Collector Pepper
Black Biquinho is offered for small pointed peppers with a dark colour stage. Use the fruit in chopped salsa, savoury toppings or refrigerator pickles, adjusting the amount to the flavour and heat of your harvest.
CASA VERDE · HEAT PROFILE
Mild
- Sweet
- Mild — this variety
- Medium
- Hot
- Super hot
Scoville range awaiting confirmation.
Understanding the heat
A diamond marks the midpoint of a listed range, or the listed value when only one number is given. An arrow marks a stated limit. These are variety guides, not measurements of our seed lot. This guide uses unequal numerical bands: sweet 0; mild up to 10,000; medium 10,000–50,000; hot 50,000–800,000; super hot from 800,000 SHU (display capped at 3 million). Heat varies between fruits and with growing conditions.
No numeric marker is shown without a sufficiently clear range. For bundles, the highlighted categories refer to the different varieties.
A Scoville range has not been listed for this variety.
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- Packet
- 10+ seeds per packet
- Origin
- Brazil
- Season
- 2026
CASA VERDE · GROWER’S NOTES
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Small pointed pepper · 10+ seeds per packet
Black Biquinho pepper seeds
Black Biquinho is offered for small pointed peppers with a dark colour stage. Use the fruit in chopped salsa, savoury toppings or refrigerator pickles, adjusting the amount to the flavour and heat of your harvest.
At a glance
Crop
Capsicum chinense
Shape
Small fruit with a pointed tip
Kitchen role
Salsa, toppings and refrigerator pickles
Packet
10+ seeds
Why grow it?
The small pointed shape is useful for individual bites or finely chopped toppings. Grower descriptions under the Black Biquinho name differ in ripe colour and heat, so this listing does not promise one fixed colour sequence or an exact Scoville number.
In the kitchen
- Fresh salsa: Finely chop a small amount with tomato and onion, then adjust to taste.
- Savoury topping: Slice over toast, a grain bowl or pizza after checking the heat.
- Refrigerator pickles: Use a suitable refrigerator-pickle recipe and keep the finished pickles refrigerated. This is not a shelf-stable canning method.
Growing and harvesting
- Start indoors: Provide warm seed-starting conditions and bright light after emergence.
- Transplant: Harden plants off and wait until frost risk has passed and the soil and nights are warm.
- Site: Choose full sun, well-drained soil and steady moisture.
- Harvest: Observe the fruit as its colour and texture develop. Published selections do not all finish the same colour; no exact maturity date is confirmed for this seed lot.
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Does every fruit ripen from black to red?
Not necessarily. Descriptions sold under this name include different final colours. We have not confirmed the exact selection in Casa Verde’s seed lot.
Is it the same as Sweet Drop Biquinho?
Do not assume they are identical. The Black Biquinho name does not establish that it is the same seed line, flavour or heat as a red or yellow Sweet Drop selection.
How hot is it?
Casa Verde currently lists it as Mild, but other growers sell very hot selections under this name. Our exact seed line and Scoville range are unconfirmed; do not assume the harvest is mild.
Seed note: exact selection, ripe colour and heat remain unconfirmed. The packet contains 10+ seeds; yield and flavour depend on the plants and growing conditions.
Cook your harvest
Use your harvest in these recipes. Check the variety notes and substitutions in each recipe.
Start indoors 8–10 weeks before last frost. Germinate at 26–30 °C on a heat mat; peppers stall below 22 °C. Pot up to 10–15 cm before hardening off outside after nights stay above 12 °C.
Feed balanced through bloom, then bump potassium for fruiting. Stake taller varieties. More detail in our full Canadian growing guide.
Match the pepper to the technique: thin-walled varieties blister fast in a hot pan; thick-walled ones roast or stuff beautifully; fruit-forward ones make balanced sauces and pickles. The variety's flavour profile is your shortcut — see Choosing the right pepper for a use-case guide.
