• A vibrant green shishito pepper with a slight sheen harvested and in a bowl.
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  • Sauteed Shishito peppers with a lemon ready for eating.
  • Shishito peppers being grilled over an open flame outdoors.
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Hot Pepper Seeds - Shishito

Grilled or sautéed, makes a popular appetizer with mild heat

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About the Variety

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Key Features

Heat Tolerant
Prefers Moist Soil
Hydroponic Friendly
Container Friendly
Attracts Bees
Easy to Grow
Perfect for Borders
Perfect for Dried Flowers
Medicinal
Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant

Plant Details

BOTANICAL NAME

Capsicum annuum

LIFE CYCLE

  • Annual

SEED TYPE

  • Open Pollinated Seed

LIGHT REQUIREMENT

  • Full Sun

DAYS TO MATURITY

  • 80 days

GROWTH HABIT

  • Mounding

PLANT HEIGHT

  • 12 to 18 inches

COLOR

  • Green

These plants yield abundant harvests of mild Japanese peppers, perfect for roasting, pan-frying, tempura, and grilling. With thin walls that blister readily, they acquire a unique rich flavor enhanced by a sprinkle of salt and lemon juice. Yum! Compact enough for container growing, you will want to keep this one close to the kitchen. Shishito peppers transition from green to red as they mature, offering a sweeter taste when fully ripened.

  • • Compact plants perfect for container growing
  • • Keep soil evenly moist and feed with a vegetable fertilizer
  • • An early producer of many three- to four-inch-long pods

Planting Information

PLANTING SEASON

  • Warm Season

SOWING METHOD

  • Direct Sow
  • Start Indoors

PLANTING DEPTH

  • 1/4 inch

WATER NEEDS

  • Average

PLANT SPACING

  • 10 to 12 inches

HARDINESS ZONES

  • N/A - Annual

COVERAGE

Amount Avg Seed Count
Packet 25

Planting Guide

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    Hot Pepper Seeds - Shishito FAQs

    What is Shishito Pepper also known as?

    Shishito Pepper is also known as Dragon Roll Pepper.

    Is Shishito Pepper resistant to animals or disease?

    Shishito Pepper is deer resistant and rabbit resistant, meaning deer and rabbits generally avoid it due to its taste, texture, or aroma.

    How big will Shishito Pepper get?

    Shishito Pepper grows to 3 to 5 inches.

    What is the flavor profile of Shishito Pepper?

    Shishito Pepper has a flavor profile described as mild and 200 scoville heat units.

    Customer Reviews

    Overall rating: 5.0 / 5 from 2 reviews.

    Good, easy to grow and hardy quickly producing a lot of peppers, however the size of the peppers is a little smaller than expected.

    Courtney 5/5 Verified

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