Carolina Reaper
Variety
Carolina Reaper
Approved Data
created by SaschRo81 at 26.01.2021
Features
Color
red
Growth habit
growth habit: half-high
Cultivation Break
4 Years
Season Overview
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Planting
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Description
Since November 2013, 'Carolina Reaper' holds the world record for the hottest chili. The variety was bred by chili breeder Ed Currie of the PuckerButt Pepper Company in South Carolina (USA). The term "Grim Reaper" means "Grim Reaper" in English, and this variety is also almost deadly hot. Even spicy lovers should not eat a whole pod at once (and according to the breeder, only in company). Those unaccustomed to spiciness had better not attempt it. The average values tested by the Chile Pepper Institute were 1,569,300 Scoville units, with individual specimens reaching a whopping 2.2 million SHU. The plant grows bushy and grows up to 90 cm/35.4 in tall. The fruits ripen from green to orange to red, have a distinctive pointed spine and an uneven surface. The flavor is aromatic, fruity-sweet with cherry-chocolate notes, a hint of citrus and, of course, extremely spicy. They are hardly suitable for eating pure, but for making chili sauce, drying, pickling or freezing.
Non hybrid
Not frost resistant
Growing tips
No growing tips available for this plant.
Details
Light requirement
Sunny
Water requirement
Moist
Soil
Light (sandy)
Nutrient requirement
High
Germination temperature
28 °C (Degrees Celsius)
Plant distance
45 cm
Row spacing
60 cm
Seeding depth
1 cm
Companion Plants
Basil
Bean (Dwarf bean)
Borage
Carrots
Chard
Common marigold
Garlic
Lavender
Lettuce (Common chicory)
Lettuce (Endive / Escarole / Erisée)
Lettuce (Lamb's lettuce)
Lettuce (Lettuce)
Lettuce (Radicchio / Italian chicory)
Lettuce (Sugar loaf)
Onion
Onion (Spring onion)
Oregano
Parsley
Savory
Spinach (Summer)
Spinach (Winter)
Tagetes / Marigolds
Thyme
Antagonistic Plants
Abyssinian cabbage / Ethiopian mustard
Aubergine / Eggplant
Broccoli raab / Stem cabbage / Cima di rapa
Brussels sprouts
Cabbage (Pointed cabbage)
Cabbage (red cabbage)
Celery (Celeriac / Celery root)
Celery (Celery)
Chinese kale - Kai-lan / Chinese broccoli
Collard greens
Collard greens (Kale)
Collard greens (Tuscan kale / Dinosaur kale / Palm tree kale)
Corn / Maize
Courgette / Zucchini
Cucumber (Caigua)
Fennel
Florence fennel / Finocchio
Garden squash - Patisson / UFO squash
Hair cucumbers / snake gourds
Melon (Sugar melon)
Melon (Watermelon)
Napa cabbage / Chinese cabbage
Nightshades (Other)
Ornamental pumpkin
Pepper / Paprika
Potato
Pumpkin / Squash
Rapeseed
Rapeseed - Sheer cabbage / Siberian cabbage
Rapini / Broccoli rabe
Rutabaga / Swedish turnip
Turnip
Turnip greens - Tatsoi
Turnips - Oilseed turnips
Turnips - Wild turnips
Vegetable cabbage - Forage cabbage
Vegetable cabbage - Ribbed cabbage / Portuguese cabbage
Vegetable cabbage - wild cabbage / ancient cabbage
Yalta tomatoes
Diseases
Root Rot
Downy mildew
Powdery mildews
Blossomrot
Early blight of potato
Black spot of roses
Red spot disease
Grey mold
Pests
Thrips
Spider mites
Aphids
White fly
