Kitchen Pepper
Grow small sweet bell peppers for crunchy snack plates, chopped salads and little filled pepper halves. Use the colours your plants produce to brighten a dish; the exact colour assortment of this seed lot is not confirmed.
CASA VERDE · HEAT PROFILE
Sweet
- Sweet — this variety
- Mild
- Medium
- 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
- Heat
- 0–0 SHU
FROM GARDEN TO KITCHEN
Mini bell peppers, from seed to supper.
Enjoy small sweet peppers raw, filled or softened in a skillet. Use the colours and sizes your plants produce; the exact packet blend is unconfirmed.
01 / SERVE A CRUNCHY SNACK
Sweet pepper scoops for hummus.
Quarter the peppers and remove the cores and seeds. Serve with hummus and flatbread for a simple snack plate, or chop the crisp flesh into a salad.
02 / FILL LITTLE HALVES
Couscous and feta, in small bites.
Halve and deseed peppers with room for a small filling. Spoon in cooked couscous and crumbled feta, then bake until the pepper softens and the filling is hot. Adjust the portion to the fruit you harvest.
03 / COOK A SKILLET SIDE
Sweet strips with golden potatoes.
Brown diced potatoes in a skillet, then add sliced mini peppers and onion. Cook until the potatoes are tender and the peppers have softened. Serve alongside eggs, beans or a simple supper.
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.
Sweet mini peppers · 10+ seeds per packet
Multicolor Mini Bell pepper seeds
Grow small sweet bell peppers for crunchy snack plates, chopped salads and little filled pepper halves. Use the colours your plants produce to brighten a dish; the exact colour assortment of this seed lot is not confirmed.
At a glance
Species
Capsicum annuum
Flavour
Sweet bell pepper; no expected heat
Kitchen role
Snacking, salads and small filled portions
Packet
10+ seeds
Why grow it?
Mini bells are practical when you want a small serving or a pepper you can halve for a bite-sized filling. Their fresh crunch works with simple dips and salads; roasting gives another way to use the harvest.
In the kitchen
- Serve fresh: Slice into a snack plate or dice into cucumber and tomato salad.
- Fill small halves: Halve and deseed, then add a little hummus, soft cheese or cooked grains.
- Roast: Toss pieces with a little oil and roast until tender for pasta or vegetable bowls.
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: Pick firm fruit at the stage you enjoy. Ripe colour and timing depend on the selection. Start indoors, transplant after frost and allow time for colouring in your local season.
Explore the catalogue
Pepper seeds CanadaPepper germination guideCommon questions
Will every plant produce several ripe colours?
Do not expect that. Many mini-bell assortments contain separate colour selections. We have not confirmed this lot’s mixture, proportions or colour sequence.
Are purple and orange guaranteed?
No. The exact colour assortment has not been verified from supplier records. Photos are illustrative of the catalogue presentation, not a guarantee of every colour in a packet.
Is an early harvest guaranteed?
No. Maturity depends on the selection, weather and harvest stage. No measured maturity or yield figure is confirmed for this lot.
Seed note: exact mix composition, breeder selection and seed-saving stability are unconfirmed. The packet contains 10+ seeds, without a guaranteed number of plants of each colour.
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.
