Pepper - Black Pearl
I got these seeds as part of a trade. I originally found this variety in my local greenhouse and the owner told me it was definitely one to try. It stays small enough (just 18-inches tall) that you can keep it in a pot and bring it indoors when it starts getting cold. Overwintering is easy with this Capsicum annuum, and it just keeps giving peppers every year. The peppers are small, about 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch. The peppers start off black and eventually turn red. The Black Pearl is considered an ornamental pepper because the foliage ranges from deep purple to black, with purple flowers, and peppers that can be at various stages of ripening (black and red on the same plant), this one is gorgeous to look at. The heat on these little peppers tips the Scoville scales at 10,000-30,000 with the black unripe peppers being on the milder end and the ripe red peppers definitely on the high end. They are supposed to have a citrus flavor along with the heat. In my experience the plant holds the peppers upright, making them easy to see and pick.
We grew this variety in the garden in 2018, and while our chickens and geese devoured almost everything else, after a few peppers stolen from this plant, they gave up on it. Birds aren't supposed to feel the heat from peppers, but for whatever reason, they left this one alone.
80-100+ days to maturity
We grew this variety in the garden in 2018, and while our chickens and geese devoured almost everything else, after a few peppers stolen from this plant, they gave up on it. Birds aren't supposed to feel the heat from peppers, but for whatever reason, they left this one alone.
80-100+ days to maturity