Got this pepper plant a few months ago from one of the local nurseries. It was labeled as a sweet yellow bell pepper and obviously it’s clearly not that. It looks more like a Carolina reaper—does anyone have thoughts about what else it could be? Unfortunately, I can’t handle more than a jalapeño-level of spiciness so I haven’t taste tested this one.
by kabes
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Yeah this looks like a Carolina reaper 😬 The wrinkly skin is a sign it is NOT sweet do NOT bite into one lol.
Ask around to see if anyone wants any for hot sauce. You can also (carefully, done outside and with PPE) dehydrate and powder it – I mostly use the powder I made from some as mammalian pest repellant in the garden LOL.
They lookin’ real Reapey
Just treat it as if it is and see what happens… 👹
Could be many things, most of which are going to be hot as hell and probably related to carolina reapers.
Probably an Apocalypse Scorpion or a Carolina Reaper, looks more like a scorpion to me. Anything that bumpy and wrinkly is going be hellishly spicy, if it looks like it was spawned by a demon it’s going to be painful.
PepperGate strikes again!
Those look delicious. My wife grows reapers for me and I eat them regularly. You will be fine… but really. Those are probably reapers and if you don’t do spicy, people like me will happily take them off your hands!!
Looks like a habanero pepper. I have some growing and they are just now turning from green to orange. Take a bite. If it burns your mouth that’s what it is.😉
Pepper gate lives on. LOL
Def looks like reapers. Maybe make some homemade hot sauce and gift it to people you know that like very spicy!! But for the love of god, wear gloves!! You can touch your eyes two days after touching reapers and it will burn your eyes lol.
I’ve grown some awesome bell pepper plants from seeds that I took out of grocery store bell peppers. They’ve all been awesome so far & the seeds have an awesome success rate! I have red, orange, yellow and green bell pepper plants right now and they are all from seeds from a grocery store pepper! Don’t throw em out! Wrap in a wet paper towel and put it in a ziploc, then once they start to sprout, throw them in some containers or in your garden and soon you’ll have a ton of healthy bell pepper plants!