Intensely beautiful and bred for serious pepper enthusiasts, the Peach California Reaper is a rare variation of the famous California Reaper line, but with a radiant pastel peach color that makes it stand out in the garden. These peppers are known for their distinctive wrinkled texture, high oil content, and fruity floral aroma typical of Capsicum chinense superhots.
 
These seeds are authentic Peach California Reaper, grown from verified stock and hand-harvested from pesticide-free plants in small batches. We grow our superhots naturally, no sprays, no chemical treatments, in order to preserve the quality, integrity, and purity of the seed. Every seed is dried and cleaned carefully to ensure excellent viability and true-to-type plants.
 
The Peach California Reaper was selectively bred from the original California Reaper line, stabilizing a naturally occurring peach/orange phenotype. Through several generations of careful selection, growers isolated the peach coloration while maintaining the gnarly pod structure, productivity, and signature chinense fruitiness of its parent line. The result is a gorgeous, pastel-hued superhot with a smoother flavor profile and exceptional ornamental value.
 
Scoville Units: 800,000 to 1 Million
 
Flavor Profile
 
Peach California Reaper has a sweet, fruity, and slightly floral chinense flavor with a soft peach-like brightness that sets it apart from other Reaper varieties. The lighter peach coloration reflects its taste: a gentle tropical note, a hint of citrus, and a clean, smooth fruitiness beneath the heat. The flavor comes through clearly before the intensity builds, making this variety especially appealing for sauces, powders, and growers who enjoy superhots with a sweeter, more delicate profile.
 
California Reaper plants thrive in full sun and warm conditions, producing heavy yields of peach-toned pods that ripen from pale green to soft coral. Start seeds indoors 8–12 weeks before the last frost and provide consistent warmth for germination. Plants grow vigorously in containers or garden beds and appreciate well-drained soil and regular feeding.
 
Height: 2–4 ft
Light: Full sun
Type: Annual in most climates; perennial in zones 9–13
Seeds: Authentic, pesticide-free, home-grown stock
 
A beautiful and unique superhot variety for collectors, growers, and anyone who loves rare pepper genetics grown with care and integrity. seed, especially true superhot varieties like the Peach California Reaper, are very expensive to produce and extremely limited each season. These plants don’t pump out hundreds of viable seeds the way standard peppers do, and each hand-harvested pod yields only a small number of fully mature, true-to-type seeds.
 
That’s why our packets contain 5 premium seeds. It’s the perfect amount for growers who want to experiment with this rare variety without the pressure of managing a huge batch. And yes…
we see you!

We know you want to plant every single one of them at once and honestly, we encourage it. Watching the different phenotypes unfold is half the fun of growing superhots.
Each seed is carefully cleaned, dried, and stored for optimal viability so you get the highest-quality start for your growing season.
 
Most people don’t know that the trick to big healthy peppers that you see in the store is calcium! Peppers require calcium to reach their maximum potential and to help them combat pests naturally. 
Use your spent eggshells or garden gypsum to add calcium to the soil in addition to vegetable fertilizer. I use organic chicken manure based fertilizer. 
 
Do not plant peppers where you just previously planted tomatoes, eggplant or potatoes as this can make them more susceptible to disease as they are all from the same family. The pests that are attracted to these plants can remain in the soil for a while and build up and cause problems for future crops. They also use the same nutrients and can deplete the soil of what they need in particular if planted in the same spot. It’s always good as a general rule to add fresh soil and rotate all crops. 
 
This is for 5 seeds. 
 
We combine shipping on all seed orders, you pay one flat fee for as many seeds as you would like for no additional shipping. Orders over $35 for any combination of items ship for free to the US

PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS:
Start the seeds in starter pots with a premium potting soil. Plant the seeds ¼ inch deep. Place in full sun. Keep soil moist but not wet. Seeds will sprout in 1-2 weeks. Once the seeds have sprouted, continue to keep soil moist but not wet and plant them where desired. Keep in full sun. 
In colder climates, you can plant them in the ground and grow them as an annual or bring them indoors in winter or greenhouse kept. In warmer climates that do not freeze, you can grow these year round and they will live for several years. If you are right on the cusp and do get freezes of short duration, you can mulch heavily around the plants and cover the plants with fabric specifically designed for plants. 
 
Use premium potting soil when re-potting or garden soil if planting in the ground. Fertilize with a vegetable fertilizer.  One of the most important things you can do to ensure success of any pepper plants is to provide them with a source of calcium. This will not only yield larger healthier plants and peppers but will also provide disease resistance. You can use spent eggshells, but keep in mind that they take a while to break down. You can also use garden gypsum which is what I prefer because it provides calcium without affecting the ph of the soil since peppers prefer slightly acidic soil and other types of calcium will raise the ph.  I use Espoma Organic Garden Gypsum. You can find it on Amazon or other retailers. It’s a little pricey but it will last you forever and you can use it on all peppers, sweet or hot as well as tomatoes.  

Never plant peppers where you have had tomatoes, eggplant, or potatoes planted in the last 3 years. All of these plants are in the nightshade family and are susceptible to the same diseases and have similar nutritional requirements. Planting them in the same area can expose them to disease that can slowly build up in the soil as well as leach the area of nutrients that these plants specifically draw from the soil which may leave new plants of the same species lacking what they need. It’s always good to rotate all crops as a general rule.