Hot Peppers - Ancho 101

Ancho 101 Hot Peppers

Capsicum annuum

75 days to maturity. Mildly hot.  Dark green fruits grow to about 5" long and are heart shaped.  Medium heat with SHU of 1000 to 2,000.

Approximately 50 seeds per pack.

A note about hot pepper heat units:  The measure of Capsaicin was developed by Wilbur Scoville in 1912. Scoville Heat Units (SHU) is a subjective scale and should be used only as a guide.  Cool weather produces milder peppers and high night time temperatures has the greatest effect on increasing the heat in peppers.  Also, red chili peppers are generally milder that their green counterparts.  Drying also increases the heat by 10 times or more.

Here is a list of Scoville Heat Units (SHU) of the most common chili peppers and hot sauces to help you determine how they relate to each other and what you can expect from the heat potential of seeds you might want to try.

• Bell Peppers – 0 Scoville Heat Units (SHU)
• Banana Peppers  – 0 – 500 Scoville Heat Units (SHU)
• Anaheim Peppers – 500 – 2,500 Scoville Heat Units (SHU)
• Ancho Peppers – 1,000 – 2,000 Scoville Heat Units (SHU)
• Poblano Peppers – 1,000 – 2,000 Scoville Heat Units (SHU)
• Hungarian Wax Peppers – 1,000 – 15,000 SHU
• Espelette Peppers – up to 4,000 SHU
• Tabasco Hot Sauce – 2,000 – 5,000 Scoville Heat Units (SHU)
• Huy Fong Sriracha Hot Sauce – 2,200 Scoville Heat Units (SHU)
• Guajillo Peppers – 2,500 – 5,000 SHU
• Tapatio Hot Sauce – 3,000 Scoville Heat Units (SHU)
• Jalapeno Peppers – 2,500 – 8,000 Scoville Heat Units (SHU)
• Tabasco Habanero Hot Sauce – 7,000+ Scoville Heat Units (SHU)
• Serrano Peppers – 10,000 – 23,000 Scoville Heat Units (SHU)
• Cayenne Peppers – 30,000 – 50,000 Scoville Heat Units (SHU)
• Thai Pepper – 50,000 – 100,000 SHU
• Habanero Peppers – 100,000 – 350,000 Scoville Heat Units (SHU)
• Scotch Bonnet Peppers – 100,000 – 350,000 Scoville Heat Units (SHU)
• Ghost Peppers – 1,000,000 + Scoville Heat Units (SHU)
• Trinidad Scorpion Butch T Pepper – 800,000 – 1,463,700 SHU
• Carolina Reaper Chili Pepper – 2.2 Million + Scoville Heat Units (SHU)