Seeds Chili Ghost Pepper Bhut Jolokia (Capsicum chinense)

Chili - "Ghost Pepper" / Bhut Jolokia / 10 seeds

(Capsicum chinense)

Probably the hottest chili pepper in the world!

Variety description: This chili from India (Assam) is considered to be probably the hottest chili in the world with a Scoville index of 1,000,000 and a spiciness level of 10++ and even made it into the Guinness Book of Records. In any case, you should handle these fruits very carefully. The orange or red ripe chili peppers are 6-8.5 cm long.

The perennial nightshade plant grows bushy, reaches a height of around 45-100 cm and produces numerous white flowers from June to September, from which the "infernally hot" fruits develop. It takes around 100-140 days for them to ripen... a fairly long ripening time. As soon as the pods are slightly shriveled, they can be harvested. The pods of the Bhut Jolokia have a fruity aroma and a light citrus note. The walls of the fruit are particularly thin and therefore the pods can be dried and ground into chili powder. The chili is also suitable for sauces when preserved in oil. But please be extremely careful with the dosage!

Give the young plants suitable fertilizer as early as the beginning of May. Special tomato and pepper fertilizer has a long-term effect and can be easily worked into the nutrient-rich soil. The location should be bright to sunny and warm. The more sunlight the plants get, the better they thrive - 5 hours of sun per day is ideal, but this might be difficult here. Water them generously and the water temperature should not be below 14°C. At night the temperature should not fall below 12°C. Chili plants always look neat and become even more beautiful when the fruits turn from green to red in late summer/early autumn or decorate the balcony or terrace in yellow or dark purple. Then the harvest takes place and you can use this versatile species. Enjoy your meal - if possible!

Before sowing, moisten the soil, sprinkle seeds on it, cover it very thinly and press it down lightly. At 20°-26°C the seeds germinate after 8-14 days. You can also just press the seeds onto the soil, as they are light germinators.

The germination rate is around 85% and only decreases very slowly.