This is my second grow log of the year, because my over-a-year-old bhut jolokia - which is now a beautifully straggly small bush taking up a few square feet of patio sunlight - finally decided to stop sullenly shedding flowers and produced one ripe fruit with six seeds in it. My friend harvested that and all of the other chiles' fruit that ripened while I was out of town and put it in the fridge, which admittedly saved me from walking into an apartment full of rotting chiles and feasting insects but may have killed the seeds.
But I'm going to give them a chance to disprove that! I wrapped them in a damp paper towel and sealed them in a plastic container, and I'll check on them every few days and see what happens! I want more superhot chiles.
No seedling pictures yet, of course, but here's a picture of the unripe fruit - I failed to take a picture of the ripe red fruit before I ate the rind...
At least, I think this is a bhut jolokia. I ate the fruit raw and almost whole - aside from the seeds I'm trying to sprout, of course - without scorching my mouth, and the shape is odd, but a lot of my habaneros' first fruits also had a trial-run quality about them. I'm hoping that the plant produces more fruit for comparison.
But I'm going to give them a chance to disprove that! I wrapped them in a damp paper towel and sealed them in a plastic container, and I'll check on them every few days and see what happens! I want more superhot chiles.
No seedling pictures yet, of course, but here's a picture of the unripe fruit - I failed to take a picture of the ripe red fruit before I ate the rind...
At least, I think this is a bhut jolokia. I ate the fruit raw and almost whole - aside from the seeds I'm trying to sprout, of course - without scorching my mouth, and the shape is odd, but a lot of my habaneros' first fruits also had a trial-run quality about them. I'm hoping that the plant produces more fruit for comparison.
