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Want an orange Scotch Bonnet for intensely flavoured sauces? This very hot, bonnet-shaped chilli needs a long, warm season and careful handling. A little ripe fruit can add fruitiness and substantial heat to cooked dishes.
Ready to grow Orange Scotch Bonnet? Follow our Pepper and Chilli Grow Guide for seed warmth, hardening off, regional timing and fruiting care.
Quick Grow Facts
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Crop: Orange Scotch Bonnet, a very hot Capsicum chinense pepper type.
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Growth form: Bushy, branching fruiting plant; support laden stems if needed.
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Sow: Start about 6 mm deep in protected, free-draining mix; keep the root zone warm, around 27–32 °C for general pepper propagation, and evenly moist.
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Plant out: Harden off and move into sun after frost risk passes and nights stay warm.
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Space: About 60 cm or more between plants for airflow and careful picking.
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Harvest: Snip fully orange fruit and add it to food in very small amounts at first.
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Listed pack: 10 seeds.
Use fertile, well-drained soil and steady moisture during fruit set. Hot-chilli safety: Wear gloves, avoid touching your face and eyes, wash hands and tools, and ventilate when cooking. Keep fruit and sowing seed away from children and pets; sowing seed is not food.
