Starscream Chilli Seeds – 10 Seeds

Species: Capsicum chinense

Description

Starscream Chilli is a rare and super-hot chinense variety, producing slender, tapered pods that ripen from green to bright orange-red. Known for its striking appearance and intense heat, this chilli delivers fruity and citrusy flavour beneath its extreme burn.

Heat levels are extremely hot, typically estimated at 300,000–500,000 Scoville Heat Units, making it ideal for hot sauces, pastes, extracts, and culinary uses that require both flavour and visual impact.

Plants are compact, bushy, and highly productive under warm, protected conditions. Starscream is best suited for experienced chinense growers familiar with handling super-hot varieties.

Phenotype

• Plant habit: Compact, bushy, upright

• Foliage: Green

• Pod shape: Slender, tapered, slightly wrinkled

• Pod size: Approx. 5–8 cm

• Colour progression: Green → bright orange-red

• Productivity: Heavy, clustered pods

• Notable traits: Super-hot chinense, fruity and citrusy flavour, ornamental pods

Key Features

• Rare super-hot Capsicum chinense variety

• Bright orange-red, tapered pods

• Estimated heat: 300,000–500,000 SHU

• Fruity, citrusy flavour beneath extreme heat

• Heavy cropping, compact, ornamental plants

• Pack contains 10 seeds

Culinary Uses

• Extreme hot sauces and pastes

• Drying and grinding into powders

• Heat-intensive cooking (use sparingly)

• Decorative culinary applications

Growing Notes

• Requires warmth for germination and growth

• Best grown in greenhouse, polytunnel, or sunny outdoor locations in the UK

• Vigorous, productive, bushy plants

• Recommended for experienced growers