# Pickles Blood

Also known as Pickle's Blood, Pickles Blood Sport.
Species: Capsicum annuum.

Pickles Blood is a Capsicum annuum f2+ from North Carolina, United States. Capsi’s sourced range is 4,000–10,000 SHU (Vendor Claim). Flavor is smoky, fruity. Used for Pickling, fresh slicing, salsa, and ornamental pots.. Heat is a range, not a single marketing number.
About 1/3.2 the typical heat of a Capsi Jalapeño (31,902 SHU).

## Heat sources

- 4,000–8,000 SHU · Vendor Claim
  (2025) Red Dragon Seeds
  https://www.reddragonseeds.co.uk/shop/pickles-blood-chilli-seeds/

- 10,000 SHU · Vendor Claim
  Atlantic Pepper Seeds
  http://pepperseeds.ca/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=2892

## Heritage

F2+

Pickles Blood is an F2+ of Uchu Cream and Scarlett's Chili, still splitting and not yet a finished line.

Credit: Eric Knight · 2022

Parents:
- Uchu Cream (Not in Capsi yet)
- Scarlett's Chili (Not in Capsi yet)

Eric Knight’s 2022 videos name Uchu Cream as the seed parent and Scarlett's Chili as the pollen parent. Towns-End and Refining Fire catalogs repeat that pairing and credit Rich Blood for the F1 and Bryan Townshend for later selections.

## Page sources

- [Refining Fire / Super Hot Chiles listing with pedigree, pod size, height, and flavor notes](https://www.superhotchiles.com/product/pickles-blood-sport-pepper-seeds/)
- [Red Dragon Seeds listing with appearance, plant height, and vendor SHU range](https://www.reddragonseeds.co.uk/shop/pickles-blood-chilli-seeds/)
- [Texas Hot Peppers F4 listing describing purple-to-red pods on a variegated plant](https://texashotpeppers.net/products/pickles-blood-f4)
- [Towns-End Sport selection listing with cross credits and F6 seed](https://towns-endchiliandspice.com/products/pickles-blood-sport-pepper-seeds)
- [Atlantic Pepper Seeds listing with pickling use and vendor SHU figure](http://pepperseeds.ca/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=2892)
- [Eric Knight video naming the cross and dedicating it to Rich Blood and Jimmy Pickles](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ti2n5eIdgU)

## FAQ
### How hot is Pickles Blood?

Capsi’s sourced range is 4,000–10,000 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 Pickles Blood taste like?

Smoky and fruity, close to a jalapeño.

### How do I grow Pickles Blood?

Pickles Blood: subtropical climate, full sun.

### What can I substitute for Pickles Blood?

Fish Pepper, Jalapeño

Page: https://web.thecapsi.app/pepper/pickles-blood
Catalog: https://web.thecapsi.app/data