Collector Pepper
Grow Peach Starburst for fruity hot sauces, a lively finishing dressing and dried pepper seasoning. Its lobed orange pods bring colour to the kitchen; start with a small amount when cooking and build the heat to your taste.
CASA VERDE · HEAT PROFILE
Hot or hotter
- Sweet
- Mild
- Medium
- Hot — this variety
- Super hot
The arrow marks the listed lower bound; heat can be higher.
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
- Origin
- USA
FROM GARDEN TO KITCHEN
Peach Starburst, from seed to supper.
Explore three ways to use its fruity heat: a mango hot sauce, a finishing dressing and dried pepper flakes. Start with a very small amount and adjust to taste.
01 / BLEND A FRUITY HOT SAUCE
Mango sweetness, pepper heat.
Blend a very small amount of pepper into a mango-based sauce with lime juice. Taste before adding more, then serve a little alongside grilled vegetables or tacos.
02 / FINISH A RICE BOWL
A little dressing goes a long way.
Stir a small amount of pepper sauce into your dressing, then drizzle over rice, roasted sweet potato, black beans and corn. Add lime for brightness and adjust the heat to your taste.
03 / MAKE A DRIED SEASONING
A pinch for roasted potatoes.
Dry ripe peppers thoroughly and crush into flakes for a concentrated seasoning. Start with a tiny pinch on roasted potatoes, beans or vegetables, then adjust to taste.
AI-generated culinary illustrations. Serving inspiration, not photographs of our harvest. Select a photo to enlarge.
CASA VERDE · GROWER’S NOTES
Get to know your pepper.
Fruity hot pepper · 10+ seeds per packet
KSPS Peach Starburst pepper seeds
Grow Peach Starburst for fruity hot sauces, a lively finishing dressing and dried pepper seasoning. Its lobed orange pods bring colour to the kitchen; start with a small amount when cooking and build the heat to your taste.
At a glance
Crop
Hot pepper · Capsicum chinense
Flavour
Fruity, with citrus notes
Fruit
Orange, lobed pods with pointed tips
Packet
10+ seeds
Why grow it?
Choose Peach Starburst when you want a fruit-forward pepper to use a little at a time. Blend it with mango for hot sauce, stir a small amount of sauce into a dressing, or dry the ripe pods for flakes. Its distinctive shape also gives this collector pepper a place in a varied harvest.
In the kitchen
- Hot sauce: Combine a small amount of pepper with fruit, onion or your preferred sauce ingredients.
- Finishing dressing: Add a little pepper sauce to a dressing for rice, beans or roasted vegetables.
- Dried seasoning: Dry ripe pods completely, then crush into flakes. Use a small pinch and adjust to taste.
- Handling: Wear gloves when cutting hot peppers and avoid touching your eyes.
Growing and harvesting
- Start indoors: Begin ahead of your outdoor planting season, with warm seed-starting conditions and bright light after emergence.
- Transplant: Harden plants off gradually and wait until frost risk has passed and the soil and nights are warm.
- Site: Choose a sunny, sheltered spot with well-drained soil or a container with drainage.
- Water: Maintain steady moisture without waterlogging the roots.
- Harvest: Allow pods to develop their ripe orange colour. Ripening time and pod size vary with conditions; no fixed maturity date is promised for this lot.
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Pepper seeds CanadaHot sauce pepper seedsChoosing peppers for Canadian gardensQuestions about Peach Starburst
How hot is it?
This is a hot pepper. The 100,000+ SHU figure shown on this page is a catalogue estimate, not a laboratory measurement of this seed lot. Heat varies between plants and harvests.
Does “fruity” mean mild?
No. Fruity describes the flavour, not an absence of heat. Begin with a small amount in a larger dish.
How large are the peppers?
The catalogue photos show squat, lobed pods with pointed tips. We do not promise a fixed fruit length or width.
Can I grow it in a Canadian garden?
Give it an indoor start and a warm, sunny growing season. Local weather affects ripening; a sheltered container or protected growing space can help you manage cool conditions.
Seed note: pod shape, colour, yield and heat can vary. Follow the packet instructions and plan around your local frost dates.
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.
