Ghost Chili
Saturday, March 10th, 2007
Last November, I read this article on BoingBoing about the crowning of a new capsasin king. At a 1,000,000 scoville units, the Bhut Jolokia from southern India is over 100 times hotter than any jalapeño. I soon found myself searching for seeds. The Bhut goes by several other names including “Ghost Chili” and “Poison Chili”.
It turns out that the New Mexico State University has a “Chile Pepper Institute” that sells the rare seeds. Priced at 10 seeds for $5, these things arn’t cheep. This is compounded by the fact that most articles stated that the seeds had a low germination rate. To be safe - I bought 20 seeds.
Come March, all 20 seeds had sprouted…
Not needing twenty plants, I gave most of the seedlings away. My parents planted 2 and a friend working on a farm south of Portland took the rest. Of course, I let everyone know about the possible potency of the final fruit.
» Some gardern photos | gabriel mcgovern (dot com) Says:
[...] are some photos that I took this morning. The first one is a baby Ghost Chili plant. The next two are a nightshade that I picked up at the nursery. Related to the tomato and [...]
gabrielmcgovern » Blog Archive » Pepper Envy Says:
[...] in March, I spoke about the the Ghost Chilies that I had planted. Like many peppers, these thrive best with a long, hot growing season. Unfortunately, this summer [...]
Sam Says:
That is one hot pepper!
gabrielm Says:
yeah