How hot is KS Starracha Bleeding?

Capsi’s sourced range is 200,000–400,000 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 KS Starracha Bleeding?

KS Starracha Bleeding: about 95 days to maturity, subtropical climate, full sun, hardiness zones 9-11.

KS Starracha Bleeding (Starracha Bleeding)

Also known as Starracha Bleeding

KS Starracha Bleeding is a Capsicum chinense cultivar from Fannin County, United States. Capsi’s sourced range is 200,000–400,000 SHU (Vendor Claim). Flavor is fruity, bright. Used for Fresh sauces, salsas, and cooked dishes that want habanero fruit.. Heat is a range, not a single marketing number.

KS Starracha Bleeding is a red, squat pumpkin-shaped chinense sold as an off-type from Khang Starr's Starracha Pumpkin line. Ripe pods keep a glossy lantern shape and a calyx that stains red where the stem meets the fruit.

About 9.4 times a Capsi Jalapeño (31,902 SHU typical).

Growing

~95 days to maturity

Flavor & Use

Fruity habanero flavor with a bright finish that works in sauces.

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Culinary

Fresh saucessalsasand cooked dishes that want habanero fruit.

About

Pods are short and pumpkin-like, ripening from green to a deep red with glossy skin. The calyx often bleeds red into the stem, though sellers warn that shape and that stain can shift from plant to plant. Flavor is fruity and bright in the habanero style, useful in fresh sauces and salsas. Start seed indoors well before last frost and give the plants full sun and steady warmth.

Backstory

Khang Starr, a North Texas grower behind the KS series, worked the Starracha Pumpkin line in the late 2010s. Seed shops later isolated a red-ripening off-type with a bleeding calyx and sold it under this name. Listings still call the line unstable, so saved seed may not hold color or the stain.

Appearance

ShapePumpkin

ColorGreen · Red

WallMedium

SkinGlossy

Growing

SunFull

WaterModerate

ClimateSubtropical

Days to maturity95 days

Plant height105 cm

Soil pH6–6.8

Germination7–21 days

Spacing60 cm

HardinessZones 9-11

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FAQ

How hot is KS Starracha Bleeding?: Capsi’s sourced range is 200,000–400,000 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 KS Starracha Bleeding taste like?: Fruity habanero flavor with a bright finish that works in sauces.
How do I grow KS Starracha Bleeding?: KS Starracha Bleeding: about 95 days to maturity, subtropical climate, full sun, hardiness zones 9-11.
What can I substitute for KS Starracha Bleeding?: Orange Habanero, Scotch Bonnet