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Chocolate Sweet Pepper Seeds (Organic)

Rich color, robust sweetness.

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Description

Chocolate Sweet Pepper is a unique and flavorful variety that stands out with its glossy, deep brown fruit and robust sweetness. These bell-shaped peppers are thick-walled and crisp, offering a rich flavor perfect for fresh eating, roasting, or stuffing. The fruit starts as green and ripens to a luxurious chocolate brown, adding a gourmet touch to your dishes and garden. Thriving in full sun and nutrient-rich, well-draining soil, Chocolate Sweet Peppers mature in 75-80 days. The plants are compact yet productive, yielding consistent harvests throughout the growing season. suited to routine garden care, this pepper variety is ideal for gardeners of all experience levels.

Variety Details

  • Botanical name: Capsicum annuum
  • Plant type: Tender Annual
  • Growth habit: Bush
  • Crop category: Pepper
  • Kitchen profile: Chocolate Sweet Pepper is a unique and flavorful variety that stands out with its glossy, deep brown fruit and robust sweetness.
  • Recorded feature: Open-Pollinated
  • Product format: Seed packet with a separately listed bulk option

Sowing & Growing

  • Soil Temperature: 75-85°F
  • Planting Depth: 1/4"
  • Germination: 6-15 Days
  • Height At Maturity: 24"-28"
  • Days To Maturity: 58-86 Days
  • Sun/Shade: Full Sun
  • Spacing After Thinning: 12"

Start Chocolate Sweet Pepper with enough lead time for seedlings to develop before warm outdoor conditions arrive. Use a well-drained seed-starting medium, provide strong light after emergence, and transplant only after frost risk has passed. Check soil moisture at root depth and water according to conditions rather than a fixed calendar. Preserve the recorded spacing so foliage can develop and air can move through the planting. Harvest stage can influence color, texture, and heat.

Their combination of visual appeal and culinary versatility makes them a standout addition to any garden.

Tender Annual This rare, early bell pepper ripens from glossy green to dark-brown chocolate.

Before sowing Chocolate Sweet Pepper, review the packet alongside the current product details and note any range in temperature, germination, or maturity. Ranges reflect biological and seasonal variation rather than a fixed promise. Label each planting with its date and location, then compare emergence, growth, and harvest with local weather. This record is useful for succession plantings and for deciding whether the crop fits better into an earlier or later seasonal window.

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Shipping Information

Ships from Northern CA.

Shipping Weight: 0.01 lb

Dimensions: 4.5"L x 3.25"W x 0.1"H

Features

  • Open-Pollinated

Characteristics

Organic Status: Certified Organic Product
USDA Growing Zone: 5 - 11
Approximate Harvest Time : Late Winter
Growth Habit : Bush
Life Cycle : Tender Annual
Plant Family : Solanaceae (Nightshades)
Planting Time : Summer
Seed Unit Sizes : Bulk
Seed Unit Sizes : Seed Pack
Soil pH : 6.1 - 6.5
Soil pH : 6.6 - 7.0
Starting Location : Start Indoors & Transplant
Sun Requirements : Full Sun
Organic Certifier: USDA

Planting & Care

Soil & Water: Peppers require deeply-worked, well-drained soil with plenty of added organic matter and a pH of 6.0-6.8. Water deeply, but don't over water.

Planting & Growing: Start seeds indoors 8 weeks before the last frost. Direct seeding is not recommended. Stake to keep fruit off the ground and mulch for disease and weed control.

Harvesting & Storage: Harvest the first fruits early to encourage continued production through the season. Cut (don't pull) the fruit from the stems. These peppers may be harvested from the green stage through the color changes. This variety is good frozen whole.

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Peaceful Valley Farm & Garden Supply brand vegetable seeds are guaranteed to germinate. Once the seeds have sprouted, please understand that Peaceful Valley cannot be held responsible for the many uncontrollable growing and climatic conditions that must be met to ensure the success of your crop(s).

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