Set of 6 packets of organic pepper and chilli seeds arranged in a fan

A four-lobed red pepper with a green stalk, with a small pile of seeds, as an example of a sweet variety.

Bright red, elongated chilli pepper shown with a handful of pale seeds, example of a hot variety

Basket of harvested peppers and chillies, in various shapes and colours

Box of organic pepper and chilli seeds

Name: Box of organic pepper and chilli seeds
Brand: ZenGreens
SKU: e646fccd-3469-4f89-b35c-ab750a5f3ce0
Price: 32.0 AUD
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$32.00

These collections bring together 6 to 15 organic varieties of sweet peppers or hot chillies, one per packet. They should be sown early, under cover from mid-February, for a harvest from July through to the first frosts.

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Assortment : Pepper 6

Pepper 6

Poivron 12

Piment 8

Chilli 15

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What you receive: a gift box of organic seed packets for peppers and chillies, one variety per packet.
The varieties: Padrón, California Wonder and Quadrato d'Asti Giallo on the pepper side, Jalapeño, Habanero and Ghost Pepper on the chilli side.
When to sow: February to March, under cover.
Depth and germination: 1 cm, then 8 to 12 days at 20 to 25 °C, longer for hot chillies.
What comes next: transplanting into individual pots, planting out after the last frost, staking tall varieties.
The extreme chillies: wear gloves when harvesting, cutting and extracting the seeds of the Moruga and Ghost Pepper.

Sets of sweet peppers or hot chillies, from California Wonder to Ghost Pepper

ZenGreens' organic pepper and chilli seed set brings together 6 to 15 seed varieties, one per packet, ranging from the sweet California Wonder pepper to the hot Ghost Pepper chilli. Sow under cover from February or March, at a depth of 1 cm; sweet varieties take 8 to 12 days to emerge.

The box of 6 peppers brings you sweet fruit and a table chilli in the same carton: the Padrón Herbón, which is grilled whole, the four-lobed California Wonder, the golden-yellow Quadrato d'Asti Giallo, the Corno di Toro Rosso with its elongated horn shape, a tomato pepper and a Lombardo pepper, all of the species Capsicum annuum. The boxes of 8 and 15 chillies, for their part, range from the moderately hot Jalapeño to the Ghost Pepper and the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion, and they mix three Capsicum species.

🌶️ Mild, medium, fiery

Between a sweet pepper and a chilli of the same species, the difference comes down mainly to one molecule, capsaicin. California Wonder carries virtually none, which means it can be eaten raw in strips, while Padrón occupies a middle ground well known in Spanish kitchens, since roughly one fruit in ten is distinctly hot. The strongest chillies in the boxes, Habanero, Naga Morich, Ghost Pepper or Trinidad Moruga Scorpion, belong to another species, Capsicum chinense, which needs more warmth and is often slower to germinate; Tabasco belongs to a third, Capsicum frutescens. The heat of a single variety also changes with the season you grow it through, a hot, dry summer producing noticeably fierier fruit.

🍳 What each shape allows

Each fruit shape has its use in the kitchen. The four-lobed square peppers, thick and hollow, hold up to stuffing and the oven without collapsing. The elongated horn-shaped ones, with thinner walls, are hard to peel but grill quickly and freeze well in strips. The small conical Padrón fruits are pan-fried in two minutes, with a little coarse salt. As for colour, it simply follows ripeness: almost all of these varieties turn from green to red or yellow, and you harvest at the stage that suits you, bearing in mind that a fruit left to ripen gains in sugar and costs the plant about ten days of production.

Padrón Herbón

Small green fruits harvested young, sautéed whole in oil. One in ten is hot, the rest are not.

California Wonder

The classic square pepper, thick-walled and mild, equally good raw or stuffed.

Quadrato d'Asti

Italian variety with four lobes, golden yellow, with very mild flesh when ripe.

Seed-saving varieties

All these varieties are open-pollinated: seeds from a ripe fruit can be sown again the following year.

A vented dome during the long germination period

A chilli seedling often shows nothing for 2 to 3 weeks, and it is during this wait that the surface of the grow medium dries out and blocks germination. The 40-cell germination kits cover each tray with a dome with adjustable vents, set on a watertight base, so the humidity stays stable without daily watering. With 120 positions across the three trays, you sow each variety from the box of 15 in its own row, then open the vents as soon as the first shoots appear.

