Serrano Chile Pepper seed Capsicum annuum Serrano
LATIN NAME: Capsicum annuum
COMMON NAME: Serrano Chile Pepper
The serrano chile is the bright green heat of the warm kitchen, and the small, white flowers open among the glossy leaves. The upright, branching, bushy, annual or short-lived perennial plant carries the oval, pointed, glossy, green leaves and the small, white, star-shaped flowers through the warm season, to be followed by the slender, pointed, bright-green fruits that ripen through the red, one of the fine, bold sights of the kitchen garden. The fruits have a long record as the fine, hot spice of the warm tables, and the plant is a fine, generous presence of the kitchen garden. It is a plant of the open, sunny, deep, moist, rich ground.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The serrano chile is a bright subject of the plant science, and the slender fruits keep showing up in the work on the chile group. The chemistry of the fruits, which carry the fine, hot compounds of the warm tables, has been studied closely, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the chile peppers, the heat compounds and the members of the nightshade family. The oval, pointed leaves and the bushy habit have also made it a fine study plant, and the serrano chile is a regular subject of the work on the bright green heat of the warm world.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
The serrano chile is a fine, bold plant of the kitchen garden and the warm bed. The slender, pointed, bright-green fruits that ripen through the red have a long record as the fine, hot spice of the warm tables, the fresh fruits chopped into the salsas, the sauces and the hot pots of the warm kitchens, while the small, white, star-shaped flowers open through the warm season, drawing the bees. The plant is one of the fine choices for the kitchen garden, the pot and the greenhouse, and it has been written up in the culinary and the agricultural papers for the bright green heat and the generous ways. It is a fine, bold plant of the open, sunny, deep, moist, rich garden.
Keep the young plants in the warm, bright spot through the first season, and the fruits will ripen in the sun.
To grow the serrano chile from seed, sow the small, flat seeds just under the surface of a tray of fine, gritty soil, keep the tray in a warm, bright spot and water gently, then set the young plants out after the last frosts. The seedlings show themselves within a couple of weeks and grow on steadily. With the sun, the warmth and the deep, moist, rich ground, the bright green heat will come through the warm season.
Uses: Culinary/Medicinal
Use when green or ripened to scarlet. Small: 2cm/1cm long, 1cm/0.5 cm across. Thick flesh; clean biting heat. Salsas, pickled, or roasted for sauces. Heat: 7.