30+Organic Small Red Chili Hot Pepper Seeds Thai Chili hot pepper Fresh Garden USA Small red chili peppers are thin-walled, conical peppers containing about 30,000 Scoville Heat Units. This vegetable grows about 18 inches tall and produces large yields of peppers that are excellent for use in sauces,or dried or pickled. 80 days to maturity.Suitable for growing in containers. Water regularity, but do not overwater. Sowing Start pepper seeds indoors in peat pots about 8 weeks before the last expected spring frost. Sow them 1/4" deep and keep the soil at 80-85 degrees F until germination; provide sunlight or a grow light for 12-16 hours a day. When the outdoor temperature reaches 60-65 degrees F during the day and no less than 50 degrees F at night, transplant the seedlings 12-16" apart. Exposing the plants to the weather for several hours a day before transplanting may help prevent shock. Peppers also grow well in containers or raised beds. Growing Keep the soil evenly moist and weeds under control; mulching the plants may help with this. If excess heat and sun cause the plants to wilt, provide shade. The California Wonder Sweet pepper seeds for planting adapt to many soil types and are resistant to tobacco mosaic virus. Harvesting Harvesting Sweet peppers is basically a matter of personal preference regarding color and sweetness. Generally, the longer the peppers mature on the vine, the sweeter they will taste. Mature peppers, however, signal the plant to stop producing; if the peppers are picked when still at the green stage, the plant will go on producing. Always use a knife or scissors to remove peppers to prevent damage to the fragile stems.