7 Pot Primo Heatless
Also known as Primo Heatless · Heatless 7 Pot Primo · No Heat Primo
A nearly heatless mutation of Louisiana's 7 Pot Primo that keeps the gnarly stinger-tailed look and fruity chinense flavor while landing around 0–1,000 SHU.
About 1/50 the typical heat of a Capsi Jalapeño (25,086 SHU).
Growing
~110 days to maturity
Fruit size
4–6 cm
Flavor & Use
Intensely fruity, floral, and citrusy Capsicum chinense flavor inherited from 7 Pot Primo, with a faint strawberry-like finish some tasters note. Heat is a brief tingle or absent, so the superhot aroma actually registers.
Culinary
About
7 Pot Primo Heatless looks like one of the world's hottest peppers and eats like one of the fruitiest. Pods are 4–6 cm, heavily wrinkled and blistered, with the signature scorpion tail of Troy Primeaux's 7 Pot Primo, ripening from green to bright red. A chance mutation discovered by Mark Wilkerson dropped the heat to a tingle or zero, so the floral-citrus chinense flavor is finally edible without dilution. Plants grow like other Capsicum chinense superhots — long season, roughly 90–150 cm, full sun — and open-pollinated seed can still throw a hot off-type.
Backstory
A chance low-capsaicin mutation of the 7 Pot Primo, saved as a selection after grower Mark Wilkerson noticed a Primo plant that looked every bit like the million-SHU parent but yielded a heatless sauce. The parent pepper is Troy Primeaux's Naga Morich × Trinidad 7 Pot cross, begun at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette around 2005. Wilkerson shared pods with other growers and the sport has been kept through later generations. Seed is typically sold open-pollinated and is not fully stable, so a plant can still produce a hotter off-type.
Appearance
Growing
Heritage
Explore7 Pot Primo Heatless is a selection of 7 Pot Primo.
Mark Wilkerson
Sources
FAQ
- How hot is 7 Pot Primo Heatless?
- Capsi’s sourced range is 0–8,000 SHU (Vendor Claim). Capsi uses a sourced range and a trust tier, not a single marketing number. How we verify heat: https://web.thecapsi.app/learn/heat-and-capsaicin/how-we-measure-heat
- What does 7 Pot Primo Heatless taste like?
- Intensely fruity, floral, and citrusy Capsicum chinense flavor inherited from 7 Pot Primo, with a faint strawberry-like finish some tasters note. Heat is a brief tingle or absent, so the superhot aroma actually registers.
- How do I grow 7 Pot Primo Heatless?
- 7 Pot Primo Heatless: about 110 days to maturity, subtropical climate, full sun, hardiness zones 9-11.
- What can I substitute for 7 Pot Primo Heatless?
- Habanada Pepper, Trinidad Perfume, Ají Dulce