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![]() ![]() Somewhere in all of its heat, ‘Carolina Reaper’ does have a sweet, fruity flavor, so start with a sliver of one fruit to jazz up stews, soups, salsas or hot sauces, and then you can adjust this pepper’s portions after finding your tolerance to its sizzle. And don’t slip a piece of this pepper into a friend’s salad or sandwich as a joke, because he or she isn’t going to find it funny. Now, let me make one thing clear: Be careful with ‘Carolina Reaper.’ Don’t pop one of the fruits into your mouth and chomp down to see how it tastes - because, if you do, your day’s gonna be different. Of the five different peppers I grew last year, ‘Carolina Reaper’ was the one constantly full of fruits, and its strong show continued until the first killing frosts. Growing just over 2 feet tall and about as wide, this pepper’s rich green foliage sets a perfect backdrop for the dangling dazzle of fruits that are dark - some say ominous - orange to devilish red in color, and oddly attractive, although crinkly and pudgy-looking.Īnd there will be a lot of dazzle. In spite of its blazing bite, I think ‘Carolina Reaper’ is a rather pretty plant. ![]() And although the habanero pepper has been a ruling burning brute for years with rates upwards of 350,000 units, ‘Carolina Reaper’ easily nukes it by averaging around 1,600,000 units. Starting at the bottom, sweet bell peppers barely reach 100 units, while the popular jalapeno comes in at around 10,000. How hot is ‘Carolina Reaper’? Let the Scoville Scale, which measures the pungency in peppers, be your guide. Conjured up by Ed Currie from PuckerButt Pepper Company in Fort Mill, S.C., this introduction is like backyard-grown lava. ![]() The temptation draws them like moths to flames, and possessing a pepper with such ultimate scorch equates to having a rock star growing in the veggie patch.Ĭurrently, the pepper that resides on top of the molten heap is ‘Carolina Reaper,’ which, as its name implies, has regional roots. When it comes to peppers, many adventuresome gardeners seek out the hottest of the hot. ![]()
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