Collector Pepper
Golden Nugget brings fruity flavour and noticeable heat to salsa, refrigerator pickles and dried seasoning. Its small golden-orange pods and variegated foliage make it an attractive kitchen-garden pepper.
CASA VERDE · HEAT PROFILE
Medium
- Sweet
- Mild
- Medium — this variety
- Hot
- Super hot
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.
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- Packet
- 10+ seeds per packet
- Maturity
- Allow a warm season; harvest fully coloured pods.
- Heat
- 30000–50000 SHU
- Season
- 2026
CASA VERDE · GROWER’S NOTES
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10+ seeds per packet
Golden Nugget pepper seeds
Golden Nugget brings fruity flavour and noticeable heat to salsa, refrigerator pickles and dried seasoning. Its small golden-orange pods and variegated foliage make it an attractive kitchen-garden pepper.
At a glance
Heat
Medium on our scale · listed 30,000–50,000 SHU
Flavour
Fruity
Appearance
Small golden-orange pods; variegated foliage
Packet
10+ seeds
Why grow it?
Choose it for small portions of spicy colour: chop a little into a fresh salsa, dry the ripe fruit for flakes, or add a few slices to a refrigerator-pickle recipe.
In the kitchen
- Fresh salsa: Finely chop a small amount and adjust to taste.
- Dried seasoning: Dry ripe peppers thoroughly and crush into flakes; avoid breathing pepper dust.
- Refrigerator pickles: Use slices in a recipe intended for refrigerated storage.
Growing and harvesting
- Start indoors: Give seedlings warmth and bright light.
- Transplant: Harden plants off gradually; wait until frost risk has passed and nights are warm.
- Care: Keep moisture steady in well-drained soil.
- Maturity: Harvest timing for this seed lot is unconfirmed. Allow a margin before autumn frost.
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Is Golden Nugget a superhot?
No. Its listed 30,000–50,000 SHU range falls in the Medium band of our scale. It still has substantial heat.
Is the listed heat a seed-lot test?
No. It is a variety reference, not a laboratory measurement of this packet’s harvest.
When should I harvest?
Harvest once pods develop their ripe golden-orange colour. Timing depends on your sowing date and growing conditions.
Seed note: variegation and heat can vary between plants. Grower descriptions are variety references, not a promise of identical plants or a fixed yield.
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.
