Super Hot Carolina Reaper Plant Kit

it's Carolina reaper but not what I expected this have different phenotypes.., normally it will grow slow (hotter papers - - >slower grow) it took around 6 months to finally test the reaper, if you will care about it it will give you alot of reapers

not easy to grow

Didn't grow well

I got this in June and I now have 2 plants over a foot tall loaded with blooms. These peppers are notoriously slow growing, and I get the feeling that most of the negative reviews are coming from people who were unaware of that and just didn't give these enough time to germinate. That being said, mine sprouted in record time. The downside is 5 of the 7 plants that sprouted were grouped tightly together, and must have suffered root damage when I transplanted since they died. The other 2 are doing great though and I'd definitely try some other varieties and recommend his item to friends.

I bought this last year. I still have an unidentified plant. Not a single pepper yet. It's starting to die now and I am not sure if I care anymore because I have almost given up all hope of the plant producing something like they described. I will update documentation later with photos of the plant and a complete evaluation. I have a background in Biology, so I should be able to determine. Extremely disappointing. I know what I ordered and I do not believe it is what was received. Update: moved outside and plant began to grow well again. The red circled one is the plant from the kit. No clue what it could be. It's had 0 flowers. In the blue circle notice how many Thai Chilies I have, and the other one is a habanero with peppers as well (can't see them in the photo). I say this because I asked them what kind of plant I got and they said it must be my fault I got a weird plant. It's not a wild weed as it was germinated indoors in a controlled environment. They must be buying very cheap seeds from China. Garbage. Save your money and buy real seeds. They are out there. This kit is trash. You get a tacky seedling pot with who knows what seeds. I'd bet they would hope someone who cannot grow plants would buy and pay others for reviews. I have since bought quality seeds. AVOID.

Bought this as an add on item with no expectations. Item came with a small batch of seeds and I planted them upon arrival. Didn’t take long for signs of growth and before I knew it I had about 8 sprouts. As they continued to grow about 4 took on significant growth while the others withered away. I replanted the 4 and 2 of them continued to grow. Once they were a few feet tall I planted them in pots on my patio and one started producing small peppers pretty quick. Before I knew it I had 12 peppers and did not know what to do with them. I harvested them and kept them in my fridge until I had the courage to try one. I figured a mail order pepper plant grown by a non-gardening fellow would not produce much heat. I was corrected quite quickly. I cut off the bottom third of a pepper and placed one seed inside before eating. At first there wasn’t much going on and the flavor was actually rather nice. After 20-30 seconds my face became numb before starting to tingle. As the symptoms progressed the sensations in my mouth were getting out of control. Snot was draining from my nose and I lost the ability to refrain from drooling. Heavy breathing and asking for help only made the situation worse as even the movement of air across the tongue was unbearable. I drank a half gallon of whole milk and 2 beers before feeling like the my journey through the pain cave was slowing down. After an hour, I was able to speak again. While I was impressed and even surprised at the strength of these peppers.... my wife has reminded me of my stupidness on a fairly regular basis. Both plants are doing well and the shorter plant continues cranking out peppers. Now I just give them poor souls at work. It took 8 months or so to produce peppers but they have been non stop ever since. These plants definitely called my bluff

I’ve had it for a few months, it isn’t growing fast at all though. I tried keeping it outside, watering it daily and nothing happened. So I brought it inside and left it in the window sill and didn’t water it for a month and it started growing finally! So I lightly water it once a month and it’s now coming along nicely. I do keep it in a room with an AC on all day, so there’s likely a lot of moisture in my room. But hopefully this can help someone else grow theirs, as the reviews say a lot of others couldn’t get it to grow either. Just set it and forget it basically. Will have to add soil soon though as it’s now half empty. Hopefully it continues to grow. It’s meant to be able to grow indoors year round it says.

I grow peppers for hobby, and I try to educate myself on everything about them. I bought one of these for fun after seeing the reviews where so many didn’t work or were the wrong plants. I figured I would buy one as an experiment to compliment my plants. Worst case I would only lose a few bucks. As soon as mine sprouted in the windowsill, I was happy to immediately recognize the Chinense obvious reaper leaves. It’ll be a long time before it fruits, and it stands at about 4 inches after 3 months, but it’s a reaper and I’m looking forward to seeing how it turns out. My biggest tip here is to not purchase this if you’re not an experienced grower, as it requires transplanting at a certain point to a new pot. Overall I’m very happy and it looks as good as my other reaper plants. Photo attached is after transplanting with the cam it was grown in. Photo taken day of re-potting. Update: grew a huge plant with a ton of reapers. I even overwintered this plant and it’s still alive.