GUAJILLO PEPPER SEEDS

Capsicum annuum

Guajillo is a delicious and easy to grow drying pepper from Mexico that is suitable for authentic mole and makes a fantastic chile colorado or enchilada sauce. Plants are extremely productive in warm weather. Flavor of dried fruit is both sweet and mildly hot (topping out at about 5,000 SHU) with subtle notes of tannin, berries and smoke.

Capsicum annuum seeds require warmth (80F) to germinate. Cold nights will delay germination. Kept warm and moist in bright light, these seeds should germinate within two weeks. Start them 8-10 weeks before transplanting them, earlier if you're growing in a cool greenhouse. Excellent results can be achieved indoors with heat mats and grow lights, but take care to not cook your seeds. A soil thermometer is a worthwhile investment.

To dry peppers: allow to ripen completely, leaving fruits on the plant for as long as possible. A food dehydrator is fine, but best to keep these peppers pliable and not brittle. We leave them in an oven on the lowest possible temperature (170F) for several hours. Keep dried peppers in an airtight container.

Packet contains at least 50 seeds.