1625 - CHILI PEPPER - BHUT JOLOKIA RED -
The world's hottest chilli pepper indeed!Measured at just over one million scoville (the Scoville scale is the measurement of the pungency i.e. spicy heat of chilli peppers). Just consider that Habanero is measured at 300.000 scovilles.
Variety cultivated in the Indian region of Assam. Best grown in high temperatures. Final height of plant cm 70, can reach cm 140 with open field growing.
family Solanaceae
Sowing: Indoor in seedbeds from January to March, depending on the area and earliness of the variety.
Transplant when the seedling is manageable into pots of 8 cm and is still held indoors. transplanted outdoors when the ground is hot and there is no risk of frost.
Distances. 70-90 cm between the rows, 30-50 cm on the row according to the size of the fruit. Tips. Tuck the plants lightly. Make a rotation of at least four years and not before or after planting other species of the same family and not after the cauliflower.
Seed needed: 3 g per 1 square meter of seedbed.