Cheiro Roxa Pepper Seeds - Aromatic Brazilian Purple Peppers

Bring rich purple color and floral aroma to your kitchen garden with Cheiro Roxa pepper seeds. This Brazilian Capsicum chinense pepper combines rounded purple pods with purplish-green foliage, making it an attractive choice for sunny beds and patio containers. Harvest a few mature fruits to add aromatic flavor to beans, rice, and homemade condiments.

Choose your seed quantity

This listing is for seeds to plant, not live plants or harvested peppers. Choose:

• 10-seed packet
• 25-seed packet
• 100 seeds
• 1,000 seeds

Variety details

• Variety: Cheiro Roxa
• Botanical name: Capsicum chinense
• Type: Brazilian aromatic seasoning pepper
• Foliage: Purplish green
• Fruit color: Deep purple developing toward pinkish purple at maturity
• Approximate pod size: 1/2–3/4 inch long and 3/4–1 inch wide
• Approximate plant height: 24–30 inches under suitable conditions
• Flavor: Floral and aromatic
• Light: Full sun

Color intensity, plant size, fruit dimensions, and yield vary with conditions. Brazilian culinary association does not establish the production origin of a particular seed lot.

Important heat note

Do not assume this is a sweet or heat-free pepper. A verified heat rating is not supplied for this seed lot. Handle fruits as potentially hot, use small amounts initially, and adjust recipes cautiously. The term seasoning pepper describes its culinary use, not a guarantee of mildness.

When to start seeds

Start indoors approximately 8–12 weeks before your intended outdoor transplant date, allowing extra time for slow germination or cool conditions. Move plants outdoors only after frost danger has passed and soil and nights are reliably warm.

In frost-free climates, follow your local pepper planting calendar and consider heavy rainfall, extreme heat, and pest pressure. These frost-sensitive plants need suitable warmth and light; containers do not guarantee year-round harvests.

Sowing guide

1. Use clean containers with drainage holes and a fine, free-draining seed-starting mix.
2. Sow approximately 1/4 inch deep.
3. Maintain consistent warmth, ideally around 80–85°F in the growing medium. Use a thermostat with a heat mat and follow its directions.
4. Keep the mix evenly moist without saturating it.
5. Provide strong light after emergence and airflow around seedlings.

Germination may take approximately 1–4 weeks, with some seeds taking longer. Emergence can be uneven. Avoid an unregulated appliance surface for warmth and remove closed humidity covers once seedlings emerge.

Transplanting

Gradually acclimate seedlings to outdoor sun and wind over approximately 1–2 weeks, beginning in a sheltered location. Avoid chilling or sun-scorching young plants.

Choose fertile, well-drained soil and plant at roughly the same depth as in the nursery container. Space approximately 18–24 inches apart, leaving additional room for vigorous growth and access. Water gently after planting.

Growing in containers

Use a pot of approximately 5 gallons or larger with drainage holes and a quality vegetable potting mix. Provide a sunny, stable location and adequate room for the canopy. Check moisture regularly, but do not leave roots standing in water.

Plants may be overwintered under suitable frost-free conditions, but survival and later production depend on light, warmth, and care.

Growing care

• Water consistently at the root zone, especially during flowering and fruit development.
• Mulch around established plants while keeping material away from stems.
• Feed according to soil needs and fertilizer label directions.
• Inspect regularly for aphids, mites, and leaf damage.
• Support branches if wind or fruit weight causes leaning.

Cool nights, extreme heat, poor light, and irregular watering can delay fruit set and ripening. Yield is not guaranteed.

Harvesting

Look for the variety's mature pinkish-purple color rather than harvesting every fruit at its earliest deep-purple stage. Cut the individual fruit stem with clean snips instead of pulling on branches. Pick sound fruits regularly as they ripen.

The listing's approximate 80–90-day maturity reference does not specify whether it begins at sowing or transplanting. Treat it as a general indication rather than a fixed harvest deadline, and allow a sustained warm growing season.

Kitchen use and safe handling

Wash harvested peppers thoroughly. Add small amounts to rice, beans, meat dishes, salsas, sofrito, or pepper pastes. Pair the aromatic flavor with herbs, citrus, or coconut in savory dishes. For pickling, fermentation, or canning, follow a tested recipe appropriate to the preservation method.

Wear gloves when cutting or processing peppers, avoid touching your eyes and other sensitive areas, and wash hands, tools, and work surfaces thoroughly afterward. Keep peppers away from children and pets and avoid inhaling concentrated chili fumes or dust.

Harvest and seed storage

Refrigerate fresh peppers promptly and use while firm and sound, or freeze prepared portions for later cooking.

Store unused planting seeds sealed in a cool, dry, dark place away from moisture and temperature extremes. Seeds supplied are for planting, not direct consumption.