Burpee jalapeño pepper seeds
Capsicum seed for a Central Florida indoor start.
Burpee jalapeño pepper seeds.
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2026 season
August, fall window
The UF/IFAS Central Florida vegetable table lists August to September as a pepper planting window. Start seed indoors in midsummer so the tray is ready for that set. Weather sits on NWS Melbourne and FAWN. The 2026 calendar marks the month you are in.
- Jan to Mar Spring planting
- Apr to May Spring set fruits
- Jun to Jul Indoor start for fall
- Aug to Sep Fall planting
- Oct to Nov Datil harvest window
- Dec No listed set
Sources: Pest ID · Pitfalls · Seed to pot
Grow notes and varieties
Grow
Seed start, sun, pot or bed, from IFAS and Penn State.
Varieties
Jalapeño, habanero, datil, cayenne, and other named varieties.
Heat and sun
Florida heat class and planting windows from the cited bulletins.
Kit and comparison
Grow light vs windowsill
When IFAS wants an overhead light for a Central Florida seed tray, and when a south or west sill is enough.
Seed-starting kit
First tray: Burpee jalapeño seed, 72-cell trays, humidity dome, grow light, heat mat.
Gear to try
First-tray gear
Seed, tray, dome, light, and a cage for when fruit weighs the plant.
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72-cell seed trays
Cells for the first indoor sowing.
Seed starting trays, 72 cell.
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Humidity dome
Cover the tray until the seeds break.
Seed starting tray humidity dome.
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LED grow light
Overhead light when a sill is not enough.
LED grow light for seedlings.
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Seedling heat mat
Warm soil for pepper germination.
Seedling heat mat with thermostat.
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Seed-starting mix
Peat mix for cells. Garden soil crusts in a tray.
Seed starting mix for pepper cells.
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Tomato cages
Once fruit weighs the plant. UF/IFAS peppers names staking at that stage.
Tomato cages for fruiting pepper plants.
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About
Orlando Pepper Company
Variety cards cite UF/IFAS Gardening Solutions, the Central Florida vegetable table, the hot-pepper cultivar bulletin, and Penn State Extension. Publisher: Orlando Pepper Company · Tabaconda LLC · sales@tabaconda.com.
FAQ
Questions
- Which sources do you use?
- UF/IFAS Gardening Solutions (peppers, hot peppers, datil), the Central Florida vegetable table, the hot-pepper cultivar bulletin, and Penn State Extension’s growing-hot-peppers page. The Central Florida guide lists live URLs.
- Can I make peppers hotter?
- Penn State Extension discusses stress and pungency and cautions that a jalapeño cannot be made as hot as a habanero. Read Growing Hot Peppers: Can You Make Them Hotter?
- Which peppers grow in Florida heat?
- UF/IFAS lists cayenne, jalapeño, habanero, and datil among Florida garden peppers. Read Hot Peppers, Gardening Solutions.
- Do I need a grow light for a pepper tray?
- UF/IFAS Starting Transplants Indoors says a windowsill can work on south or west; overhead light if you start more than a dozen. Read grow light vs windowsill.