size from plant to plant. (SE Washington State)

Just tried my first batch of pickled peppers grown from these seeds, and they are the best tasting and textured I have tried from home canning peppers: perfect heat level, not firey (less hot than a jalapeno for sure, about like a great pepperoncin) not too mild, great pepper flavor, not squishy textured. Not huge yields but this is my first year growing them: they are shorter plants and were slightly shaded by larger plants. Great grab bag of possible plants. The fruits range in size from plant to plant from walnut size to grape size. SE Washington state.

These peppers were very prolific and had nice heat. They are wonderful when stuffed and pickled.

Fast Delivery, and great variety

I was very surprised to find all of the different seeds I needed in stock, and I received my order extremely quickly. Seeds are currently germinating, and I look forward to the results next fall!

Perfect for pickling

These were abundant and perfect for pickling. I also grew your sweet versions of these cherry peppers and put them both into the jars for a bit of pepper roulette.

Excellent flavor and productive

Zone: 6b
Germination rate: >90%
Very productive and was healthy despite inconsistent watering compared to other hot pepper varieties I also grew (serrano, jalapeno, hatch, bishop's crown) as I didn't have irrigation set up until half way through the summer. I will likely position a bean/squash trellis nearby next year so the peppers have afternoon shade.
I was looking for a pepper that was mildly hot with good flavor complexity for drying and making into rubs, taco seasoning, etc. and am very happy with this!

Great seeds!

I cannot say enough good things about this seed company. We grew these in our community garden and they were awesome. Robust, hardy and easy to grow. Loved pickling them. Fun variety and loved the unique shape!