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Guide: How to Care for Your New Plant(s) Plant Addicts Warranty - 1 Year (Extra Purchase Required) Plants are very resilient and will rebound quickly when cared for correctly.įor information on how to care for you new plant please check out our guide. Please note plant(s) with damaged branches or wilted leaves will not qualify for this guarantee. We may ask for pictures but will try to make it as easy as possible for you. If the plant is dead, has dried out roots or the incorrect item was shipped just notify Plant Addicts within 3 days upon delivery. Plant Addicts guarantees your plant(s) will arrive happy and healthy, but the plant(s) are being shipped through the mail and accidents happen. Plant Addict Guarantee (Included On All Plant Orders) Water with diluted liquid seaweed or fish emulsion once a month when plants start to bloom. This will release nutrients for 3-4 months. Feeding Carolina Reaper Hot PepperĪdd a granular fertilizer for tomatoes or roses at planting time. Depending on humidity and temperature, watering with at least one inch of water, once a week is ideal.

Let the top 1-2 inches of soil dry between waterings to ensure that the roots do not become waterlogged. Hot Peppers prefer consistently moist soil. Do not let more than the top 1-2 inches of soil dry out between waterings. Watering may need to be done on a daily basis. Fertilize with liquid seaweed or fish emulsion every 2 weeks until peppers begin to form.
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Use a potting mix that is free draining and contains compost. Choose a pot with at least a 10-inch diameter. They are perfect for growing in containers in the greenhouse, on a patio, or on a deck. Hot Pepper plants are compact growers that seldom reach more than 2-3 feet in height and spread.
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Indoors, Carolina Reaper will require full sun exposure from a south-facing window. In cold USDA zones, the plants can be brought in as houseplants over the winter and treated like a tender perennial. Carolina Reaper plants that are grown as perennials can live to be 10 years or older. Hot Peppers will tolerate cooler nighttime temperatures than other peppers but will not form fruit or ripen if the daily temperature is above 90 F for many days. Regular picking of ripe fruit helps the immature fruits ripen. Growing Carolina Reaper Hot PepperĬarolina Reaper will produce fruit 90 days after transplanting and will continue until the first frost. No pinching of the main stem is required. Space plants at 12 inches on center, and give each plant a 2-foot piece of bamboo cane for support when the fruit is ripening. Add a slow-release granular fertilizer for vegetables, or mix in organic compost to the soil before planting. Carolina Reaper can also be greenhouse grown in the coldest areas. Place the plant starts out in the garden when nighttime temperatures are above 50 degrees F in late spring. They are perennial in zones 9-12 but are grown as an annual in the rest of the USDA zones. Pepper plants like lots of sun, lots of heat, and well-draining soil.

Carolina Reaper can be used fresh, cooked, or dried for the most mind-blowing pepper flakes.

Each plant is a heavy producer of small red, lantern-shaped fruit that may or may not have a scorpion-like tail. Some of the fruits have been rated at 2.2 million Scoville units! Although this pepper is amazingly hot, it has a delightfully sweet and fruity flavor just before the heat kicks in. Officially rated with the most Scoville units in 2013 and again in 2018, Carolina Reaper is a cross between Ghost Pepper and Red Habanero. So you think you want to try the World’s Hottest Pepper? Well, Carolina Reaper would be the one to try. Full Sun (At Least 6 Hours Of Direct Sunlight).
