Hot Paper Lantern Pepper
Plant Size Guide

Hot Paper Lantern
Capsicum Chinense
days to maturity: 70 lime green; 90 red ripe
plant spacing: 1 plant per square foot
sunlight requirement: 6-14 hours
look out for: white fly & spider mites
harvest notes: harvest when 3” to 4” long.
scoville heat units: 350,000
annual
Hot Paper Lantern is a habanero type pepper with a Scoville score of 350,000 heat units. While the small dangling red jewels pack a lot of heat they also have a complex flavor that has made them popular with the chefs that buy from our farm. Plants are hardy and grow to be quite large, like small ornamental bushes. Hot peppers are perennials in our tropical climate and we have large plants that are years old and still fruiting.
Delivery Details
Delivery Details
When you place your order we head into our greenhouse to select the very best plants we have in stock for your garden. We label them with handwritten compostable wooden labels and pack them in recyclable boxes to keep them safe on their journey. Our delivery partners, Roadie, take it from there and head to the Redlands to pick up your order. Communication and tracking take place via Roadie and your driver will leave your plants in a safe and covered area.
Plant Care
Plant Care
When your plant delivery arrives, make sure you water your new plants thoroughly with a light spray of water (none of this thumb over the hose stuff). We recommend planting them within 10 days of receiving them. If you do intent to wait to plant them, we recommend placing them in a shallow reservoir (like a baking pan) and filling it with half an inch of water so they can drink the water from below while you are at work and place them in an area with plenty of sun. When planting in your garden always add a dash of Organic granular fertilizer, and give them extra water during their first week in their new home, while they adjust. We recommend disturbing the root ball as little as possible during planting.
About Our Plants
About Our Plants
All of our plants are grown in OMRI certified Organic materials (potting mix, fertilizer, seeds, etc.) and include Organic granular fertilizer, living locally-made compost, and have been cared for with healthy microorganisms from compost tea and microbial inoculants. We only use organic pesticides when needed. We only stock varieties that we have experience growing and that are season and climate appropriate for South Florida. Our curated inventory is simple enough for a beginner and interesting enough to keep an advanced gardeners attention, with new and rare varieties being added weekly.
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