Hey everyone, not much beats homesteading/gardening/offgridding, most of you that follow me know this much about me. One of my favourite things to grow are chilli's and grow them I do, MANY!
I am known as the Chilli 'Guru' on a Facebook page, we really do have a few laughs there check out that page here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2156267434646372/?fref=nf
I have many chilli plants, probably around 15 different species. I ordered the seeds from all over the world as well as got from mates, clients and more. I have been planting them from mid winter and now I am lucky enough to have them all fruiting so nice.
As far as myself been a chilli 'guru' goes, I am anything but that. Doctor Green-Finger more so, but in terms of growing plants I am pretty good I am told!
Saying that I can literally identify maybe 3-4 of these gorgeous fruit, why they are called fruit, they have seeds apparently everything with seeds are, they are certainly not sweet though ;) These pics from the ones that I can identify are Carolina Reapers (my favourite), Cayenes, Car Bomb Chilli and Habanero's. Anybody's guess what the rest are?
I make an excellent chilli sauce around once every 2 weeks, the recipe is simple and delicious. Pick the chilli's, wash them, put in a 750ml blender, add 300ml olive oil, Mince for a minute, done deal. Fastest best chilli recipe ever :P
As per www.wikipedia.org: The Carolina Reaper is a cultivar of the Capsicum chinense plant.[1] Developed by South Carolina breeder Ed Currie, the pepper is red and gnarled, with a bumpy texture and small pointed tail. In 2013, Guinness World Records declared it the hottest chili pepper in the world, surpassing the previous record holder, the Trinidad Scorpion "Butch T".[2] Other varieties may be spicier, such as Dragon's Breath or Pepper X but are not officially confirmed with a Scoville scale higher than the Carolina Reaper.
The sensory heat or pungency detected when consuming a Carolina Reaper derives from the density of capsaicinoids, particularly capsaicin, which relates directly to intensity of chili pepper heat and Scoville scale.[3] Bred in a Rock Hill, South Carolina greenhouse by "Smokin" Ed Currie, proprietor of the PuckerButt Pepper Company in Fort Mill, the Carolina Reaper was certified as the world's hottest chili pepper by the Guinness World Records on August 11, 2017.[4][5] The official Guinness World Record heat level was 1,641,183 Scoville Heat Units (SHU) in 2017, according to tests conducted by Winthrop University in South Carolina. The figure is an average for the tested batch; the hottest individual pepper was measured at 2.2 million SHU.[5][6]
Check out more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_Reaper
What we have here is unmistakably the Carolina Reaper, this IS currently the Worlds Hottest Chilli and I am so happy to have these growing as well as they do. I purchased these for R80 for ten seeds, my plan is to sell those for the same price soon, hoping to make some nice cash that way!
These 'buggers' sting like hell, not quiet as bad as the Reaper though. A hornet is very good to have flying around your plants however as they eat worms and aphids, as long as you don't get too close, always great to have around your greens. A friendly 'biological' pest control unit :)
Chilli's really are incredible, I have not been sick in years and I attribute this to their high vitamin C content as well as their anti-oxidant attributes and naturally my regular consumption thereof.
Have a super cool weekend.
Cheer$;)