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Ghost chili pepper - The hottest pepper in the world!!! 1,000,000 Heat Laval

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I bought these from Think Geek instead of Amazon, and they're amazing. However, I've seen several reviews with low ratings claiming that they never grew, so I thought I'd add my review with a few tips and tricks to growing these mind-blowing peppers.

1) Ghost Chili's require hot temperatures to grow in. More specifically, these pepper seeds will not germinate in soil that is under around 75 degrees Fahrenheit. This means you need to grow them starting in late spring or even early summer if you don't want to use artificial means, to make sure its hot enough for them to sprout. If you want to grow them earlier or in the winter, you may need to heat the soil yourself. A simple heating pad wrapped around the pot set on low is typically sufficient. Ideally they like 75-95 degree temperatures.

2) You can affect how hot the peppers will be based on how you care for them. The more stressed the plant is, the hotter the peppers will be. Make sure you plant and feed your peppers while growing, but once they start producing fruit, cutting back on their water from time to time will make them hotter. Also, if you cut back on the fertilizer (Nitrogen, specifically) while they are fruiting, you'll get hotter peppers as well. Humidity also affects heat. The higher the humidity, the hotter the pepper (good news for people in the South!). And finally, the air temperature when the chili's ripen affect how hot they are as well, hotter it is outside, the hotter the peppers will be on the inside! If you keep them unstressed and in a dry climate, the peppers will end up being sweeter. They'll still be the hottest thing you ever put in your mouth though, so if you're not used to stressing plants without actually hurting them, its better to be kind to them than try to maximize their heat. Its not like your tongue will know the difference between 850k and 1 mil scovilles anyway.

3) Ghost Chili's like neutral to slightly acidic soil. A PH of 5-6 is ideal, but your standard 6.5 potting soil will be just fine. If you're not experienced with mixing your own soil, don't try it (you'll just kill the plants), use whats in the can and get regular mix from Walmart when you're ready to transplant.

4) Don't grow these in the can. Not that there's anything wrong with the can per say, it is rather small (picture looks like its coke can sized, its not, its maybe half that size). You'll need to transfer the peppers to something bigger sooner than later, and they'll be rather young when they start to outgrow the can. Moving them at that age is stressful, better to avoid it altogether by just starting with a larger pot to begin with.

Ghost Chili's can be a little particular when sprouting, but they grow very well once started and they provide you with a once in a lifetime experience (because you'll never be dumb enough to bite into one a second time!). For $10, you can't go wrong with these things. And on the up side, after slipping a few of these into your cooking, you'll never be pressured to bring a side dish to a dinner ever again! ;)

I got the pepper for my mom and she got it REALLY fast. It came way earlier than expected which was awesome. However Nothing ever grew!! The nifty pepper-in-a-can was watered according to the directions, carefully and diligently. However after a month, and still no sprout, my mom dumped everything out looking for a buried plant. However there was nothing to be found. Perhaps ours was just a dud.

I followed the instructions and placed the can outside in Summer Desert heat. The plant never sprouted. I sifted through the can and there was no seed in the can.

I purchased this product for my husband. Him and his friends had heard about the Ghost Chilli and had all wished to see who was the bigger man by eating one. Anyway I read the reviews for this product and was a little sceptical, but bought it anyway thinking that it was about 50/50 chance something grew.

I bought this product in February of this year and we live in Wyoming so it wasnt the warmist time of our year, but now in April we have several leafy sprots coming in. I will say that my husband has been dilligent with the temperature. He would check the soil with a therm. every so many days as well as checking the water level to make sure it had just enough water. He placed it in the sunniest part of our house that gets direct sun light all day long.

As for some of the comments that there were no instructions with their product. Our's did. It was a small portion of the cardboard wrap around packaging. It tells you how to open the product, what kind of sunny light and soil temp. it needs, and how to water it. We followed this little directions religiously and we are seeing things happin.

i bought the ghost chili package and water as needed but got no plant i had two of them and neither one came up?

Please do not listen to the writers who had bad experiences. These seeds in cans are a good product, but additional information will help you to be successful. I have purchased a dozen of these cans and I have gotten plants from every can. You must be patient and keep the cans in a warm area of your house. I keep the can under a grow light and near a heat vent to keep it warm. The seeds do not need light to sprout but warmth helps a lot. Experts say ideal is for the dirt to be 80-90 degrees F. Germination can take 1-6 weeks so do not throw your cans away. Be patient! I have gotten 3-6 seedlings from every can. Water the seeds, then re-water when the top of the planting material is dry. The last can I bought I successfully got 4 plants started, and my current can just sprouted a plant after a week because I concentrated on keeping it warm.

After the seedlings sprout let them grow for a time in the can. Water when the material they are growing in is dry on the surface. They hate too much water and will die quickly if over-watered. Wait until the seedlings have 4 leaves before transplanting. Dig deep when getting the seedling out of the can to transplant because the roots go straight down. Scoop down twice as deep as the plant is above the ground. They need to grow inside for 8-10 weeks before planting outside, and they take 160-180 days from planting to harvest. So calculating the time needed for germination and inside growth you need to start 12-16 weeks before you plan spring planting, then an additional 5-6 months for harvest. Total time can be 9-10 months start to finish. So if you plan to plant March 15th you need to start now. These chili peppers take a long time but are definitely worth it if you like hot chili peppers. Good luck, have fun.

I bought this not even 3 weeks ago from Pepper Palace for around $10. Although it seemed like a good idea at the time...it's a waste. Within 1 week, 2 sprouts came up and everything seemed okay. I took care of them and everything...Now...they're both dead. You're better off purchasing seeds from an independent grower for WAY less than what this thing is worth, or purchase the peppers themselves, take out the seeds and store them in your freezer in a plastic bag until planting season.

I actually got this item as a gift and it's worked out great. I watered my can during the winter and kept it on south facing windowsill for a few months. The initial growth took about 6-8 weeks to show up for me. Eventually I had 13 sprouts show up, but most eventually died off and I was left with 3 pretty hardy plants. When the plant got to be about 4-5 inches tall, I repotted them and put them outside in direct sun once the weather got warmer. They grew quite well and as of this moment, one plant has about 7 ripe chiles on them while the other two are putting out green ones. They stay green for a long time it seems and then transition to red practically over night.

I see quite a few negative reviews on this product and I'm pretty surprised since I've had GREAT results from mine. I'd imagine some if it might be user error (though we obviously never like admitting that) and some of it might be legitimate dud products. Results may vary of course.

Also, since positive reviews amongst a sea of negatives are oftentimes greeted with a little skepticism, I've uploaded a few customer photos to show my results.

To call a seed a plant is like calling an egg a chicken. This is an overpriced single seed in a drink can. I hope it grows, but based on the reviews (...which I wish I had read before purchasing) the chance of this "plant" producing peppers is not so hot. (pun intended). Now I wish I had the drink in the can instead. That would have been more useful.

Nothing Grew, I have a can full of wet vermiculite. No seeds no plant. Nothing