Due to the nature of this product, it is non-returnable and non-refundable.Make sure the pot has proper drainage if you are planting in a container. Over watering may cause rotting of roots.Insufficient light and ventilation may cause plant to wilt or develop poorly.Remove the center bud when the plant reaches 3.5 inches (10 cm) high to stimulate branching. ![]() You may plant seeds anyplace where there is enough sunlight and warmth (in a planting pot or in ground.).Without enough sunlight, growth may become slow and plant may wither.Best temperatures for growing are 77-95 F (25-35 C).You will receive ten (10) seeds with this order. It started out as a hybrid of the ghost chili (bhut jolokia) and red habanero, and averages a 1,569,300 on the Scoville scale with peak levels of over 2,200,000 Scoville Heat Units (SHU). ![]() As of 2012, this is the world’s hottest pepper. Coir might be a different story, I will find out this year.The Carolina Reaper was cultivated by Ed Currie in Fort Mill, South Carolina. Try growing these in a 3 gallon pot with normal soil and I doubt you'd get more than a handful of pods. I'm sure I would have had a lot more fruit. That 20 gallon tub would have been better suited to one of those plants instead of two. My experiences were also very similar when growing habaneros about 10-12 years back - they are slow and they really take their time getting ready. It's not a crapshoot, imo, it's a patience game. It was about middle of October when I finally pulled all the pods and even then set them to ripen for a week or so in a basket near the window. Wasn't until the tub had been in the house without water and only indirect light for a month before they finally flipped to orange and then red. It didn't actually start fruiting real heavy until late August and then pods grew to full size but just stayed green forever. The reaper was funny because it grew a few early pods and then no activity for a solid month. I didn't count but I do pretty much remember that we pulled about 50 ripe pods off the reaper and about 80 or so off the scotch bonnet. Pots start out green and ripen to Red and some pots. I bet by the 29th of May, they will be pretty near to the size of those I bought last year. Plants grow best in pots here in Canada or in Tunnels/ greenhouse. I started my seeds on 27th of March and they are under lights now. ![]() I am growing seeds produced by both of those now, so it will definitely be a cross since they are both chinense and grew right next to each other with the bees pollinating them. ![]() The reaper is certainly way hotter than anything I've tried before, definitely need to use it in moderation. I had to withhold water for over a month to get them to actually ripen. It and the bonnet produced tons of pods and I had to bring the tub inside during mid-September to finish ripening. 66 days later on August 4th, I pulled 5 ripe pods off the reaper. Matures70 to 75 days after planting Fruit Size2 to 3 Inches Long Plant Spacing24 to 36 inches apart Plant HeightTall (48+) Planting TimeSpring, Summer. These plants grew to a massive size real fast, I was constantly trimming them so that air could circulate. The bigger one is a reaper and the smaller one a chocolate scotch bonnet - growing inside a 20 gallon tub with regular bagged garden soil amended with chickenshit and blood meal. I took this photo on 29th of May last year when I had just bought these from a garden store.
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