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Ghost Pepper plants
Shopping for super hot Ghost pepper plants? Bhut Jolokia Pepper Plant - rough/wrinkled skin ( Ghost Pepper ) is also know as Bih jolokia, Nagahari, Raja Mircha, Raja chilli or Borbih jolokia. A hybrid chile from India. In 2007, Guinness World Records
certified the Ghost pepper as the world's hottest chili pepper. When
ripe, the Bhut Jolokia pepper has a red or orange color and measures 2.5
in. to 3.5 in. long and about 1 in. wide. The word
Bhut,
given from the Bhutias people, means “ghost” and was probably given the
name ghost pepper because of the way the heat sneaks up on the one who
eats it. Recent tests indicating a heat level at 1,041,427 Scoville Heat
Units.
The
capsaicin intensity changes significantly from fresh to dried. The fresh
packs the highest pungency with 1 million Scoville units, whereas the
powdered can fall to roughly around 750,000 to 900,000 Scoville units.
Growing The Extremely Hot Bhut Jolokia / Ghost Pepper Plant.
The Ghost pepper plant can be grown both
in a container or in the ground. Many growers of this extremely super-hot
pepper like best growing it in a container of least 5 gallons or more. One of
the advantages to growing in a container is that the Ghost pepper plant grows
slow and takes quite some time to produce peppers. So, with this slow producing
pepper plant if you live in a area with a short growing season the plants can
be more easily protected from frost or cold weather. Even though the Ghost
pepper is slow to produce when it does it is a fairly heavy producer. The Bhut
Jolokia plant will produce between 20 to 30 peppers when fully grown and
sometime up to 45 or more.
Ghost Chiles grow best in full sun
and with day temperatures at least 70 F and night temperatures of no lower than
50 F. Always remember when shopping and buying online pepper plants like the
Ghost pepper from Piedmont Farm Garden to open box upon arrival, unwrap plants
and accumulate plant for a few days. In some cases, it may be a long journey
form South Carolina in a dark box so acclimating your Reaper plants will help
them get a healthy start. Ghost pepper plants grow best in soils with a pH
around 6.5.
Pepper plants grow best in a soil
that is heavy in organic matter. If you are fortunate enough to live
within driving distance of Piedmont Farm and Garden, located in Spartanburg
South Carolina we sell bulk mushroom compost direct from Pennsylvania’s Amish
country. This compost is made up of a rich, dark, and moist mixture of wheat
straw, peat moss, cottonseed meal, cottonseed hulls, corncobs, cocoa bean
shells, gypsum, lime, chicken litter and horse stable bedding. If similar product
is not available, most reputable garden centers (not box stores) should carry
peat moss, cow/poultry manure, vermiculite, perlite, mushroom compost, or pine
bark mulch.
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Ghost pepper plants 
