‘Full Moon & Vesuvius’ True Thai Chile Seeds

(Hybrid) Exclusive. Beautiful chiles for authentic Thai cooking. Vigorous Full Moon ripens bright orange with delicious medium hot/sweet pungency, perfect minced in sauces and salads. Red Vesuvius' fiery little fruits point up like flames, with that nutty, incendiary pungency just right for stirfries. Use fresh or air dry for tantalizing Asian style dishes. (85 days) Approx. 50-55 seeds. Seeds are color-coded with food grade stain to distinguish varieties; be sure to plant some of each. Red seeds are Vesuvius. Undyed seeds are Full Moon.

Variety Details

• Plant type: Tender Annual
• Growth habit: Bush
• Crop category: Pepper
• Recorded feature: Container Compatible
• Product format: Seed packet

Sowing & Growing

• Light: Full Sun
• Planting season: Spring or Winter
• Starting location: Start Indoors & Transplant
• Recorded soil pH: 6.1 - 6.5 or 6.6 - 7.0 or 7.1 - 7.5 or 7.6 - 8.0

Start ‘Full Moon & Vesuvius’ True Thai Chile 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.

Before sowing ‘Full Moon & Vesuvius’ True Thai Chile, 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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