It was introduced to Seed Savers Exchange in 1996 by longtime member Dr. Carolyn Male. 31 Reviews Add Your Review. Beautiful white flowers will be adorning your chili pepper plant. Rating: 97 % of 100. Pretty soon, little thin peppers will be hanging down. Item Information. 50+ Long Thin RED CAYENNE PEPPER SEEDS HERB HOT FREE SHIPPING. Otherwise, place it in a sunny window to ensure it gets at least 8 hours of sunlight per day. Resist the urge to pick them when they are only a couple of inches long. Condition:--not specified. First offered in the seed trade by Joseph Breck & Son in 1883 (that I can document). Learn more about them here. The cayenne pepper is a thin chili pepper, green to red in color, about 2 to 5 inches long. 85 days from transplant. The “cayenne pepper” spice you find mostly in pizza restaurants is the dried, ground version of this pepper. Examine the long narrow peppers on your cayenne pepper plants. Excellent in all sorts of meat and poultry dishes. Quantity: More than 10 available. Very popular for drying and using as a spice; also used medicinally. The 2-feet plants are vigorous and quite productive. They also need a good amount of sunlight, even when indoors, so plant positioning and spacing is critical to the seedling’s survival. Bushy plants reach 60 cm and produce heavy yields of 15cm long, slender peppers that ripen from green to bright red. Not for the squeamish or the bland. Scoville Heat Units: 30,000 – 50,000 SHU Capsicum Annuum. Cayenne Long Red Slim is excellent for drying, pickling and fresh eating to spice up your chili or salsa. The Organic Cayenne Long Red Thin Pepper is a very hot pepper that registers 30,000 – 50,000 units on the Scoville scale. This variety is a long and thin pepper that produces unbelievably high yields. Growing cayenne pepper plants requires well-drained soil with a neutral pH. It is said to be named after the Cayenne River in French Guyana. Grow Organic Heirloom Peppers - Plant Cayenne Long Red Thin Pepper SeedsBe forewarned: this pepper will make you beg for a tall glass of water! Most often dried, Cayenne, powdered or flakes, serves as a multi-purpose spice. Heavy yields of finger-width, thin-walled red peppers are great for fresh eating or drying and grow up to 12" long. Slender, long peppers turn bright red and are very hot. Usually around August, they will have matured and should be about 4 or five inches long with a firm and dark green skin. Try grinding the dried fruits for chili flakes or cayenne powder. Dries beautifully for ristras to hang from the rafters. Plants, Seeds & Bulbs > Seeds & Bulbs. It measures around 30,000 units on the heat scale. These peppers will mature red and are wrinkled with a mixture of straight and curly fruits. This pepper plant … A hot, zesty and pungent organic pepper that is 6" long, but only a 1/2" wide. Originally from Calabria, Italy, this variety circulated through the Italian-Canadian seed saving community in Toronto before being sent to Joe Sestito in Troy, New York. Place the cayenne pepper plant outdoors during the day when it is over 60 degrees Fahrenheit (16 degrees Celsius). Details about 50+ Long Thin RED CAYENNE PEPPER SEEDS HERB HOT FREE SHIPPING. If you have a wall outdoors that reflects heat, such as metal siding, place your pepper plant next to it during the day. Cayenne Long Red Thin Pepper (70 days) This is truly an heirloom as the Cayenne is known to be Pre-Columbian in origin. This heirloom has been popular for many years. Look for a waxy appearance in green, red or any color in between and a mature size, from 3 1/2 to 8 inches long, depending on cultivar. A low nitrogen level is necessary; too much nitrogen causes the plants to grow more foliage, rather than pepper fruits. 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