Grow guide
How to grow Carolina Reaper
Capsicum chinense
- Type
- Pepper
- Zones
- USDA zones 4–11
- Sun
- Full
- Time to harvest
- 90–120 days
- Spacing
- 18″ apart
- Density
- 1 per sq ft
- Habit
- Bush
- Frost tolerance
- Tender
- Sowing
- Start indoors, then transplant
- Start indoors
- 10 weeks before last frost
Care
- Water Weekly
- Fertilize At transplant
- Harvest As needed
Notes
Guinness-certified hottest pepper at 2.2M SHU average; identified by its scorpion tail and bumpy red skin; start seeds 10-12 weeks before last frost.
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