7 Pot Chaguanas

theghostpepperstore · May 25, 2013

This is my first year growing them. I have two plants, both have peppers beginning to ripen and the pods are bright yellow. Does anyone know if these go from green > yellow > red? I have seen pics of both colors, but I am fairly sure the pods I received last year were red. They were OP so it might also be a cross.

Pics tomorrow.

Nightshade · May 25, 2013

Talk to smokemaster he will know about this variety I remember him telling me about this just can't remember in detail what he said

Silver_Surfer · May 26, 2013

Mine went through a brief flash of Yellow before going red last year.

Growing them again this season if all goes well.

theghostpepperstore · May 26, 2013

Thanks SS. I think seeds came from your plants via another member, so that's very good info.

Here is one of the pods in question. It looks a bit smoother than SS's pods, but its early. The pod is huge, I am betting it tips the scale at around 25 grams.

7pot chaguanas by GhostPepperStore.com, on Flickr

Hammerfall · May 26, 2013

got one plant producing orange last year looking like a gorong but was more bumpy and 7pot lookalike.

might be a cross with a hab? anyway looks good

kepp up on this "strain"

scoville · May 28, 2013

I had red last year
<a href="http://s300.photobucket.com/user/scoville1/media/2012%20Peppers/GEDC0177.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn23/scoville1/2012%20Peppers/GEDC0177.jpg" border="0" alt="Red Chaguanas 7 photo GEDC0177.jpg"/></a>
and yellow
<a href="http://s300.photobucket.com/user/scoville1/media/2012%20Peppers/pods002.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn23/scoville1/2012%20Peppers/pods002.jpg" border="0" alt="Yellow Chaguanas 7 Pot photo pods002.jpg"/></a>
They were overwintered and recovering nicely.

theghostpepperstore · May 28, 2013

Mine definitely look more like your yellows, except much wider. They remind me of a smooth yellow brain strain, but are even bigger than the BS. The huge pod is fully yellow today, I am going to let it hang on until the end of the week and see if it starts going red, I dont think it is going to since it has a very uniform yellow color to it.

theghostpepperstore · May 30, 2013

So I finally broke down and ate this monster. I couldn't wait any longer, there are many more pods on the plants that I will let continue to ripen and see if they eventually turn red. It didn't end up weighing as much as I had hoped, 18 grams, which is nothing to complain about. Heat wasn't all that impressive, I finished half the pepper with my lunch. Taste was really nice, a bit of acid up front, nice floral finish, heat was dead center of the tongue.

7 pot Chaguana by GhostPepperStore.com, on Flickr

Chaguana interior by GhostPepperStore.com, on Flickr