• Atomics Red Banshee pepper, small wrinkled red superhot pods, Atomic Pepper Seeds original variety
  • Red Banshee pepper pods close up, bumpy skin texture, extreme heat creeping burn pepper
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Atomics Red Banshee Pepper Seeds: Our Signature Creeping Heat Monster

Atomics Red Banshee Pepper Seeds: Our Signature Creeping Heat Monster

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This is our Monsterpiece. The Atomics Red Banshee was carefully selected from a breeding project specifically for its most unusual trait: a creeping burn that sneaks up on you and just won't quit. The heat doesn't hit all at once. It builds. And builds. And then it gets personal.

But there's real flavor hiding under all that pain. You'll get a fruity, slightly sweet complexity with a touch of bitterness on the front end before the slow building inferno takes over. Small pods, massive heat. These 2 to 3 inch wrinkled, bumpy little peppers pack more punch per square inch than almost anything else we grow.

  • Heat Level: 1,200,000 to 2,000,000 SHU / Extreme
  • Flavor Profile: Fruity, slightly sweet, complex with a bitter front note
  • Days to Maturity: 95 to 150 days from transplant
  • Difficulty: Moderate to Advanced. Typical superhot requirements
  • Seeds per Pack: 10+

Every seed is grown in isolation tents at our Nebraska farm, keeping the chance of cross pollination to around 4%.

Growing tip: Wear gloves when harvesting. Seriously. The capsaicin on these will light up your skin and you'll feel it for hours.

Add to cart and grow something legendary this season.

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • The Red Banshee is an Atomic Original, a proprietary Capsicum chinense cross bred and stabilized at Atomic Pepper Seeds in Polk, Nebraska. It is our signature creeping heat variety, estimated at 1,200,000 to 2,000,000 SHU.

  • The Red Banshee is estimated at 1,200,000 to 2,000,000 Scoville Heat Units (SHU), placing it in the extreme super hot range. The signature trait is a creeping burn that starts slow and builds to a full mouth scorch.

  • Start seeds indoors 8 to 10 weeks before your last frost date. Maintain soil temperature at 78 to 85 degrees Fahrenheit for germination, which can take 14 to 35 days. Red Banshee is a Capsicum chinense variety and needs a long warm season.

  • The Red Banshee has a creeping heat that starts slow then screams. The burn builds in waves rather than hitting all at once. It is our signature variety for a reason.

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Randy

Seed order arrived in perfect condition as always. The seeds had a decent germination rate of around 75% . Plants grew fast with huge main leaves and branched out well to make a bushy plant. Had one plant load up with pods very quickly but the pods were smaller. The other plants grew bigger pods and the taste has some cherry to it then the burn creeps up on you and hits hard. The burn is very long lasting and once heat starts to subside you can get those slight cherry note for flavour in background.

Definitely a great pepper to grow.

Thank you!
Randy

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Jason Hartung

Great shipping

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Jason

Everything came as ordered
Fast delivery