Pepper X measures an average of 2.693 million Scoville Heat Units. A jalapeño, by comparison, measures just 2,000 to 8,000 SHUs, while a serrano can land between 10,000 and 23,000 SHUs.

If you've ever cut into a bell pepper, you are more than familiar with the waterfall of seeds that can spill out. Most of us have been taught that properly cutting a bell pepper involves removing ...

A pepper must have been fully ripe for the seeds to be viable. That is it should have been red, bright yellow or orange. If it was green, the seeds were immature and will not viable. (The Times ...

Sriracha shortage heads into second year 06:47. Ed Currie recently set a new Guinness World Record for hottest chili pepper, with Pepper X.In doing so, he broke his own record, set a decade ago ...

Spice up your garden with the perfect pepper. Pepper seed will remain viable about three years. Next spring, start your seeds about 6 to 8 weeks before the average last frost date in your area.

Q: How do I get the seeds for hot lemon peppers to germinate? They are my favorite peppers for drying and in salsa, but I have trouble growing them from seeds. When I have gotten lucky and had one … ...

The fish pepper has a striking appearance. Growing to a height of about 61cm (2ft), its leaves are a variegated silver and green. The spicy peppers start out as creamy white with striations before ...