Red Biquinho Chupetinho Heirloom Little Beak Pickling Pepper Premium Seeds for Planting Packet

Anxious to move my seedlings into the garden. Germination good but slow growth like peppers.

I want to give a zero star rating for zero seeds sprouting, and a zero for Sherwood's Seeds customer service. My first attempt at contacting Sherwood's Seeds was through the their contact page---this page does not work. After a week of waiting, I emailed them directly and got a response; no, a disappointment. You see, of the 11 seeds I received, 2 initially sprouted in good potting soil. I nurtured them for weeks, first indoors in Northern Illinois, then outside on May 15. I was excited that the plants grew quickly and flowered. The flowers soon turned to clumps of berries (?) then they turned black. After a quick google search I realized that the seeds they sent me were BLACK NIGHTSHADE, a poisonous plant, not the Red Biquinho Peppers that I paid for. In a condescending tone, Sherwood Seeds blamed my potting soil, I blame them for poor seed or packaging. I requested a refund, they did not comply. Sherwood's Seeds do not stand behind their products. Sure, they sent me a replacement packet of Red Biquinho Pepper seeds, but it's now late July and the growing season is over. Their seed packets are not labeled with the year they are packed for, like other seed companies. I think they're selling old seed. I should have heeded the warning from other reviewers. Save your time, energy and money and buy seeds from any other company.

A lot of peopleseem to complain about these seeds and not germinating. Let me tell you something. Pepper plants are known for this. That's why you germinate a way more than you need and then cull the weak. These ppl are just terrible gardeners. I grow indoors in an aquaponics system that is tightly environmentally controlled. And guess what... No problems.

Tasty little peppers. They are slow to start, but it makes an attractive plant to have on my deck.

Not overwhelmed with these seeds. Sadly only 50% germination rate. Recieved 11 seeds, planted 10. Only 5 have germinated. We'll see how these 5 turn out...

Well, it’s early days yet, for this growing season, but what I can say so far, is that all of the seeds that I planted (4) from this packet have germinated, and they did not take very long to get started (I think just a few days, as I recall - I planted them in cups a few weeks ago, and they are coming along. I am excited to see how they turn out! I discovered this pepper variety last fall on some pizzas from a mobile brick oven pizza business in my state, and I knew from the first bite, that I would have to try to find seeds and grow them. I am expecting delicious times from these seeds later this summer! 🙂

One star for the one seed out of 9 3/4 seeds I got that actually germinated. The others are just sitting there buried. Would it have killed you to at least include an 11th seed or made sure all 10 were whole. Not very happy with the purchase regardless of the amount I paid. Hopefully that one seed comes through.

I started the seeds indoors, everyone germinated. Have so many, having to pickle them.