Vegetables
| Heredity: |
Open Pollinated
|
| Country of Origin: |
Mexico |
Data specific to Peppers (Edit)
| General Type: |
Serrano
|
| Pepper Shape: |
Other: Bullet shaped
|
| Fruit Length: |
2 - 3.5" |
| Fruit Width at Shoulders: |
0.33 - 0.5" |
| Fruit Ripening Color Sequence: |
Green to Orange to Red
|
| Days to First Harvest and Maturity: |
70 green, 80-90 ripe red. |
| Scoville Heat Units (approximate SHU): |
10,000 - 30,000 |
| Heat: |
Medium Hot 2.5-30K SHU
|
General Plant Information (Edit)
| Plant Habit: |
Herb/Forb
Shrub
|
| Life cycle: |
Perennial
|
| Sun Requirements: |
Full Sun
|
| Water Preferences: |
Mesic
|
| Plant Height: |
20 - 36" |
| Plant Spread: |
16" |
| Fruit: |
Showy
|
| Uses: |
Vegetable
Suitable as Annual
|
Victory Seed Company sells seeds of 'Serrano'.
Posted by
BookerC1 (Mackinaw, IL - Zone 5a) on Aug 22, 2014 10:53 PM concerning plant:
I've found this pepper to have a "sneaky" heat. On first taste, it doesn't seem that hot, but after a moment, the heat sneaks up on you, and you're in trouble! Of the hot peppers I've grown, it seems that the Serrano plants I've planted have the widest variety in how hot the peppers turn out to be. Some years they seem barely above a jalapeno in heat, while other years they are blisteringly hot. I recommend caution until you determine just how hot your particular serranos are! This pepper is a frequent ingredient in the hot pepper sauce I make for my husband. I don't find it contributes much flavor, but it sure does kick up the heat a few notches!
Plant Events from our members
| gardengus |
On September 12, 2015 |
Harvested
small plant many peppers |
| thepurplebug |
On June 19, 2019 |
Transplanted |
| thepurplebug |
On June 19, 2019 |
Obtained plant
Purchased 1 plant from Walmart for $2.47. |
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