Pica Chile Mix | Various Species
A mix of unique Mexican chile peppers.
This mix of Mexican chile peppers is a spicy celebration, inspired by the work of Semillas Colibra and Semillas Seed Library, both in Mexico. Each pepper has a unique story, with its own shape, colour, flavor, culinary use and place of origin. Includes Habanero, Ancho Poblano, Serrano Tampiqueno, and Serrano hot peppers.
Keep Seedlings in a well-ventilated place at 70+ degrees and do not over water. Transplant outdoors in full sun into rich, well drained soil after threat of frost has passed. Have stakes at the ready: some of the varieties in this mix will need staking.
Days to Germination 7-14 days
Days to Maturity 75 days from transplant
Planting Depth ½"
Spacing in Row 18"
Spacing Between Rows 36"
Height at Maturity 30"
Sun Preference Full Sun
Somos Semilla resident artist Emily C-D created this and other water color illustrations for the Somos Semilla's Spanish language seedsaving manual, Semillas Para Todos, Seeds for Everyone. Learn more about the inspiration behind her work in this recent profile here.
About Hudson Valley Seed Company
They are a values-driven seed company that practices and celebrates responsible seed production and stewardship. Hudson Valley are best known for their beautiful artist-design seed packs (Art Packs) that appeal to gardeners, gift buyers, and lovers of art and nature.
These Art Packs, most fundamentally, tell stories. Hudson Valley challenges artists to convey in a manner that is fully their own, the history and meaning of the seed variety contained in each pack. These stories were once integral to traditional societies-stories of seeds were often origin stories for entire communities and peoples, and the lore and beliefs that accumulated around seed varieties reflected the nearly familial way in which gardeners and farmers regarded their crops. Our society is, by and large, no longer connected to plants this way. But we like to think these Art Packs help to stitch our fragmented world back together: useful seeds, evocative art, both equally valuable to our experience of being human.