Carolina Reaper

balages74 · Jul 29, 2016

Hello,

Bought the seeds from a UK webshop as Carolina Reaper, but they dont quite look like CR to me. Any ideas if they are CR, or what kind of peppers if not?

thank you!

Malarky · Jul 29, 2016

Not a Reaper. ghost maybe?

Pepperhead1989 · Jul 29, 2016

Malarky said:
Not a Reaper. ghost maybe?

Definitely not a reaper as its already too long. Almost looks like a habanero cross whit what I'm not sure

balages74 · Jul 29, 2016

Thanks for the answers guys

It would be nice to at least know what it might be...
Note to self: never buy from http://ukchilliseeds.co.uk/ again.

peppamang · Jul 29, 2016

Looks like some type of ghost possibly crossed with something. Next season someone will surely give you some REAL reaper seeds. If you remember, PM me! I'll send you a few.

balages74 · Jul 29, 2016

Thanks a LOT.
Also added a video to show the leaves etc:

lionbeat · Jul 29, 2016

Maybe that's the Mouruglah F2 they've got listed on the website (Trinidad Moruga Scorpion x Naglah).

balages74 · Jul 30, 2016

Yea, it might be, looks quite similar, thank you!

Chilidude · Jul 30, 2016

Based on the looks of the pods, there is a high change they will be lethal hot things..Maybe the taste will also be good, so it not all a waste.

balages74 · Jul 30, 2016

Yea they look nice and might be very hot based on the looks

On the other hand, I really wanted CR for the looks this year

will need to find 100% reliable source for the next season.
And also it bugs me that I dont know what it is despite the helpful posts of you guys.

balages74 · Aug 1, 2016

Tried the 1st one of them today

Unfortunately, this is the 1st time I ever tried a superhot, so nothing to compare to. But tried to be cautious, so I did only cut a slice not much thicker than the knife itself. Then started to eat it, and within a second or 2 felt my tongue started to burn, followed by my throat right after

My head and neck started to sweat like hell followed by a runny nose ofcourse. Otherwise it had a lovely sweet, fruity taste, I love it. It has a very strong "hot pepper" scent, noticable from 2 metres away...Will keep for next year for sure even if it's not CR

balages74 · Aug 2, 2016

After the 1st one being orange'ish, the 2nd one turned to red (the orange dot on the picture is only sunshine). Wondering if it could be still Moruglah or something else.

az1000 · Aug 2, 2016

Looks like a Bhut Jolokia

spicefreak · Aug 2, 2016

balages74 said:
Tried the 1st one of them today
Unfortunately, this is the 1st time I ever tried a superhot, so nothing to compare to. But tried to be cautious, so I did only cut a slice not much thicker than the knife itself. Then started to eat it, and within a second or 2 felt my tongue started to burn, followed by my throat right after My head and neck started to sweat like hell followed by a runny nose ofcourse. Otherwise it had a lovely sweet, fruity taste, I love it. It has a very strong "hot pepper" scent, noticable from 2 metres away...Will keep for next year for sure even if it's not CR

Try drying them in future. I find the lack of flowing juice tames the experience and lets you get a better idea of flavour, even if there are some small changes to it in the process.

Ragnar · Aug 2, 2016

Most likely an unintentional cross :party:

balages74 · Aug 3, 2016

Thanks for the idea, will do

Contacted the vendor chilli wizard with my experiences a few days ago btw, they didnt even reply...