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Black Lantern is for cooks who want the shape and roasting logic of a small poblano, but with real hot-pepper force. Expect dark purple-black pendant pods, heavy production, a very fruity chinense-type aroma and flavour, and a heat range that...
CASA VERDE · HEAT PROFILE
Hot
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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.
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Start indoors 8-10 weeks before transplanting; grow in a warm protected site and support productive plants.
CASA VERDE · GROWER’S NOTES
Black Lantern is for cooks who want the shape and roasting logic of a small poblano, but with real hot-pepper force. Expect dark purple-black pendant pods, heavy production, a very fruity chinense-type aroma and flavour, and a heat range that belongs in hot sauce, salsa, chile paste, and smoky dried powder.
Grow Black Lantern when you want a pepper that behaves like a culinary workhorse rather than a novelty. The pods are small enough to use by the handful, the plant sets heavily, and grower tasting reveals a very fruity aroma and flavour characteristic of chinense peppers, alongside its hot finish.
The kitchen angle is the fun part. This is the pepper for hot chile relleno experiments, roasted black-and-red salsa, fermented hot sauce, chile vinegar, taco-table relish, and a dark smoky powder that can push beans, eggs, grilled meat, roasted vegetables, and mole-style sauces.
Building a pepper patch around flavour? Compare Black Lantern with other peppers for sauce, drying, roasting, and short-season Canadian gardens.
No. Poblano-type describes the pod shape only. Grower tasting identifies a very fruity chinense-type aroma and flavour. The original plant was mislabeled, and its exact genetics and parentage remain unconfirmed.
Grower tasting puts it around 60,000-80,000 SHU. Treat it as a hot pepper, not a mild poblano.
Grower tasting reveals a very fruity chinense-type aroma and flavour with a hot finish. This aromatic profile makes it an interesting choice for fruity hot sauces, salsas, and ferments.
Start indoors early, transplant into warmth, and support productive plants. As an experimental selection, pod shape, colour timing, and heat can vary.
Black Lantern is offered as an experimental Casa Verde selection from a suspected cross, not a fully stabilized named variety. Expect some variation in plant habit, pod size, pod colour timing, and heat level. Save seed only from plants that match the dark pendant poblano-type shape, fruity chinense-type aroma and flavour, and hot culinary profile you want to continue.
Use your harvest in these recipes. Check the variety notes and substitutions in each recipe.
