Orange Habanero

When most people are asked what is the hottest pepper they have tried, the answer is most likely the Orange Habanero. This is the hottest pepper sold in most grocery stores and can sell for upwards of $8.00/lb or more. The heat level of this pepper is right around 300,000 scoville units which is more than enough to spice up any meal. I usually buy a couple pounds when the price is right and dehydrate them to use all year long is salsas and other meals that need a little kick. The Orange Habanero plant is very easy to grow and can produce a large amount of peppers if started early in the growing season.

Fresh Orange Habaneros

These Habaneros were cut in half to facilitate the drying process.

These were dried at 140 degrees fahrenheit for 9 hours.

Keep the dried Habaneros in air tight containers or ziploc bags for use all year long.

Trinidad Moruga Scorpion

New Hottest Pepper on the Planet

Trinidad Moruga Scorpion

Check it out, a new world record holder. I have tried the ghost chili ( bhut Jolokia ) and that is extremely blistering hot at just over 1,000,000 scoville units, and some of these pods came in at slightly over 2,000,000 with a mean heat of about 1.2 million. There is more and more people getting into growing and creating new strains of peppers, I don't doubt there will be a hotter pepper than this very soon. There are some tricks you can do to get your peppers hotter and more potent.

1. Exposing your plants to hotter temperatures
2. Regulating feed water to give them just enough during the fruiting period
3. Using worm castings and worm tea for fertilizer on a regular basis



For more information on this Trinidad Moruga Scorpion pepper click below.


http://news.yahoo.com/trinidad-moruga-scorpion-wins-hottest-pepper-title-015457622.html

Trinidad 7 Pot / Pod

Capsicum chinense


This pepper is extremely hot and has a scoville unit range from about 600,000 - 800,000 or more when the growing conditions are right. This plant can take up to 120 days for harvest. The pepper has a citrus like flavor and is very potent tasting when eaten alone but works great for drying and grinding up into powders for use in hot salsas. The plant should be started early to guarantee harvest into the late summer. Medium to full sun works well with this plant type.

Garden Salsa Hybrid

This is a hybrid chili pepper specifically developed for the use in americanized mexican salsas. These peppers get about 6-8" long and are about 1" across. I was intrigued when I saw this plant because  I have never heard of it before last year, so I bought it and boy was I impressed. This is a great tasting pepper and has just the right amount of heat for everyday use in salsas, fried onions, whole, etc. The peppers are about as hot a serrano but with a unique flavor that soon became addicting. If you like medium hot peppers and you see this plant I would grab it. This plant does great in full or partial sun.