Was looking over a lot "a lotttt" of information about what I wanted to grow. I was specifically interested in growing a hot pepper. and wanted it VERY hot. After some research into what makes a hot pepper 'hot' found that its a chemical in the peppers called capsaicin. Then, of course i looked up the chemical, after researching this for all of about 10minutes leared there was a chart called the Scoville chart that directly measuses how hot a pepper is in scoville units based on capsaicin content. which is what i wanted in the first place. http://www.victoryseeds.com/information/scoville.html Very nice chart, I hope someone can make use of it as i did without spending 4 hours doing research on what makes it hot. when they simply want to know 'how hot' they want to grow cheers - Tom
Want a HOT pepper then try Scotch Bonnet. They are on the hotest end of the scale. I have used these for years and they are sizziling..They also grow TRUE from their seeds.
May pick some of those up. Ended up chosing a 'habernaro red' which is supposedly near the 400k mark for scoville. My brother and I are looking for the hottest peppers "perhaps even a mix" to attempt at making a home-made hot sauce ;) - Tom
If you want a hot pepper, check out the Dorset Naga, or Khi Jolokia....closer to 1,000,000 on the scoville scale
Yes but you have to get them from the UK. I don't think you need to do anything for importing them into Canada. I am having to fill out all the paper work with the USDA here in the states to allow me to import the seeds. That is in work now. If you do a google search for "Dorset Naga", the website will come up. They say that they are the only ones where the true Dorset Naga peppers are available. Interesting site. AJ
I have eaten habeneros straight and while they are very hot, the "heat" hits you up front-- as soon as you bite it, but I used to have a purple ornamental pepper that was just as hot-- the difference was it took about 2 minutes to reach the peak "heat". I would like to find seeds for it if any of you have run across it while looking for hot peppers. The leaves of the plant were purple, the peppers were initially purple, but would turn from purple to cream to yellow to orange then red. BTW the habeneros I have grown were orange in color, but the habenero sauce I like comes from the caribbean and is red and it is much sweeter tasting than the orange ones I made a sauce from. Skeet
I read the Perfect Burn and learned something-- I have read a lot about hot peppers and eat them for medicinal purposes-- to prevent ulcers. Most people think it is the other way around, but just don't know the truth, I'm sure you are also one of those that can taste the real flavor of the peppers--most people can't and would never believe that habaneros are sweet--at least the red ones are, the orange one I grew had more of a bell pepper flavor-- a little pungent. Skeet
