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Capsicum chinense - Pepper - Hot
Carolina Reaper
Measures up to 2.2 million units on the Scoville heat scale
In 2013, Carolina Reaper was added to the Guinness Book of World Records for being the hottest pepper on Earth!
Fruit is sweet at first, immediately followed by an aggressive long-lasting burn
Red gnarled fruit has a small pointed tail and is about the size of a Ping-Pong ball
Grows best in a container
Pepper - Hot Characteristics & Attributes:
Exposure
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Full Sun
Habit
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Upright
Soil Moisture
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Average
Season of Interest
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Summer (Flowering)
Tolerance
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Heat Tolerant
Attributes
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Containers
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Edible
Courtesy of Ball Horitculural Company