Italian Long Hot Pepper Seeds – Roasting & Frying

Bring garden-grown flavor to your kitchen with Italian Long Hot pepper seeds. These long, tapered chile peppers are a versatile choice for roasting, frying and grilling, or adding to pickles, sauces, pizza, pasta and sandwiches.

Picture freshly harvested peppers sizzling in a pan before being tucked into a favorite sandwich. Pick them green or let them develop deeper color as they mature, choosing the harvest stage that suits your cooking. Heat and flavor can vary between individual peppers and with growing conditions.

Plant & Seed Details

• Variety: Italian Long Hot chile pepper.
• Botanical name: Capsicum annuum.
• Fruit: Long, tapered peppers that begin green.
• Growing cycle: Commonly grown as an annual.
• Kitchen uses: Roasting, frying, grilling, pickling, sauces, pizza, pasta and sandwiches.

Choose Your Seed Quantity

Available in packages of 10, 25 or 100 seeds. Select the quantity that suits your planting plans. This listing is for seeds, not live plants or harvested peppers.

Starting Seeds

Sow indoors in a moist, sterile seed-starting mix ahead of your local planting season. Provide steady warmth and bright light, keeping the mix evenly moist without waterlogging it. Germination timing varies with temperature, moisture and growing conditions.

Transplanting & Growing

Move seedlings outdoors after frost danger has passed and conditions are warm. Harden them off gradually over several days by increasing exposure to outdoor sun and wind. Choose a sunny location with fertile, well-drained soil, leaving room for mature growth and airflow.

• Water deeply when the upper soil begins to dry, adjusting to weather and soil conditions rather than a fixed schedule.
• Direct water toward the soil when practical.
• Mulch to help moderate moisture and reduce weed competition.
• Use a balanced fertilizer according to its label directions.
• Support branches if developing fruit weighs them down.

Harvest & Kitchen Handling

Harvest at your preferred color and flavor stage. Cut peppers from the plant with clean scissors or pruners rather than pulling them from the branches.

Hot pepper precaution: Wear gloves when harvesting or preparing peppers. Avoid touching your eyes, face or sensitive skin, and wash hands and tools thoroughly after handling. Individual peppers may differ in heat, so adjust the amount you use to taste.