Problem is, these new claims to the ‘Hottest Pepper in the World” have yet to back it up. You may have heard talk of this Dragon’s Breath pepper.
NOTE ABOUT PEPPER X AND DRAGON’S BREATH: In the past year, there have been a couple peppers claiming to be the newest “Hottest Pepper in the World”.
#Ghost vs reaper pepper how to
Want to know how to get your peppers tested? Check out how easy it is here. Originally developed by our head horticulturist Steve Bender, the California Reaper is a cross between the Carolina Reaper and Jays Peach Ghost Scorpion. Soak the seeds in hydrogen peroxide for a.
(27-32 C.), and the soil must be kept moist consistently. Seeds for ghost peppers take around 35 days to germinate in very warm soil between 80 and 90 degrees F. Scoville testing of any pepper is actually fairly easy and inexpensive. The surest way of growing ghost peppers is indoors or in a greenhouse where temperatures can be maintained at the 75 degrees F. The ghost pepper is not a true pepper since it is actually a fruit from the nightshade family. A ghost pepper is usually around 2,500 Scoville units while a Carolina reaper is around 5,000 Scoville units. Both are hot but the Carolina reaper is much hotter than the ghost pepper. There are so many, maybe too many, super-hot hybrids so official testing results are the only way to make sure. Ghost Peppers and Carolina Reapers are two different types of peppers. If you have official documents from a lab that has tested your latest hybrid pepper at a higher Scoville ranking than any of the peppers below, please feel free to send me the lab results and I will update the list. Many growers are continually working on creating the next world record holder. Being credited with creating the world’s next hottest pepper is a big deal and comes with fame in the chile community.