Hot pepper · Experimental 2027 selection · 10+ seeds Black Lantern Poblano-Type Pepper Seeds Black Lantern is for cooks who want the shape and roasting logic of a small poblano, but with real hot-pepper force. Expect dark purple-blac...
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Start indoors 8-10 weeks before transplanting; grow in a warm protected site and support productive plants.
Black Lantern is for cooks who want the shape and roasting logic of a small poblano, but with real hot-pepper force. Expect dark purple-black pendant pods, heavy production, annuum-type flavour, and a heat range that belongs in hot sauce, salsa, chile paste, and smoky dried powder.
Grow Black Lantern when you want a pepper that behaves like a culinary workhorse rather than a novelty. The pods are small enough to use by the handful, the plant sets heavily, and the flavour stays in the Capsicum annuum lane: green chile, roasted pepper, earthy sweetness, and a clean hot finish.
The kitchen angle is the fun part. This is the pepper for hot chile relleno experiments, roasted black-and-red salsa, fermented hot sauce, chile vinegar, taco-table relish, and a dark smoky powder that can push beans, eggs, grilled meat, roasted vegetables, and mole-style sauces.
Building a pepper patch around flavour? Compare Black Lantern with other peppers for sauce, drying, roasting, and short-season Canadian gardens.
No. It is listed as an experimental poblano-type Capsicum annuum selection because the original plant was mislabeled and the final genetics are not confirmed.
Grower tasting puts it around 60,000-80,000 SHU. Treat it as a hot pepper, not a mild poblano.
Expect annuum-style chile flavour: roasted green pepper, earthy sweetness when ripe, and clean heat. It is more culinary than floral or tropical.
Start indoors early, transplant into warmth, and support productive plants. As an experimental selection, pod shape, colour timing, and heat can vary.
Black Lantern is offered as an experimental Casa Verde selection from a suspected cross, not a fully stabilized named variety. Expect some variation in plant habit, pod size, pod colour timing, and heat level. Save seed only from plants that match the dark pendant poblano-type shape and hot culinary profile you want to continue.
