Grow guide
How to grow Trinidad Moruga Scorpion
Capsicum chinense
- Type
- Pepper
- Zones
- USDA zones 4–11
- Sun
- Full
- Time to harvest
- 100–120 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
Former world-record holder at over 2 million SHU; bumpy wrinkled pods with a fruity aroma masking extreme heat, needs a long warm season.
More pepper varieties
Grows well nearby
Track Trinidad Moruga Scorpion from seed to harvest with Evengrow.
Request access