r/HotPeppers • • 14d ago

Seed Exchange 2026 Seed Xchange

51 Upvotes

Share your seeds, get some cool seeds back!

  • register using form at the bottom
  • send a package of your seeds to admin
  • admin sorts & distributes seeds
  • admin sends the package back to you

Requirements

You may only send seeds from plants you grew and harvested this year.

You must enter detailed information describing the seeds.

You must have pictures of the plants and peppers.

No mystery peppers

Package

  1. padded envelope or box, whichever shipping you prefer
  2. seed packet(s)
  3. username on exterior of package for quick receipt
  4. Include cash or online return postage (explained when you register)
  5. DON'T - include a return envelope
  6. DON'T - use sticky adhesive / tape / staples on seed packets
  7. DO group your accessions in a plastic bag, rubber band, clip, so we don't have to sort through them all again

Seed packet(s)

  1. seeds you have grown! these should be seeds from your plants that you personally harvested! make sure they are fully dry so they don't mold in package!
  2. a small paper or plastic bag (2-5 cm / 1-2 in is good)
  3. 10 - 30 seeds per packet
  4. label including (can include more info if you want as well):
  • variety name (bold larger font)
  • accession number (you are assigned this in info form)
  • your username
  • 2026 (year of harvest/xchange)

EXAMPLE 1: https://i.imgur.com/QP4gP2r.png
EXAMPLE 2: https://i.imgur.com/KZc1s8c.png

Schedule

Registration opened - now

Registration closed - Nov 15th

Receiving deadline (domestic) - Dec 1st
Receiving deadline (international, don't send packages later than this date) - Nov 15th

Exchanging & Shipping - asap Dec

Important Notes

  1. USA or EU recommended, international shipments are subject to customs.
  2. Only Pepper seeds you have grown and harvested are being swapped
  3. Understand that you aren't guaranteed to get everything on your list, we do our best!
  4. The exchange is only as good as the seeds people send...
  5. 20 is a good number of seed packs to send. 100+ it is unlikely you will get 1:1 trades (but still great if you want to share the love!)
  6. We decided this method instead of seed train because it is controlled from a central location. It can't be stolen / hijacked / lost.
  7. Sending in seeds that are super common like jalapeno or tabasco or orange hab is kinda crappy because not many people want them
  8. you can chat about the exchange on the discord https://discord.gg/QD44vtCusv

older threads 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

REGISTER HERE


r/HotPeppers • • 4h ago

Harvest Some of the best peppers from this year

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66 Upvotes

r/HotPeppers • • 2h ago

Husband's coworker gifted us some hot peppers

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28 Upvotes

I've never cooked with peppers this hot. Can I post the salsas I made with them here?


r/HotPeppers • • 8h ago

Interesting pod

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64 Upvotes

I have a few variegated Purple UFO growing in a window and the flowers and pods on this look so cool. I've not had any that looked like tiny tomatoes before or had this color/texture on the flowers


r/HotPeppers • • 4h ago

ID Request Scotch Bonnet Check

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19 Upvotes

I just want verification on my "scotch bonnets"


r/HotPeppers • • 4h ago

Harvest Varieties grown this season

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21 Upvotes

Too many choco primotalis, beast, rb003, dragon breath, crazy yellow tail, death spiral, choco razorback, choco lava, fried chicken, little blueberries are el chaparita. Forget to add a black bb armageddon to Pic. Size reference is ethically sourced ovcharka skull.


r/HotPeppers • • 16h ago

Growing I grew more peppers this year than ever before in my life, and wanted to share some photos with you guys. Also, some questions

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166 Upvotes

Im turning my gardening hobby/passion into a business and starting a market garden. Here are some of the jalapeños, cayennes, and habaneros from this season.

Habaneros are difficult to get to ripen with our shorter growing season in the PNW without a hoophouse. Even then, because I was managing the temps of the hoophouse for tomatoes, they still held out until right before our second frost to really start ripening.

I've heard stressing peppers by reducing water until they start to wilt will trigger earlier ripening, and im thinking of trying that next year.

Does anyone have success with that approach? Or other tips on promoting earlier ripening?

Also, do you think that those Habs that are mostly green, with orange shoulders, have blushed enough to ripen post-harvest?


r/HotPeppers • • 2h ago

Harvest 200 years later and my Zebrange are finally ripening!

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12 Upvotes

r/HotPeppers • • 12h ago

Help Gifted at work: have they been shrimped

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74 Upvotes

The age old question.

