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re: Anyone here tried growing Carolina Reapers?

Posted on 5/17/20 at 11:08 am to
Posted by gumbo2176
Member since May 2018
20362 posts
Posted on 5/17/20 at 11:08 am to
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I thought for a minute he needed to go to the hospital he was coughing so bad.


Same with my stepdaughter. I though she was going to cough up lung tissue she was coughing so violently.

Then I started wondering what's up with me since it really wasn't affecting me at all. Every year I probably process a couple thousand super hot peppers in one way or another, so I've gotten use to the potential side effects.
Posted by mouton
Savannah,Ga
Member since Aug 2006
28276 posts
Posted on 8/4/20 at 5:56 pm to
My Carolina Reaper is currently over 4 1/2 tall growing in a 16” container. Gave my buddy one when I got mine and his is smaller but surprisingly loaded with peppers. I’ve noticed mine is super heat and sun sensitive. I have to keep him in the shade of the porch. Ghosts are producing well. Anyone else growing superhots feel free to give updates.
Posted by fillmoregandt
OTM
Member since Nov 2009
14368 posts
Posted on 8/4/20 at 6:05 pm to
Love growing peppers. Currently have shishitos, Tabasco, Bell, and Carolina Reapers

Hot ones definitely come in later in the summer
Posted by Howyouluhdat
On Fleek St
Member since Jan 2015
9187 posts
Posted on 8/4/20 at 7:38 pm to
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I’ve noticed mine is super heat and sun sensitive.


Mine are the opposite. They love the heat, so do my habaneros, Super Chili’s, & chocolate ghost. One of my reapers is actually setting fruit in this hot weather but I do keep them mostly all in partial shade and water good every morning. It’s really too hot to put anything in full sun in the south LA summer.
Posted by X123F45
Member since Apr 2015
30000 posts
Posted on 8/5/20 at 6:53 am to
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would think one Carolina reaper would be enough for an entire pot, possibly to much.




Not at all.

Reaper peppers are about 20x hotter than Chinese red pepper. And I add a half a lb of that.

Reapers are just a different animal when eaten or put into smaller items.

But I carry a bottle of reaper squeezins in the car.

Spices up canes
Posted by thedrumdoctor
Gonzales,La
Member since Sep 2016
900 posts
Posted on 8/5/20 at 11:18 am to
I've been picking lemon drops, cayennes, and jalapenos all summer. I planted fataliis a little later than normal, and I'm still waiting on my first pepper from that one.
Posted by FalseProphet
Mecca
Member since Dec 2011
11723 posts
Posted on 8/5/20 at 5:34 pm to
This is my kind of thread. I have habaneros, chocolate habaneros, ghost peppers, caroline reaper, Trinidad moruga, and red savina.
Posted by 91TIGER
Lafayette
Member since Aug 2006
19626 posts
Posted on 8/5/20 at 5:40 pm to
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once you hit September and October the plant will explode and you'll have more peppers than you know what to do with.




take this guy's advice. i had over three gallon bags just from Sept until the freeze in Nov last year. i had even more Ghost peppers.
Posted by mouton
Savannah,Ga
Member since Aug 2006
28276 posts
Posted on 8/6/20 at 1:06 pm to
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But I carry a bottle of reaper squeezins


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