Carolina Reaper Pepper - Capsicum Chinense - The worlds HOTTEST Chilli Pepper - Seeds Sprouting Seeds sometimes confined to middle of

sometimes confined to middle of tubercle faces instead of extending to tips

Best planted in autumn for late winter through early summer blooming

Strongly scented yellow flowers are a feature of this stumpy bulbous plant

It grows up to 21 m (69 ft) in height

Ready to harvest at 76 days the Ancho Grande is called the "Poblano" when green

Carolina Reaper Pepper - Capsicum Chinense - The worlds HOTTEST Chilli Pepper - Seeds Sprouting Seeds sometimes confined to middle ofThe Carolina Reaper is a hybrid chilli pepper of the Capsicum chinense species, originally called the "HP22B", bred by cultivator Ed Currie, who runs PuckerButt Pepper Company in Fort Mill, South Carolina. The Carolina Reaper was rated as the world's hottest chili pepper by Guinness World Records according to 2012 tests, averaging 1,569,300 SHU on the Scoville scale with peak levels of over 2,200,000 SHU. The previous record holder was the Trinidad