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Hatch Green X Hot - Rattlesnake Green Chile Seeds
Hatch Green X Hot - Rattlesnake Green Chile Seeds
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Rattlesnake green chile is the new and very spicy variety joining the Hatch Green Chile compadres this growing season. The Rattlesnake chile was developed to be very hot and very delicious. Pods can be 4" - 8" long with thick flesh and plants grow to 30" tall. If Hatch Green Lumbre X-Hot is not hot enough for you, then try this perfect pepper. Its Scoville is reported to reach up to 18,000 SHU, but more often it is much lower near the 10,000 SHU rating. The Hatch Green Rattlesnake has a more flavorful heat that is more appetizing and similar to the Hatch Green X-Hot Barker's Hot flavor. Easy to grow. Grown near Hatch, NM and sold as Rattlesnake X-Hot Capsicum annuum (80 days) Heirloom - Open-Pollinated
Heat Level: X Hot Scoville: 10,000 - 18,000
~ Packet contains 30 seeds.
In early spring, start seeds indoors 8 weeks prior to warm nightly temperatures. Place the seeds in sterile media and cover 1/4” deep. Provide 85°F bottom heat, bright light and keep moist at all times. Seeds will germinate in 7 - 14 days. Transplant seedlings into pots and grow until there are 6 true leaves on the plant. Plant them directly into rich soil, 30” apart or into large 5 gallon containers. Harvest chiles when they are green. If left on the plant a couple more weeks, the chiles will turn red at full maturity.
All of our seeds are GMO-free.
Customer Reviews
If you’re looking for a pepper that is almost too spicy to take a second bite out of, then this is a winner! Flavor is delicious the seeds germinate quickly, and I had peppers earlier than I expected. Definitely 5 stars.
I bought these seeds last year not knowing what to expect! Sandia Seeds always sends useful information and all seeds have been true to what they advertise! I love green chiles and I love spice so I figured these were going to be a hit, and they did not dissapoint! I grew them in a variety of container sizes and all did well, this year I will experiment with bigger containers and beds! Great tasting chile with a bit of a bite!
I always love your seeds. will be getting them into the dirt this weekend. Has been too cold here to start them yet.
I have had good succes growing my seeds every year and good harvests here in Illinois
This is the 3rd year for growing chile seeds in West Virginia and the only plant I can find that keeps its heat, is the Rattlesnake. I have tried the medium and it is mild and the hot is medium here in the WV soil. Being born and raised in NM, I can't live without my chile! Only thing I can not grow here is the red chile. For some reason, it will not turn red here. I'm going to try to get the seeds started extra early this year and see if that makes a difference.
This is the 3rd year we have ordered seeds from Sandia Seed Co and grown this variety of green chile. Other years we also grew different varieties of green chile but this year we decided to just concentrate on the Rattlesnake. All the seeds I sowed germinated and we had over 100 seedlings.
The plants do very well after transplanting, the pods are larger, straighter and meatier. The heat is perfect for us although a little too hot for others.
Several pods per plant and we were able to harvest until the first freeze. Highly recommended for fellow chile-heads!
A really nice new addition to the garden this year. I let all of them get red and made an incredible red Chile powder. My friends and family have asked that I share every year now!
I got some of these seeds and the out come was great all the seeds that I planted spouted and I got some good chili pods will be getting more seeds for next year.
Purchased this package in hopes of having a few different variations of green chiles, these seeds, however, did not produce fruit in the first year, the second year the fruit grew but were small in size averaging about inches. I will see what the plant does in its third year. Out of the 28 seeds, I was sent only 11 plants actually grew and 4 of these plants are still living today.
Hi Armando, Thanks for your feedback, sorry you have not had a lot of success with your plants. Are you growing the seeds fresh each season or are you keeping the plants year-round? We've found that green chile plants produce most in the first year, they don't tend to do as well if grown for multiple years, as the harvests are smaller over time. So we like to start with fresh seeds. That said, your first year you had no fruit, so that could be the result of other factors.
One cause of no fruit is over-fertilization of nitrogen, which will grow leafy green plants, but they won't bloom and flower. Peppers need more phosphorus and potassium to set fruit. No fruit may also be the result of extreme temperatures, either too hot or too cold. If you have flowers, but the blooms don't turn into fruit, another cause could be lack of pollination. Bees help improve pepper plants' self-pollination process, so plant lots of native flowers around your garden to bring them in. Peppers should also receive full sun, it is important to choose an area of the garden that receives a minimum of 6-8 hours of sunlight. The more sunlight, the more chiles! But, if it's over 90˚ F, this can slow down production.
Lastly, for sprouting the seeds, make sure to keep them nice and warm at 85-90˚F as that will germinate more seeds.
We hope that you keep growing these chile, check out our How to Grow Green Chile page for more info here: https://www.sandiaseed.com/pages/grow
I've planted about 12 seeds and every last one has sprouted. That is the hard part, and these seeds made things easy. Good seeds!
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