How to Grow Biquinho Yellow Chillies from Seed
Tiny golden teardrops with all the fruity, tropical flavour of a habanero and almost none of the heat. The chilli behind pickled Sweety Drops.
Biquinho means little beak in Portuguese, and one look at the pods explains it: tiny, glossy golden-yellow teardrops, each tapering to a neat point, hanging in their dozens from a tidy upright plant.
It is a Capsicum chinense, the same species as the habanero and Scotch bonnet, and it carries the whole fruity, smoky, tropical flavour of that family. At 500 to 1,000 Scoville units it has almost none of the heat: a whisper of warmth, then sweet, tangy fruit. If you have ever wanted habanero flavour without the burn, this is where to find it.
Species
Capsicum chinense
Heat
500 to 1,000 SHU, very mild
Sow
January to March
Harvest
August to October
Plant Height
60 to 90cm
Difficulty
Full growing method
Mild as it is, Biquinho grows exactly like a habanero: slow to start and hungry for warmth. Our Capsicum chinense guide covers sowing temperatures, potting on, feeding, pollination and problems step by step.
Read the Capsicum chinense guide →About this Variety
The fruit
Tiny, glossy golden teardrops with a pointed beak-like tip.
The flavour
Fruity, smoky and tropical, with only a whisper of warmth.
In the kitchen
Pickled in lightly sweetened brine, as in Brazil. They stay crunchy and are hard to stop eating.
Cropping
Sturdy and prolific: a healthy plant gives a hundred pods or more.
Sowing & Harvest Calendar
Being a chinense, it is slow to get going. Start it early, or you will be waiting on colour in October.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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| 🌱 Sow, heated | ||||||||||||
| 🪴 Final pots | ||||||||||||
| 🌶️ Harvest |
Variety Specifications
Habanero flavour without the burn
Sow early, grow it warm, and pickle bowlfuls of sweet, crunchy golden drops.
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