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Shishito Pepper Seeds - Japanese Sweet Heirloom - Easy to Grow

Shishito Pepper Seeds - Japanese Sweet Heirloom - Easy to Grow

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Grow Your Own Flavorful Shishito Peppers from Seeds

Discover the joy of cultivating Shishito Pepper Seeds, the beloved Japanese heirloom sweet pepper that's taking farmer's markets by storm! These easy-to-grow peppers are prized for their mild, sweet flavor and occasional spicy surprise - making every harvest an exciting culinary adventure.

Why Choose Shishito Pepper Seeds?

These productive plants yield abundant 3-4 inch long peppers on compact 24 inch tall bushes, perfect for gardens or containers. As an open-pollinated, non-GMO heirloom variety, you'll enjoy authentic flavor while supporting sustainable gardening.

Key Features:

• Fast-growing: Ready in just 60 days
• Versatile: Thrives in gardens or containers
• Beginner-friendly: Simple to grow in full sun
• Unique flavor: Mostly sweet with occasional spicy peppers

Growing Tips for Success

Start your Shishito Pepper Seeds indoors 8 weeks before last frost. Plant 1/4 inch deep in sterile media with 85°F bottom heat. Keep moist and provide bright light for best germination (7-14 days). Transplant when seedlings develop 6 true leaves, spacing 30 inches apart in rich soil or large containers.

Harvest when peppers reach full size and enjoy them blistered with sea salt - a classic preparation that highlights their natural sweetness!

Packet contains: 10 premium quality seeds

Join the growing community of home gardeners who love these flavor-packed Japanese peppers. Order your seeds today and experience the farm-to-table difference! Wondering what to do with your abundant Shishito harvests? Check out favorite Shishito Recipes »

  • Each packet contains 10 seeds
  • Heat Level: Sweet
  • SHU: 0
  • Maturity: 60 days after transplant
  • Pod Size: 3-4 in.  Plant Size: 24 in.
  • Origin: U.S.A.
  • Capsicum annuum
  • Heirloom – Open-Pollinated
  • Untreated and Non-GMO
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Customers consistently praise these seeds for exceptional germination rates and prolific, productive plants. Shoppers report "nearly 100% germination" and harvests of "at least 50 per plant." The peppers are described as having "delicious mild" sweet flavor, perfect for pan-frying with olive oil. Plants thrive in various conditions and produce abundantly.

  • Every seed germinated and these plants were prolific throughout the season
  • The productive plants provided so many peppers to enjoy!
  • Incredible number of peppers per plant. At least 50 per plant.
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Alex
Shishito Recipes

There are so many ways to enjoy Shishitos, but my favorite is just to pan fry them whole with some garlic and olive oil. We gobble them up, stems and all.

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Peggy
Love these!!

These Shishitos delicious mild pepper with a sweet flavor! We love simple blistering them with a bit of oil and salt – the perfect appetizer!

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Margaret K
Amazing

Every seed germinated and these plants were prolific throughout the season (7a). Will definitely grow again.

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Rie
Productive plants!

Wow, these Shishitos just keep coming. We love frying them up in sesame oil with a little salt, they are so yummy. Will grow again, the productive plants provided so many peppers to enjoy! We also shared them with the neighbors. :)

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Gloria Bodine

the whole experience of ordering and receiving your seeds was exceptional good.
I planted the shishito seeds. 8 of them .7 germinated, attesting to their freshness.
thank you

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Candy M.
So productive

My two plants grew to nearly three feet tall and kept producing pods from early summer all the way to fall. I'm going to grow these every year now. I grew mine in pots.

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Jeremy
Shishitos are easy to grow

These are actually very easy to grow. We used to buy them at the grocery store in small boxes for $5-7 and now we can pick a "box" of them every few days. We like to fry them in a cast iron pan with olive oil, a splash of lemon juice, and salt & pepper. Delicious.

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Aneko
Our family favorite!!

These are our favorite veggies in the garden, we pick a bowl-full of Shishitos every couple days to add to meals – delicious! Very productive plants, easy to grow, and early, too. Thanks for the quality seeds.

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bruce varker
great pepper

good flavor and grows well. Occasionally one a bit hot, but most are mild and a great flavor.

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Kevin
Shishitos a big success in my first year of growing peppers!

Long time gardener, but 2022 was first time peppers from seed. Zone 5, north front range Colorado. Seeds sprouted well indoors in April. Used heat mat. Seeds planted Apr 21, transplant to small indoor pots May 10, transplant outside into 3.5 gallon pots (1 plant per pot) on June 15 after careful hardening off. First pepper harvest Aug 5. Last pepper harvest Sept 15. Incredible number of peppers per plant. At least 50 per plant. Very popular snack for us - cook with the stems on to make an easy handle. Pan roasted in olive oil, flavor is great. Watch out for the occasional hot one - no way to tell until you bite in, but fortunately the hot ones are rare. Will definitely grow in 2023: I will experiment with larger containers and count the yield, aiming for 100 per plant.

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Rick
Best Shishito Seeds

Pretty much every seed sprouted from my packet last summer, and I had tons of Shishitos to enjoy and share. Highly recommend! I still have some seeds left so will plant last year's packet leftovers, but will be ordering another pack for next season in the fall. Thanks for the great seeds.

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Joseph
Favorite sweet pepper!

These Shishitos are our favorite pepper in the garden, they have so much great flavor right off the plant, and are also delicious stir fried in a little oil with salt and garlic. Great seeds, we've had nearly 100% germination every time (we use a seedling heat mat) so we always have a few extra seedlings to share. Thanks!

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Rie
Love Shishitos!

My favorite plant this year, full of Shishitos coming all summer long. They're so tasty and I love that every so often one is spicy. :)

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Douglas G.
Best sweet pepper seeds

These are my favorite peppers to grow, they have so much flavor and are always super productive. Enough to share!

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MichaelM
I will grow these every year!

My friend turned me onto these Shishito peppers, and now I can't live without them. The seeds all germinated quickly with some bottom heat, and the plants quickly took off and were some of the first peppers we got to enjoy this past summer. I'm starting seeds now and can't wait to harvest these all summer long again this year. Thanks!

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Heather
Tons of Shishitos to share!

These prolific little plants always have so many peppers that we usually end up sharing them with several neighbors. :) They have a suprisingly delicous flavor, almost salty, and are perfect if fried up with some olive oil, lemon juice and salt.

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Jennifer
Shishito Peppers are the best!

These peppers have so much flavor, and the plants are loaded down with so many you'll have more than you know what to do with!

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