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 Texas Rice pepper and the Purple Texas Rice Cross pepper are distinct but related varieties. The Texas Rice pepper is a wild chili pepper native to Texas, known for its small size (about the size of a grain of rice) and elongated shape, transitioning from green to red when ripe. The Purple Texas Rice Cross is a recent hybrid, resulting from a cross between a Texas Rice pepper and an unknown purple pepper. It produces small, cone-like peppers that turn from purplish-green to dark red as they mature. Both peppers are known for their heat, with the Purple Texas Rice Cross being hotter than the standard Texas Rice pepper. 
Here's a more detailed look at each:
Texas Rice Pepper:
Botanical Name: Capsicum annuum L. var. glabriusculum
Size: Small, elongated, about 1/4 to 3/4 inch long, resembling a grain of rice
Color: Green to red when ripe
Heat: 10,000 to 30,000 Scoville heat units
Origin: Southern Texas, USA
Uses: Popular in Texas cuisine, often dried and used for powder or flakes 
Purple Texas Rice Cross:
Origin: A cross between a Texas Rice pepper and an unknown purple pepper
Size: Small, cone-like, about the size of a pea
Color: Dark purplish-green to dark red as they mature
Heat: About 40,000 Scoville heat units
Uses: Excellent for fermentation (hot sauce) and drying
Plant: Sprawling, up to 4 feet tall, with purplish-green foliage, purple stems, and white flowers 

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).


Sincerely,

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.