Superhot chiles

[catman529]

Who else is growing any type of superhot chili pepper?

I didn't do habaneros this year, but I've got a few Carolina Reaper and Giant Ghost Peppers. The giant ghost are just a bigger strain of the original Bhut Jolokia.

In the main patch, the plants are about 8-9 inches tall. 4 reapers and 2 ghost.

This small patch by the door has one Reaper that is growing big already. No fruit set, but they don't usually come in till later when the plant is much bigger. When small like this, almost all the flowers fall off.

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[Vermin93]

Do you cook up a lot of really hot dishes with them?

 

[catman529]

Do you cook up a lot of really hot dishes with them?

mostly deer jerky and hot chicken/turkey. Never tried the reapers, but been a big fan of ghost peppers, and heard that reapers have an even better flavor.


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[WTM]

nope dragon cayenne is the hottest i grow. i also like the flavor peter peppers when i can find plants, guess i will have to start from seed next year.

the guy that used to own the smokehouse bbq gave me some tips getting the heat level to the max in plants: dont weed them, dont overwater them and dont let them get cross pollinated. although not suppose to be, his peter peppers where twice as hot as my cayenne. i had some bell peppers that crossed with my bananna peppers one year, they looked like a cowbell so i called them cowbell peppers haha.

 

[Mike Belt]

I like the flavor of banana peppers but miss the spice. I alternate planting them in a row with hot peppers just to get the cross pollination and get the pepper I'm after.

 

[megalomaniac]

I've got 2 different strains of reapers... the first was from seeds from a plant that produced pods that were almost too hot to do anything with. It's about 2.5 feet tall already, just started setting fruits

I have 4 other reapers that are only 1.5ft tall (had to reset seeds since a wren made a nest on top of my initial plants in the greenhouse and killed them, so they got off to a later start ). These were from a second plant that had incredible flavor yet manageable heat (probably only 1.25 million on the scoville scale)

I've also got habaneros, they are loaded with fruit, but haven't changed colors yet


My Caribbean red hots are also loaded, but a smaller plant (but pods are a bit larger than the habaneros). Again, fruits haven't changed color yet, but should in the next week or so


I also have poblanos, jalapenos, chili's, and purple bell peppers growing out, but they aren't the super hots. For some reason I just don't care for the flavor of the ghost peppers. The reapers have MUCH better flavor.

For some reason, I just can't grow peppers in my garden. Something is lacking, plants struggle along, then finally just produce a few fruits at the end of the season. Perhaps it is because my garden spot isn't in full sun. In any case, I've had great success growing the plants in 5-40 gallon pots. They are all in a wad on the driveway, so I'll get a lot of cross pollination most likely between the capsacian chinense variants. This reminds me I need to repot several tomorrow and step them up in pot size.

Gonna make a LOT of hot sauce and pepper jelly this summer!

 

[WTM]

very nice mega, i remember your garden pics from a few years ago. if i remember your garden was ready to start picking about the time inwas just getting started lol.

i may try some of those reapers next year. are they called carolina reapers(the worlds hottest pepper)?

 

[megalomaniac]

yes, 'Carolina reapers' is the name. Pepper Joe's is probably the best place to buy seeds, although they aren't cheap.

I got my garden in late this year... mid April. Just started picking tomatoes about a week ago. Had I known our last freeze was going to be the first of March, I could have planted a month earlier and been picking tomatoes at the end of May!

But our 105-110 deg heat indicies are getting really tough on the plants, despite adequate rain thus far. The peppers don't seem to mind, tho!

 

[catman529]

First Carolina Reaper is set...

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