5 of the same!

[Biscombe]

I'm confused here! Are Bhut Jolokia, Bih Jolokia, Naga Morich and Dorset Naga, Bhut Jolokia and Bih Jolokia the same? I'm growing all of the above!
Sorry If this is a daft question!

 

[macmanmatty]

I belive that the bhut and the bih might be the same. but I think that the dorest naga and naga morrich are differnt.

 

[POTAWIE]

The dorset naga was selectively bred from naga morich crop. The others likely all originated from the same species but evolved slightly different in seperate growing regions.

 

[Biscombe]

Brilliant! Potawie to the rescue again! thanks and sorry for soooo many questions!

 

[AlabamaJack]

Look at it like this....whether they are the same or not, you are going to have a bunch of down right fiery peppers...I am also growing the same as you....

 

[Biscombe]

Getting excited here!!

 

[AlabamaJack]

What zone in Spain are you? More direct question is when are you going to transplant outside?

 

[Biscombe]

No frost here yet, but can't risk putting them out until mid march. Still all little seedlings though, snug in my greenhouse!

 

[AlabamaJack]

I am in North Texas zone 7b and the planned planting date is 17-21 March so we will be planting relatively close to the same time...will be interesting to compare notes on this years NagaBhutDorsetBih pepper(s)...

 

[Biscombe]

Be too AJ! and the tomatoes! hope you get them soon

 

[cheezydemon]

I thought the Bhut jolokia was longer and thinner than a naga? More like a cayenne.

 

[POTAWIE]

Cheezy, you're thinking naga jolokia(pc-1, tezpur)

 

[Omri]

I thought the Bhut jolokia was longer and thinner than a naga? More like a cayenne.

Cheezy, you're thinking naga jolokia(pc-1, tezpur)

Yep, the Bhut Jolokia is not thinner, just bigger.

 

[imaguitargod]

There's so many opinions on this subject. Mine is that they are the same plant (yesturday CaJohn said so too).

 

[Omri]

Different size pods, different number of flowers per node and some even say different taste.
Doesn't seem like the same plant to me.

 

[Pam]

I agree with Potawie on this. There appears, from various reports, to be some genetic variability in these plants, and I suspect we'll see yet more new strains stabilized from the parent stock.

 

[GrumpyBear]

well by the end of this year we'll certainly be able to compare notes...

 

[shayneyasinski]

I see it like tomatoes ...
there are hundreds of types that I can get seed for and last year I grew 34 types and planted them in a long row to see what the differences were and there were some that you could pick out of the rest but most were the same .
a roma and a beefsteak are worlds apart but better boy and starfire are the same.
just like a hab compares to a jalapeno but there are 4 or 5 habs that come to mind that are almost the same