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AndyInNYC

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http://www.chiliplants.com has a 5 packet minimum.  Each packet is 20 or so seeds.  While I want to grow Carolina Reapers and Ghost Peppers, I can't imagine using 100 seeds spread over 5 varieties.

The super hot seed packets are (to my mind) expensive: between $7-$10 (the Reapers appear to be the only $10 packet).

If I plant 3-4 of each and get 1-2 to sprout I'm way ahead of my possible consumption.

Anyone(s) willing to split an order of 5 packs?

I'll spring for postage to spread all the partial packs around.


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How much is my share. Money. And what do we get ????? Thanks
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We will need to see how many people want in.  Basically, I'm hoping for 4 or 5 (that would be 5/4 seeds per pack).  That would be 5 packs (7 x 4 + 10 = $38 plus any shipping - call it $10 each, but it will be actual cost, I'm not arbing anyone).  I'll do a double share if we only have 3.

Take a look at their catalog and figure out what peppers other than Carolina Reaper and Ghosts you have an interest in growing.

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If you're sticking with all super hot peppers, you can sign me up.
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BTW they also sell plants $4-6 each. I've driven there once. It was about mid - June. They were closed. There was a sign that read "Thank You, See you next year". In other words, order early, they will sell out. If you are heading there in the spring, again- the earlier the better. I've heard nothing but good reports about them.
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Originally Posted by ADelmanto
BTW they also sell plants $4-6 each. I've driven there once. It was about mid - June. They were closed. There was a sign that read "Thank You, See you next year". In other words, order early, they will sell out. If you are heading there in the spring, again- the earlier the better. I've heard nothing but good reports about them.


I can't find the specific post but on http://www.thehotpepper.com they get great reviews as a vendor. They sell out quick.
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I've ordered plants from the site mentioned in OP, had them shipped to CA showed up great. Highly recommend them.
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http://www.seedman.com/superhotpepper.htm

Seedman has them as well...

I have Tobasco seed, but that is my limit on hot pepers these days (much hotter fresh than the watered down and aged sauce)...for me Tobasco has been a joy to grow in northern Florida. Bugs and pests generally leave these plants alone.
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Here is one person's experience with eating 3 Carolina Reapers in 21 seconds: http://www.bonappetit.com/entertaining-style/trends-news/article/eat-worlds-hottest-chiles
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I can vouch for Chileplants - good plants, but I've never bought seeds - I think that might be new? They're only open from mid-April to end of May, something like that, to sell plants. They take online orders for pickup or shipping. It takes a while to walk through ONE greenhouse, just looking at all the pepper varieties they have. Then they have other greenhouses for tomatoes, eggplant, and herbs. They're also just really cool people - they took time to answer a couple chile plant questions I had over email.
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It appears that we have Richie Boni and Travis participating (guys, send me a PM on your choices in addition to the Ghost and Reapers).

Anyone else want to jump in?  I'd like to get these ordered by Friday (slow growers/starters).


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I'm not interested, but grew Carolina Reapers last year, I saved plenty of seed,if anybody wants any pm me. I also grew MOA Scotch Bonnets. I have ton's of others, but just yesterday i discovered my seed bank got wet from a failed refrigerator, what a mess, saving what I can, lost many varieties, bummer! But last years seed harvest was yet to be added, so it's cool.
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I keep most of my seeds in zip lock bags and tuperware (not always with the lid on).

So sorry for the seed loss.  How does a fridge fail in such a way as to ruin seeds?

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A lot of people responded to offer, so offer is closed now, sorry. My offer, not OP offer!
The fridge was an old one, no self defrost, the ice that formed (in the old days you had to thaw your refrigerator once a year) melted, and the seeds got wet. The ones in ziplocks are fine! The ones in paper coin envelopes molded. I have way too many seeds anyways! probably 100 different peppers, and 100 different tomatoes, so some are lost, I still have a lot.
It was one of those small dorm fridges, and buried under Christmas decoration boxes pulled out for the holidays. A request for seeds had me looking, if another couple weeks went by, I would have lost all in paper coin envelopes, some are OK, never getting wet, or just moist. I'm repacking them tomorrow, drying them out right now. I will try and save a few of the moldy seeds, if a good variety. I decided it's a good time to cull out varieties I didn't like. I have a hard time not saving seed, even of varieties I didn't like.

For those who I send Scotch Bonnet seed,  MOA stands for Ministry Of Agriculture - Jamaica. These are official seeds from the government stock, they actually rarely form bonnets, but it is an excellent super hot. The basis of all jerk sauce. I have used them for jerk sauce, but the bottled products direct from Jamaica are very good, and a lot easier to use, no prep work!  I like using the paste form, it never goes bad, and you need 1/4-1/2 teaspoon for smoking hot jerk sauce. I use a beef or chicken gravy as a base for the sauce. Making it fresh with allspice freshly ground, ginger, and scotch bonnet is not easy to get the right proportions, and other ingredients. Real road side jerk sauce does not have a lot of spices I see in various recipes on the net. I have been to Jamaica 4 times. I have tasted many examples in Jamaica through the years.
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Posted Reply with quote  #15 
I like really hot peppers. I used to grow Habenero peppers. I got ghost pepper seeds when they first became available for $5 each seed, $25 for a 5 seed pack..

I like to eat ghost peppers fresh off the bush, I used to eat one each morning, it wakes you up quicker than coffee. ;)

The only problem I had with the ghost peppers was the rats would eat them like they were candy. I had to build a fence around them to keep the rats away. Yet they left all my sweet bell peppers alone, go figure...


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