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The Infamous White Ghost (Bhut Jolokia White)

Matt50680

Matt50680

So I got these seeds from a member waaaaay last year and they are mothers to germinate, I only got 3 out of 12 to come up and out of those 3 only 1 survived, so I stuck it into the hydro bucket. It grew good and full but wouldnt set pods, dropped flowers constantly. I got so mad at it I trimmed it back to the main branch and trimmed all the roots back off the netpot.

Now here we are again 3 months later and it has recovered from my temper tantrum and is growing nice thick white roots into the water and the leaves are full...

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It is now under a 150w HPS light and I FINALLY got it to set a couple pods. They are mostly so small I cant get a very good picture of them but here is the largest of them. Please excuse the quality, the flash wont go off under the HPS and its quite bright...
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I massacred it, literally and I was suprised it even lived. I took EVERYTHING off it just left about an inch of stem after the main split, no leaves at all. The main stem is about the size of a Big Crayola (for the real little kids). Now if it just keeps growing and the pod matures, we will see if the seed grew true or not.
 
Matt50680 said:
I massacred it, literally and I was suprised it even lived. I took EVERYTHING off it just left about an inch of stem after the main split, no leaves at all. The main stem is about the size of a Big Crayola (for the real little kids). Now if it just keeps growing and the pod matures, we will see if the seed grew true or not.
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I did the same thing to a ButchT plant that had bad fert burn last year. I chopped it down to a Y twig. The new growth expoded after I potted it up and it grew bushier and healthier then the older bigger ButchT I was growing. I hope all goes well for you as your plant responded well to its haircut.
 
Does anybody have a pic of a ripe white bhut? I have yet to see one other than Patrick's which isn't a white bhut at all ;)

Mine all turned red and look nothing like a bhut :rolleyes:
 
romy6 said:
Does anybody have a pic of a ripe white bhut? I have yet to see one other than Patrick's which isn't a white bhut at all ;)

Mine all turned red and look nothing like a bhut :rolleyes:
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Judy sells the seeds for them and I've had the privilege of trying them. They aren't pimply like red and yellow bhuts but they are in the ballpark for heat. I say ballpark because they aren't quite as hot, but do pack a bit of a punch. Taste is similar but quite mild.

Check her page: http://pepperlover.c...uemart&Itemid=1

I bought seeds last monthbut decided that I didn't have enough time to germ them and have them be productive for this year. Will do so next year.
 
I am currently growing 2 white bhuts from pepperlover.com. Had great germ rates with em and i plan to prune both. Right now they have about 4-5 sets of new leaves so im going to wait alittle while before pruning.
 
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