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On top of Brush Mountain, Pa.

Apparently there is a new kid in town known as the Carolina Reaper. This pepper is now being called the "King of Hot," hotter than the hottest. Trinadad Scorpion aka The Ghost takes a second place. Anyone have any experience with or growing any of these now or in the future? What was your experience with these hotties? I know Iceman is into "hotties." Iceman sent me some seeds last year which did not do well for me and was later, on the way back from Vegas, overheard mumbling something about Las Vegas hotties. Are these a new kind of pepper as well? Iceman, do you have seeds from any of these?

1/16/2013 9:59:55 AM

canal winchester ohio

Marv the trinidad scorpian isn't the Ghost. The Trinidad scorpian has been tested for a average 1,500,000 scovilles. The Ghost ( bhut jolokia) comes in on average 1,000,000 scovilles. I know the pepper your talking about has been said to come in at 1,500,000 scovilles but I don't think there has been testing done on it yet like the previous 2 . You could probably grow the Carolina or Trinidad to near 2,000,000 with proper water manipulation but to determine the actual scoville unit it is tested in a wide variety of methods to get the average.

1/16/2013 10:13:36 AM

canal winchester ohio

How long did you give the ones you tried last year to sprout? It can take as long as 3 weeks for the Bhut Jolokia to germinate.

1/16/2013 10:15:05 AM

Little-TON - Colorado

I had probZ with mine germinatingZ too...MarvZ C we R alike! Mine went over 3 weekZ on heating padZ

I know we will have some great HOT geneticZ pepper seedZ in the RMGVG Auction...coming up Jan 25. Sorry to steel your post MarvZ... but the bhut jolokia croZZES in our rmgvg auction, Todd iZ donating......iZ going 2 B 1 HOTTIEzzzz....

1/16/2013 10:33:41 AM

Sourthern Utah

I have 4 trinidad scorpion,, pepper plants growing at the moment, they took 22 to 27 days to pop in the germ station,, at 92 degress, they are 3 weeks old now ,, with the 3rd true leaf coming on,, aint sure the scoville unit on them,, but have been told they hot,hot,, this is mt 2nd yr at growing peppers,, still learning,, lol

1/16/2013 10:46:47 AM

Little-TON - Colorado

Curt, did you have to use tweeZerZ to handle the seedZ?

1/16/2013 11:19:41 AM

canal winchester ohio

You have to use tweezers to handle your seeds....LMFAO!!!!

1/16/2013 11:50:07 AM

canal winchester ohio

you threw a big softball up there wizzy

1/16/2013 11:50:46 AM

Little-TON - Colorado

It'Z too hotZ to handle Huff!

1/16/2013 12:19:41 PM

Sourthern Utah

no i didnt use tweezerz,, lol,, but i washed my hands before i scratched my nose

1/16/2013 12:29:46 PM

Manchester, TN

I messed up and let my 3 year old help me put my pepper seeds in the germinator a couple weeks ago. A few minutes after we were done, he came running back to me saying his tongue hurt. It took a minute, but then realized he was eating crackers,and licked his fingers. I had seeds last year (hot cherry) that I had given up on at 35 days, sprout after I quit watching.

1/16/2013 12:37:30 PM

canal winchester ohio

Wiz, I didn't mean your pepper seeds...ooohhhhhhh

1/16/2013 1:36:31 PM

Little-TON - Colorado

....and I didntZ either HuffZ...lol

1/16/2013 1:38:35 PM

On top of Brush Mountain, Pa.

The seeds I got last year and killed were from Iceman and I believe he said that they came from a cross between Butch T Trinidad Scorpion and a 7 Pot pepper. These are all very hot. I guess when you get to a certain point it no longer matters. Habenaro peppers are around 850,000 Scoville units and that was to me always a really hot pepper. These others can be as high as 1.5 million units depending on growing techniques and Carolina Reaper may or may not be even hotter. All of these peppers apparently burn both coming and going.

1/16/2013 2:20:53 PM

canal winchester ohio

I've only heard of a couple habenero peppers that even topped 300,000

1/16/2013 2:26:31 PM

canal winchester ohio

I damn near killed a guy at work once with habeneros. I grew two plants on opposite ends of the garden and did the watering technique of each differently. Basically one plant produced peppers that were as hot as a jalapeno & the other produced the hottest habeneros I had ever grown. Well when I took some to work I pulled the stems off the cooler habs & left the stems on the inferno habs. I was eating the cool ones basically like candy & a couple of guys told me that if I could do it then they could as well. I reached in the bag and pulled out 3 habs for each of them with the stems on and told them to down all 3 in a minute.
They did....WOW!!! it was funny as hell....LOL
p.s. I never told them the truth

1/16/2013 2:45:31 PM

Upa Creek, MO

Dumb question, but what do people do with these hot peppers if you can't eat them?

1/16/2013 3:11:42 PM

canal winchester ohio

I dry them to grind. I make homemade bug pepper spray & a couple of times a year I'll eat one for the rush it gives you

1/16/2013 3:21:36 PM

Upa Creek, MO

Thanks. I'm a wuss when it comes to hot food, but that bug spray would probably be nice when camping or put some outside the tent to keep critters away. Maybe sprinkle some around the compost pile to keep the dogs from digging.

1/16/2013 3:34:00 PM

canal winchester ohio

OR you can use the spray on the bathroom door handle of a guy who really ticked you off

1/16/2013 3:42:29 PM

Upa Creek, MO

lmao

1/16/2013 4:16:00 PM

Little-TON - Colorado

Itz voleZ repellant, rabbitZ repellantZ, and ElKz love it too.....!

1/16/2013 4:22:35 PM

Little-TON - Colorado

BiZ eatZem like Candy....

1/16/2013 4:23:01 PM

Roselle, IL [email protected]

I ordered some reapers from Joe. http://www.pepperjoe.com/
Grew the Trinidad Scorpion last year.. Hottest I ever grew.
Cant wait to try the reaper. The Mexican guys that work for me make a pepper mash. They make the best homemade HOT tamales!

1/17/2013 9:13:25 AM