How hot is Foodarama Yellow Scotch Bonnet?

Capsi’s sourced range is 150,000–400,000 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

How do I grow Foodarama Yellow Scotch Bonnet?

Foodarama Yellow Scotch Bonnet: about 100 days to maturity, tropical climate, full sun, hardiness zones 9-11.

Foodarama Yellow Scotch Bonnet (Foodarama Yellow)

Also known as Foodarama Yellow · Scotch Bonnet Foodarama Yellow

Foodarama Yellow Scotch Bonnet is a Capsicum chinense cultivar from Houston, Texas, United States. Capsi’s sourced range is 150,000–400,000 SHU (Vendor Claim). Flavor is fruity, citrus, sweet. Used for jerk seasoning, hot sauce, salsa, dried powder. Heat is a range, not a single marketing number.

Foodarama Yellow Scotch Bonnet is a yellow-orange chinense from Houston with a sweet citrus flavor. The plants are tall and productive in a long warm season.

About 8.6 times a Capsi Jalapeño (31,902 SHU typical).

Growing

~100 days to maturity

Fruit size

3–5 cm

Flavor & Use

Sweet Scotch Bonnet aroma with citrus and a little tropical fruit, then a clean burn.

fruitycitrussweet

Culinary

jerk seasoninghot saucesalsadried powder

About

Ripe pods are wrinkled, about 4 to 5 cm across, and usually wider than they are long. Flavor is sweet and tropical with a citrus edge, then a hot chinense burn. Kitchen use is jerk paste, hot sauce, salsa, and a dried powder that keeps the aroma. Plants want full sun and a long warm season. In the ground they often top 120 cm. In a pot they stay shorter.

Backstory

Houston collector Beth Boyd, known as the Chile Queen, spotted yellow Scotch Bonnets at a Foodarama supermarket and grew out the best plants through her Peppermania seed list. She was already selling the strain by 2012 and died in 2014. A red sport circulates from the same line. The grocery chain is still open in Houston.

Appearance

ShapeBonnet

ColorGreen · Yellow · Yellow-orange

Size3–5 cm

WallMedium

SkinWrinkled

Growing

SunFull

WaterModerate

ClimateTropical

Days to maturity100 days

Plant height70–150 cm

Soil pH6–6.8

Germination7–21 days

Spacing45 cm

HardinessZones 9-11

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FAQ

How hot is Foodarama Yellow Scotch Bonnet?: Capsi’s sourced range is 150,000–400,000 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 Foodarama Yellow Scotch Bonnet taste like?: Sweet Scotch Bonnet aroma with citrus and a little tropical fruit, then a clean burn.
How do I grow Foodarama Yellow Scotch Bonnet?: Foodarama Yellow Scotch Bonnet: about 100 days to maturity, tropical climate, full sun, hardiness zones 9-11.
What can I substitute for Foodarama Yellow Scotch Bonnet?: Scotch Bonnet