Durango Guajillo Hybrid Pepper F1

Be sure to check out our Pepper Growing Guide to learn how to successfully grow peppers at home. Durango Guajillo Pepper is a hybrid, mild to medium heat pepper with gourmet flavor that is very popular in Mexican and Latin cuisines. Vigorous plants produce heavy-yields of 7-8" long peppers that begin green and mature to a beautiful dark-burgundy color. These peppers are excellent for making rich salsa and have a slight heat around 2,500 - 5,000 Scoville units. Durango Guajillo Pepper is most commonly used when dried and ground into a powder. The powder is then used to make sauces, pastes and rubs for seasoning meat like beef, poultry and fish. Peppers are in the nightshade family along with tomatoes and eggplant. Plants in the nightshade family are susceptible to blossom end rot, which is a result of a calcium deficiency. To prevent or alleviate this problem, apply pelleted gypsum at the base of the plant at bloom set. Peppers do best when transplanted, as the germination time can be l