Is this for real?

[dragon49]

Another new hottest Pepper claim:
 
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/food/article-2848946/Gardener-grows-UK-s-hottest-chillies-SHOUTING-plants.html
 
Is this for real?  Can somebody confirm this?

 

[Devil Created Pods]

oh my.... shouting at the plants and trying to be a predator? LMAO!! thats fucked up in the head, the only thing is denying a plant water which makes the pods hotter

 

[MeatHead1313]

Only claim I saw was hottest pepper grown in the UK. Not another world's hottest claim.

 

[teguh]

7 Pot Katie and 7 Pot Luciy?

 

[John1234]

Got to love those British smiles...
 
 
 
and admire his efforts

 

[saugapepper]

It's the Daily Mail... for those of you who don't know... should be taken with a grain of salt.

 

[dragon49]

Only claim I saw was hottest pepper grown in the UK. Not another world's hottest claim.

I must stand corrected - good catch.

 

[Grass Snake]

I know an old guy from El Salvador who told me he would scream at his plants when they weren't growing or producing. He would also embarrass them, a fruit tree for example, he would hang old shoes and just random crap from the branches to bring shame to the tree. He swears it works and plants have feelings. I thought he was crazy but seeing this makes me wonder.  

 

[saugapepper]

Daily Mail, Daily Mail, Daily Mail.... c'mon!!!!!!! It's barely a step up from rags you read at the grocery store check-out.

 

[hottoddy]

Interesting. The article says "Katie" and "Lucy" were originally developed by his friend in the UK. Sounds like this was "nickdu" on this forum. Check out his post about Lucy and Katie from 9/2013: 
http://thehotpepper.com/topic/41883-lucy/?hl=lucy
 
These are both essentially the same cross, grown out both ways (reversing the parenting). Originally, Lucy tested much hotter than Katie - but that was an earlier generation and before that guy started biting and yelling at them Yet another pepper that approaches the 1.5 million mark. I've had the Lucy and it was indeed HOT!

 

[Sluggy]

Mr Simpson was tempted to get someone from the Army to shout at the plants but decided otherwise, saying 'that would have been embarrassing'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/food/article-2848946/Gardener-grows-UK-s-hottest-chillies-SHOUTING-plants.html

 

 

[Lucky Dog Hot Sauce]

Bad science is embarassing.

 

[Grass Snake]

Bad science is embarassing.

Its not bad science its been long studied the effects of sound waves and plant growth. Ever heard of people playing music or talking to their plants? It is believed that music and talking to plants can simulate sound waves that plants are exposed to in nature when there is rain, thunder and lighting.   

 

[muskymojo]

Smoke another one.
 

 
 

 
 
I'm kidding, but really?

 

[Grass Snake]

That really grinds my gears, when your trying to sound smart and the next post is a bong hit.

 

[muskymojo]

Bwahahahaha...
 
Sorry....
 

 

[The Hot Pepper]

I didn't know Ted the FBI was growing now.

 

[wildseed57]

The last time I talked to my peppers I was off my meds, I have run various Stress test just to see if it would produce hotter peppers, less water, striping the leaves and tiping the plant over so that most of the limbs would have to bend and grow upwards. While it does tend to make the pods hotter, its just a environment factor so the plants would not carry this change over to the next generation unless you did it for several generations to the seedlings of the original plants, then it might cause some genetic changes one drawback I found was some of the stressed plants had less pods even though what pods I did get were much hotter to a degree.