Description
Can you stand the heat? In 2013, the Carolina Reaper was declared the World’s Hottest Pepper. These peppers will average heat levels of 1,569,300 Scoville Heat Units (SHU’s). This infamous pepper has a fruity and sweet/hot aroma, with a pleasant undertone of chocolate/cherry taste. Flavor is certainly not sacrificed for the extreme heat.
• Type: Hot Pepper
• Scoville Units: 1,500,000 – 2,000,000
• Size: 3 – 4″
• Spacing: 12 – 18″, 4 feet away from other plants
• Height: 5″
• Width: 4″
• Exposure: Sun
• Water: Regularly
• Soil: Rich, well-drained
• Harvest: 100 – 125 days