Holtwood Hot Peppers

01/31/2026

2026 Pepper List, so far. Let me know if you need any of these in quantity so I adjust the number of plants per variety.

7 Pot Primo Yellow
Aji Chombo
Aji Limon/Lemon
Antillais Caribbean Habanero
Bahamian Goat
Beast
Bhut Jolokia
Chilhuacle Amarillo
Chocolate Bhutlah
Chocolate Primotalii
Creamo -- BOC X Primo (Cream)
Créme Douglah
Datil
Dorset Naga
Dragon’s Breath
Farmers Market Jalapeno
Foodarama Red
Foodarama Yellow Scotch Bonnet
Frontera Sweet
Gator Jigsaw
Giant Chocolate Habanero
Gros Islet Scotch Bonnet
Habanero Tabaquite
Hammertalii
Harold St. Barts
Joe’s Long Cayenne
King Naga
Kokomo Bonnet
Kokomo Cream Bonnet
Lemon Starrburst
Madame Jeanette
MOA Scotch Bonnet
Mulato
Naga Morich
Numex Jalmundo
Numex Las Cruces Cayenne
Numex Nematador
Ojeenmma
Oxkutzcabian Orange
Peach Scotch Bonnet
Poblano
Puerto Rican Yellow
RB003
Scotch Bonnet Cream
Scotch Bonnet Freeport Orange
Scotch Bonnet MOA Red
Scotch Bonnet Red
Scotch Bonnet Red Foodorama
Scotch Bonnet TFM
Sinahuisa
Skunk Red
Snow White
St Lucia
Sugar Rush Stripey
Tangerine Tiger Orange
Tangerine Tiger Yellow
Trinidad Red Scotch Bonnet
Turks Cap
White Bhut Jolokia JW
White Ghost Scorpion
White Habanero
Yellow Fever

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11/20/2025

Here's some gochujang I made in January. It's been fermented for 46 weeks. It was made with peppers from our farm and a variety of other ingredients.

Let me know if you're interested in attending a class in my kitchen in northern Virginia to learn how to make this at home.

11/12/2025

We're capping off a remarkable season with our final big shipment of fresh peppers, and we're excited to see the impact it will have.

Thanks so much to our customers!

Our inventory may be winding down, but we're gearing up for a new wave of possibilities with our dried, smoked, powdered, and frozen peppers - and we can't wait to share them with you until next summer!

11/11/2025

Ten boxes going out to customers when the PO opens tomorrow!

11/11/2025

SOLD!

Last 18lbs of Scotch Bonnets picked before last night's freeze. $144 for the whole box. Will ship; you pay what we pay for shipping.

11/10/2025

Fantastic season end savings. Last pickings for the season. Everything is $8/lb plus shipping. All peppers are ripe and show color. Anything that still has green on it will color up in a few days.

Here's what's available:
Ghost 10 lb
SOLD>>>Dragon's Breath 8 lb
Mix of Chocolate Bhutlah, Chocolate Primotalii, and Gator Jigsaw 8lb
SOLD>>>Zebrange 4lb
SOLD>>>Mixed Yellow Fever and Yellow 7-pot Primo 3lb
Mixed Yellow/Orange Habanero hot 6 lb
Mixed Red/Chocolate Habanero hot 6lb
SOLD>>>MA Wartryx 1-2lb

Smoked and dried pods available. $8/oz dried. $10/oz for 24 hour cold-smoked and dried.

Accept Venmo, Zelle, or Cashapp.

Will ship from Lancaster PA via Pirate Ship. I charge you what it costs me.

11/07/2025

30 pounds of peppers in the smoker. Getting one 12-hour round of cold smoke today and a second round tomorrow.

These beautiful Farmers Market Jalapeños will transform into awesome chipotles. Plus! Plus! More smoked Dragon's Breath and Chocolate Bhutlah!! Fiiiiyahhh! ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

11/03/2025

Ancho Gigantea from the farm stuffed with lamb keema, lentils, and basmati rice. Local lamb, onions, garlic, tomatoes, and peppers (of course!)

11/03/2025

I'm always looking for ways to improve for our customers. I love getting your feedback!

Economic conditions created hard times for packaging manufacturers, and, as a result, we got a great deal on custom printed boxes that should hold up better in shipping, *AND* they hold more peppers at the same price!

I made the decision this season to sell to everyone at the bulk rate. That's 40 to 50% lower than what the big growers (and small/medium growers like me) charge! You get more peppers in a box and the lowest cost!

On the growing end, I continued to make improvements to produce better peppers. Organic practices to build the soil using compost, our own worm castings, microbial nutrients and mycorhyzzae supplements, and cover crops (rye, wild arugula, red mustard, and Italian dandelion) to support soil health and beneficial nematodes. We replaced plastic fabric with wheat straw mulch to reduce microplastics from the inevitable breakdown of those fabrics. I improved the root zone drip irrigation to reduce disease and rot. And, I used a modified Florida weave trellis system to improve air circulation and sunlight exposure.

Even after 40+ years of growing hot peppers, I keep learning and having fun!

What a great year! Our little business is thriving, and I cannot do it without you! Happy customers and Best of Show at the county fair, I can't wait to see what lies ahead!!

11/02/2025

Week of November 2nd. MFRBs of my award-winning organic hot peppers. $50, including shipping. Accepting Venmo, Zelle, or Cashapp.

1. Dragon's Breath
2. Chocolate Bhutlah
3. Lemon Starrburst and Giant White Habanero (fewer GWH)
4. Zebrange

1 & 2 also available as LFRB for $85.

11/02/2025

November 1st and still picking these gorgeous Dragon's Breath peppers.

10/30/2025

You can't get peppers this perfectly ripe unless you grow your own. These peppers are at peak ripeness, too ripe for shipping.

I'm cutting them up and fermenting them in bulk. This batch contains Aji Lemon Drop, Puerto Rican Yellow, Fatalii, and Oxkutzcabian Orange. It's a mouth-watering tropical fruit salad!

They will ferment with 3% Trapani sea salt. The shelf-stable fermented mash will be offered for sale. It's your chance to get the best ripe flavor in a base to make your own delicious hot sauce, wing sauce, barbecue sauce...