Confirm scorpion?

chiefmanywrenches · Apr 29, 2015

I purchased this plant as a tiny little fella at the end of last growing season. I kept it alive over winter and in the past month or two it has really taken off and nearly doubled in size. It started flowering a couple weeks ago and pods have started to develop. The nursery I purchased it from had it labeled simply as "Scorpion". I was very excited to see this so I snagged it. Now that pods are starting to develop to my untrained eye it looks like it is what it said but which one? Any insight?

SL3 · Apr 29, 2015

Too early yet for me to guess. Give it some time for the pods to fully develop.

juanitos · Apr 29, 2015

that pod with a tail looks promising, but yeah dunno

chiefmanywrenches · Apr 29, 2015

We will find out soon enough, they are growing very quickly. Most pods will likely get smoked at a low heat and then dehydrated for powder. I do have a couple idiot friends with the attitude of "how hot can it really be" so they are in for a surprise.

LUCKYDOG · Apr 30, 2015

Look like it

moruga welder · Apr 30, 2015

juanitos said:
that pod with a tail looks promising, but yeah dunno

+ 1

AJ Drew · May 1, 2015

I can not tell yet. But wanted to share that someone up here in KY told me just today that she purchased scorpion and ghost pepper plants from a local nursery. I asked what kind and her jaw went slack. Neat that the super hots are becoming more available but kind of odd that professional nurseries would not label more accurately.

jedisushi06 · May 1, 2015

too small to tell, ask when the pods ripen

chiefmanywrenches · May 6, 2015

Here is the same pepper a week later:

This one is on the same plant:

chiefmanywrenches · May 20, 2015

They are getting bigger. How long until they start to turn colors?

SavinaRed · May 20, 2015

Looks like the real deal to me

JoynersHotPeppers · May 20, 2015

I'd say a week or more still til they begin to change - supers take aaaaaaaaaaaaaa loooooooooooooooooong time

SentencedToBurn · May 20, 2015

Yeah dude that one with a tail looks like your standard issue moruga. Normally they take 6-7 weeks from fruiting to ripening so a few weeks still i reckon.

Buzzman19 · May 21, 2015

chiefmanywrenches said:
This one is on the same plant:

I grew a Regular Scorpion plant last year and it threw only these type of pheno pods. They were still very hot and of course had the classic Scorpion taste and smell.

I also grew Butch-T Scorpions and they almost threw every pod wit a tail and quite a bit more heat comparatively. But I am trying it again this year, growing 8 Butch-T's and one Scorpion plant just to compare again.

chiefmanywrenches · Jun 4, 2015

Finally starting to get some color change.

KingLeerUK · Jun 4, 2015

That one should be ripe in about a week.

chiefmanywrenches · Jun 11, 2015

SavinaRed · Jun 11, 2015

Give it the taste test and see, just eat the whole pepper !

chiefmanywrenches · Jun 11, 2015

SavinaRed said:
Give it the taste test and see, just eat the whole pepper !

Yeah, I am going to go with no on that one. I do want to taste it since I am a glutton for punishment but probably only a small piece.