Someone at work has given me these, they are not sure what they bought. I think it’s either a bonnet or a mushroom but I really cannot tell.

Any help would be great so I don’t have to eat it in the office to find out!

Edit: I meant shroomed not shrimped 😭


r/HotPeppers • • 9h ago

Red Ripe Jalapenos! Big boys too and have decent heat. Few Serranos in there as well.

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33 Upvotes

r/HotPeppers • • 5h ago

Growing Peppers are still coming

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12 Upvotes

I still have about 3 dozen Sugar Rush Peaches just trying to ripen. Hundreds of blooms and baby pods growing in the other plants. I'm in zone 9b so I still have time, thinking about converting this to a hoop style greenhouse before the cold gets here


r/HotPeppers • • 2h ago

Growing How small a pot can habenero tolerate?

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5 Upvotes

Well, yes

Dang it, when phone said "eraser" I thought it is gonna erase things, not AI generate shite around. Anyways, meet my late bloomer Chocolate Hab. Over 2 meters in height, including pot. I cannot overwinter yet, as it just started making pretty baroque shaped and sized pods.


r/HotPeppers • • 2h ago

Discussion Mushrooms vs Bonnets

3 Upvotes

We’ve all seen people post shroom pics here that they thought were bonnets.

But can someone post some side by side pics and point out the differences so that we can all see the differences easily?

-a long time lurker


r/HotPeppers • • 19h ago

Habanero jam so delicious!

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66 Upvotes

Just plain with lemons is great


r/HotPeppers • • 18h ago

Harvest Some of my favorite pods this year

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55 Upvotes

Garden put out some gnarly looking pods this year that I am super proud of. Big Black Mama, Fried Chicken, 7 pot primo, and I lost the label for the purple pepper, but it is some type of purple jay's ghost scorpion.

Already starting thinking about what to grow next year!


r/HotPeppers • • 9h ago

ID Request Pepper id

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6 Upvotes

Hi everyone, few months ago I gave my father halapenjo pepper, he saved seeds and planted them, after the harvest some of the peppers looked like this and dont resemble the classic halapenjo shape while other do look like classic halapenjo in a same pot but on different stem. On the other side of the terrace were also this little red and purple peppers, he is uncertain what sort they could be, my main question is are these long green pappers halapenjo or not?


r/HotPeppers • • 3h ago

Peppers?

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2 Upvotes

r/HotPeppers • • 10h ago

Pepper ID

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7 Upvotes

Hello! These peppers grew from a pack of 'Dorset Naga' seeds. What do I actually have here? Peach ghost perhaps?


r/HotPeppers • • 1d ago

Harvest Crazy Tails

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198 Upvotes

This is a yellow crazy tail developed by Bane’s best. Fitting name for it. It’s super hot.


r/HotPeppers • • 6h ago

ID Request Help with ID please, is it yellow Carolina reaper?

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2 Upvotes

Hi all!

I bought the seedling as red Carolina reaper, but for now the fruits are turning yellow only instead of orange/red.

Do you think this is Carolina Reaper, just yellow instead of red?

Mostly grown outside in not the best weather, recently moved under LED lamp.

Thanks! 😊


r/HotPeppers • • 6h ago

Thrip damage or corking? (Serrano)

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2 Upvotes

Is this thrip damage? I thought it was corking but read online that Serranos don’t really cork like that. If thrip damage, is it okay to eat still?


r/HotPeppers • • 20h ago

Black Mesa seeds came!

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21 Upvotes

Was having a pretty awful day but I was pleasantly surprised when I came home and found seeds from u/BlackMesaBeanFarm in the mail! Thanks for sharing the wealth and making the day better!


r/HotPeppers • • 1d ago

Harvest What do you guys do with your end of season harvest?

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48 Upvotes

r/HotPeppers • • 15h ago

Looks like the season is done

9 Upvotes

Looks like I'll be yanking all my pods tomorrow night after work. Quite a few have gotten close to fully ripe the past week so for the most part I don't mind. Will make sauces with the ripe/mostly ripe and then some with the green so I can compare flavor wise. Time to start planning next year's grow now!


r/HotPeppers • • 20h ago

One month ferment .5 gallon

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19 Upvotes

Half gallon of hot sauce. Reaper, ghost, Thai, Tobasco pepper, cayenne, Arbol, red orange yellow sweet peppers, garlic and onion! Fermented for one month and finished with vinegar! Just finished pasteurizing to 180⁰f. It's really sweet and bitey!