Hi all!
I've received seeds for this variety the past season from JungleRain around July and started them immediatly.
After overwintering a plant (and started another for backup
) i've finally harvested first pods, it was a long trip!
This was the description of this cross by Grant:
"this cross is amazing..the second it touches your lips there is an extreme stinging pain, like having your tongue cut with a knife, (seriously hot not the same as a superhot but just as painful)"
Let's start with some pics:
Flower:
Immature pod:
Maturing pod:
Harvested pods (2 different plants, looking pretty close):
Pods cut open:
When cut open the pod has a strong capsaicin smell but no real fruit/sweet/floral scent. Just a mild peppery.
I've taked a little slice, it has a sudden and upfront burn like putting a knife on your tongue. The funny thing is that, differently from other frutescens i've tried, the burn stays there for a while and does not fade quickly. It builds to a very good level with a little throat burn also.
I would say extremely hot but not superhot
The flavor is pretty "dry" / neutral so it surely works great for thai cooking (think of a thai pepper on steroids).
The plants grow very very strong (5-6 ft tall in big containers for me, very thick stem) and produce a lot but are a little slow to ripen.
Considering i'm very limited in space i don't know if i'm gonna growing it in the next years (until i move LOL).
All in all a very good cross if you, like me, don't like overpowering chinense taste/smell at all.
It reminds me a little of Lotah Bih flavor-wise but surely packs more punch and bigger pods.
My quest for non-chinense tasting superhots goes on!
Cya
Datil
I've received seeds for this variety the past season from JungleRain around July and started them immediatly.
After overwintering a plant (and started another for backup
) i've finally harvested first pods, it was a long trip!This was the description of this cross by Grant:
"this cross is amazing..the second it touches your lips there is an extreme stinging pain, like having your tongue cut with a knife, (seriously hot not the same as a superhot but just as painful)"
Let's start with some pics:
Flower:
Immature pod:
Maturing pod:
Harvested pods (2 different plants, looking pretty close):
Pods cut open:
When cut open the pod has a strong capsaicin smell but no real fruit/sweet/floral scent. Just a mild peppery.
I've taked a little slice, it has a sudden and upfront burn like putting a knife on your tongue. The funny thing is that, differently from other frutescens i've tried, the burn stays there for a while and does not fade quickly. It builds to a very good level with a little throat burn also.
I would say extremely hot but not superhot
The flavor is pretty "dry" / neutral so it surely works great for thai cooking (think of a thai pepper on steroids).
The plants grow very very strong (5-6 ft tall in big containers for me, very thick stem) and produce a lot but are a little slow to ripen.
Considering i'm very limited in space i don't know if i'm gonna growing it in the next years (until i move LOL).
All in all a very good cross if you, like me, don't like overpowering chinense taste/smell at all.
It reminds me a little of Lotah Bih flavor-wise but surely packs more punch and bigger pods.
My quest for non-chinense tasting superhots goes on!
Cya
Datil