Gloves for harvesting extreme chillies

The set of 15 contains some of the hottest chillies in the world, including the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion and the Ghost Pepper, and their capsaicin burns skin and eyes on mere contact. Wear gloves for harvesting, cutting and extracting the seeds, never rub your eyes during these tasks, and afterwards wash the knife and board with soapy water. Label every plant from sowing, because a young Moruga looks very much like a young Jalapeño and is hard to tell apart before the first fruits appear.

🧭 February at seedling stage, July in the basket

These species are sown earlier than tomatoes because their cycle is longer. Allow 4 to 5 months from sowing to the first ripe fruit. You therefore sow at a depth of 1 cm from mid-February, in a grow medium kept at around 25 °C, where germination takes about 8 days, you prick out into small pots at the 2 true leaf stage, and you plant out in mid-May, once the frosts are over. In cooler regions, a greenhouse or conservatory allows the fruit to reach its ripe colour, since the colour change takes another 2 to 3 weeks after the fruit has reached its final size.

📦 A kit that lasts several seasons

A pepper plant crops all summer long and you will rarely grow more than 4 or 5, so a set of 15 chilli peppers naturally spreads over several years. A Capsicum seed stays viable for about 3 years if kept dry, cool and away from light: so sow the varieties that tempt you most first and store the others in a sealed box. These plants also thrive in soilless growing, where their long harvest justifies the space they take up, and the guide to growing peppers in aquaponics explains how to look after them. The Poivron Prima Belle and Piment d'Espelette Gorria pages present two varieties sold individually.

Technical specifications

The essentials

What you sow: Organic pepper and chilli seedsOne variety per paper herb sachet, labelled with its name.
The varieties in the kit: Padrón, California Wonder, Quadrato d'Asti Giallo, Corno di Toro; Jalapeño, Habanero, Ghost PepperSweet peppers in the boxes of 6 and 12, chillies in those of 8 and 15.
Sowing period: February to March, under coverWindow for mainland France, to be adjusted depending on the region.
Seedling depth: 1 cmEach sachet states the exact value of its variety.
Germination temperature: 25 to 28 °CGrow medium temperature, not room temperature.
Germination time: 8 to 12 daysAround 25 °C for peppers; hot chillies are often slower.

To budget for separately

A heat mat: 25 to 28 °C at the grow mediumIt is the heat inside the seed tray, not the room temperature, that determines germination.
A seedling medium: Seed tray, cubes or potsMove to the brightest available light as soon as the cotyledons emerge.

In the box

1 box of organic pepper and chilli seeds, one variety per paper herb sachet
1 label with common name and Latin name on each sachet

Variety names and species: ZenGreens kits, official photos checked on 07/10/2026. Germination times by temperature: OSU Extension (Oregon) table. Storage life: Jardin botanique de Montréal.

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Frequently asked questions

8 questions

6 key questions, 8 in the detailed view

What is the difference between the pepper box set and the chilli sets?

Set	Species	Examples
Sweet peppers 6 or 12	C. annuum	California Wonder, Padrón, Corno di Toro
Chilli peppers 8	C. annuum, C. chinense, C. frutescens	Jalapeño, Habanero, Tabasco, Ghost Pepper
Chilli peppers 15	C. annuum, C. chinense, C. frutescens	The same, plus Naga Morich and Trinidad Moruga Scorpion

Garden care is the same for all of them, but Capsicum chinense needs a little more warmth and patience at germination.

Why is germination so slow?

Does Padrón really have a kick?

Can green peppers be harvested?

Can you save your own chilli seeds?

Yes, these varieties are open-pollinated. Capsicum flowers largely pollinate themselves, but insects also carry pollen from one variety to another, and two neighbouring chillies can cross.

For true-to-type seed, cover a few flowers with fine netting before they open and mark the fruits that develop from them. Harvest them fully ripe, wearing gloves for the hot varieties, then dry the seeds flat.

How do you store a chilli harvest?

Can a chilli plant be kept from one year to the next?

Can chillies and peppers be grown in pots?

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