Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: DHM on May 30, 2018, 21:18
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These Blumen seeds were on a very posh stand in my garden centre so I asked my other half to buy me them for my birthday! ;) 'Trinidad Moruga Scorpion' chillies, the 2nd hottest chillies in the world after the Carolina Reapers.
At 5 or 6 quid a pack for 10 seeds they're not cheap at all so when I opened them up and found only 7 seeds I was really disappointed. However all 7 have germinated (1 straggly one) in the heated propagator so I'm happy again.
Anyone else ever grown these? How did yours turn out?
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Yes I have grown these very successfully, a friend of mine (from Trinidad) gave me some seeds a few years ago. The chillies are as the name suggests very hot, I have dried and ground them to powder which I use on almost everything (except breakfast :D). Same some seeds from the best fruits as these do germinate well and you will have free plants from now on. Good luck
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Yes I have grown these very successfully, a friend of mine (from Trinidad) gave me some seeds a few years ago. The chillies are as the name suggests very hot, I have dried and ground them to powder which I use on almost everything (except breakfast :D). Same some seeds from the best fruits as these do germinate well and you will have free plants from now on. Good luck
Great, drying them is good idea, I was wondering how I might actually use these fiery beasts!
Do they do OK from saved seed as I thought they were a hybrid variety?
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No they are a stable variety that comes true from seed, so no worries there!
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They sell that variety here in Italy in supermarkets and last year and this year I tried their naga morich and cancun varieties which both had poor germination and poor growth, even here in a hotter climate. Hope yours do better. Thankfully they only cost 2 euros a pack here.
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I'd probably avoid this brand, 6 good plants from 7 seeds aint bad but it did say 10 seeds average on the pack, not worth the money really. For a couple of Euros though...
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I have been growing chillies for 4+ decades, you will find most of the superhots will be a little less reliable for germination than the average say cayenne, this is normal.
To get 6 from the 7 sown is not bad, in truth you will probably only need 1 plant unless you have asbestos lined you know what :D
You have paid well over the top truth be told, typically I pay around £2.50-£3 for 10 seeds for the superhots.
Hope they are productive and you enjoy the munching of them.
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I agree re: germination from seeds in packets, however I do find that saved seed seems to have a much higher success rate. So much so that I generally have a polytunnel full of chillies as I cannot bear to get rid of any. Allways have loads of chilli powder though :nowink:
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I have been growing chillies for 4+ decades, you will find most of the superhots will be a little less reliable for germination than the average say cayenne, this is normal.
To get 6 from the 7 sown is not bad, in truth you will probably only need 1 plant unless you have asbestos lined you know what :D
You have paid well over the top truth be told, typically I pay around £2.50-£3 for 10 seeds for the superhots.
Hope they are productive and you enjoy the munching of them.
I think I got conned by the posh stand and the nice photography on the packets... still, I transplanted two into bigger pots and gave to my friend, I have 4 which are looking good (a bit slow tbh), I'll post pics as they grow!
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They generally need a longer growing season, I start mine in January.
With all this hot weather it may play into your hands and you will get a good crop.
Look forward to the photos.