Dave:One of our Chocolate Habanero varieties tested at 440,000 Scoville Heat Units. Is this consistent with what you are hearing? Also, the chinense ’Yuquitania’ from Colombia has tested at 313,000 SHU. We believe that the ’Yuquitania’ has the fasted heat transfer time on the planet. Have you heard anything about these? We made a sauce (limited supply) using both these …
Carolina Pepper
Dave:I heard on the radio in Tennessee that North Carolina has a new crop of the hottest chile peppers, like ten time hotter than the habanero. I’ve looked all over the Internet, can’t find them. Please help.DavidDavid:Don’t believe it. Claims like this are made all the time and a few years ago the ’Carolina Cayenne’ was being touted in this …
Indian Peppers Naga Jolokia, Tezpur Availability
Dave:Do you know if there are seeds available to the general public of the Indian Pepper, ’Naga Jolokia’, or ’Tezpur’? And if so where I could obtain some?Bob BirksBob:There are some seed companies selling seeds they purport to be this variety, but in reality they are some other kind of Indian chile. To my knowledge, not only are these seeds …
Siling Labuyo Variety
Hi Dave,I’ve grown more than 1,000 varieties of peppers in the last 25 plus years. One I have always wanted to try, but could never find, is Siling Labuyo. Have never seen it listed in the Seed Savers Exchange, and have only found a few references to it in the USDA PC-Grin database–but none of them sounded quite right. Do …
Thai Dragon compared to Chiltepin
Dave,Have you heard of the ‘Thai Dragon’ pepper? How does it rate on your heat scale? I am very familiar with the chiltepin and am wondering how the Thai Dragon rates against it.–CharlieHello Charlie:Here’s what http://www.chileplants.com/ says about Thai Dragon: "THAI HOT DRAGON HYBRID-very hot; 3-4" by 1/2" wide; thin-skinned fruits; eight times hotter than jalapeno; each plant can produce …