UNIQUE CREEK HOMESTEAD SEEDS: All of our seeds are grown right here on our Unique Creek Homestead and not sourced from elsewhere. All seeds are collected each growing season and are 1-year old or less, stored in air-tight Mason jars. Seeds are harvested and labeled for storage each season, one plant/seed type at a time so seeds do not get mixed by accident during the process! The seeds we use at the start of each growing season come from the exact same seeds we sell.
ABOUT THESE SEEDS: The Sweet Chocolate sweet pepper is an heirloom, early-maturing bell pepper bred in 1965 by the University of New Hampshire. It features a rich chocolate-brown exterior with brick-red flesh inside, offering a sweet, mild flavor with zero heat.
Pepper Profile & Flavor
Flavor: Exceptionally sweet and earthy, with no spiciness. They do not taste like chocolate.
Appearance: Medium-sized bell shape (roughly 2.5 by 4.5 inches), ripening from green to dark brown outside and deep red inside.
Maturity: Ready to harvest in about 60 to 85 days from transplant.
Kitchen Uses: Great fresh in salads, salsas, or slaws, and excellent for roasting, grilling, stuffing, or pickling.
Growing Tips
Starting Seeds: Start seeds indoors in bright light 8 to 10 weeks before your final spring frost date.
Transplanting: Move outdoors to full sun once nighttime temperatures stay consistently above 60°F.Spacing: Space plants 18 to 24 inches apart in well-drained, compost-enriched soil.
Care: Water deeply and regularly, and stake taller plants to support heavy fruit loads.
Excellent for stuffed peppers, nacho chips & cheese, tacos, chilis, stews, salads, salsas, pickled peppers, on sandwiches, snack crunchers and more!
Sow seeds in flats or pots 8 to 10 weeks prior to the expected outdoor planting date. Sow them shallowly, around 1/4 inch deep. Hot peppers, and especially super-hot peppers, have a well-earned reputation for being finicky to germinate, but you can increase germination rates by providing bottom heat (highly suggested).
Excellent for stuffed peppers, nacho chips & cheese, tacos, chilis, stews, salads, salsas, pickled peppers, on sandwiches, snack crunchers and more!
Scott & Melissa
Unique Primtiques Custom Woodworking
Unique Creek Homestead
ABOUT OUR UNIQUE CREEK HOMESTEAD: Our woodworking business is located on our Unique Creek Homestead, a Certified National Wildlife Sanctuary & Certified Indiana Wildlife Sanctuary located in southern Indiana, where we grow our own organic foods, gourmet mushrooms, exotic gourmet organic peppers, organic seeds, organically grown flowers, 100% pure organic Unique Creek Maple Syrup and more!
Your purchase helps us to maintain a beautiful habitat for a WIDE range of wildlife including deer herds, wild turkey, quail, pheasant, fox, opossum, raccoon, fish (bass, crappie, catfish, bluegill, rock bass, sunfish and more), Great Blue Heron, Green Heron, a wide range of song birds, hummingbirds, nesting red-winged black birds, tree swallows, a variety of Owl & Hawk species, box turtles, water turtles/snapping turtles, frogs, Golden & Blue-Tail Skinks and MANY MORE wonderful creatures that visit our homestead day and night! We are officially a LICENSED NURSERY DEALER IN INDIANA.
