Bhut Jolika

[Digmeplot]

Could any one give me advice on growing these seeds please .



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[johnjohn]

Absolutely- Once sown wash hands before doing anything!

Chillies like a long growing period, sow from Jan onwards on a warm windowsill or heated propagator-18-25C.
If you can keep them at a decent temp you can pot them on from late April to early May.

[TrialAndError]

Presumably you mean bhut jolokia?

It's a hot chilli (at one point the hottest in the world but not now) and I think it's grown the same as all other chillis.

[Vince G]

God bless your guts!! Scotch bonnets are plenty hot enough for me!

[andy_j]

Grew some this year....grow them the same as all the other chillis and sweet peppers. I sowed mine in shallow takeaway containers with holes in the bottom and then placed them in a covered propagator on a reptile heat mat.

Germination takes 10-14 days and then i pot them into 9cm. This is where things can get tricky as the seedlings tend to just sit there for weeks. If it gets too cold or they get too wet, they can rot off. I sometimes keep mine on my heat mat after potting to keep them warm but they won't really get going to april or may.

Eventually, i potted mine into a 10 L pot and they produced loads of fruit. keep them well fed and watered, although i let mine dry out between waterings

Good luck

[The Cobra]

Is it possible to grow these from seed simply on the windowsill, like you would Cayenne chillis?

[andy_j]

Is it possible to grow these from seed simply on the windowsill, like you would Cayenne chillis?

Yes, pretty much all chillis and peppers should be treated the same.

[The Cobra]

Yes, pretty much all chillis and peppers should be treated the same.

Cheers Andy. I wasn't sure if you would need a heated propagator (which obviously would be better).

Another question then - Does heat determine how hot a chilli is going to be? For example, if I grew a chilli plant on the windowsill, at say 22 degrees, and I grew the same variety in a greenhouse at say 32 degrees, would the greenhouse chilli be hotter? I only ask as I grew 4 Cayenne plants on my windowsill. They grew really well and produced loads of fruit, but I didn't find them as hot as the ones I took the seeds from (If that makes sense??)

[Scarlet]

The temp you grow the chillies should make no difference although some say if the plant is kept on the dry side the fruit may be hotter. To be honest, I haven't noticed with mine.
When you saved the seeds of the original chilli plant are you certain they didn't cross with a milder variety?

[KarlB924]

Some people swear that if you stress the plant a bit while the fruits are growing/ripening, then they'll end up hotter. Maybe if you hold off on watering them until they're really dry (but not quite wilting/dying) then it'll make a difference?

To be honest though, I absolutely pampered all of my chilli plants last year (including Bhut Jolokia), and still found them pretty darn hot!

[The Cobra]

I think I did exactly that in regards to watering them, after reading that chilli plants hate to be sat in water, I would make sure the soil was really dry before giving them a water

[Scarlet]

This one was a thirsty plant! My monster hab!

I water it twice a week with a full watering can, it still has plenty of fruit and continues to flower. Although as it's so big (6ft tall!) he will be retired when my Xmas tree gets put up!

I think when you grow super hots you can't tell if they are that bit hotter. Cayennes are milder and perhaps one can tell if they are kept on the dry side. Mine usually sit in trays, I water sparingly from the bottom.

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