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Wed, Sep 29, 10 at 7:48
| My alleged eBay "Bhut Jolokia" have ripened. They look like big red Habaneros. Ripen from bright light green to orange to red.
Looks more Caribbean than Assam. Any ideas what these are?
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| Looks like hybrid habs. They are flooding the ebay market. I have seen numerous pics of these. What a shame. Order from new mexico state university if you want the real MCcoy. |
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| You will be happier if you buy no more chile seeds on EBay but find a reputable chile seed purveyor. |
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- Posted by smokemaster_2007 (My Page) on Wed, Sep 29, 10 at 20:35
| Send me an E Mail. |
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- Posted by rick_in_va 7 VA (My Page) on Wed, Sep 29, 10 at 23:15
| You absolutely cannot rely on Ebay. Seed exchanges are way more reliable, or the reputable chile seed vendors. |
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- Posted by absolute_skeletor zone 6 (My Page) on Sun, Oct 3, 10 at 21:19
| I think they look cool at least..I will help you out.. Ill will trade you 5 jolokia seeds for 5 seeds of whatever that is.. Get back to me. |
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| I had suspicion about my plants too. Now I know mine are also not Bhut Jolokia since they look a lot like the photo posted above. I didn't order from eBay but from tradewindsfruitstore.com. Needless to say I won't go there again. Though the chilli looks and tastes like a Habanero, the plants seem to grow like a Bhut Jolokia; taller and larger than my previous Habanero plants and didn't fruit at all until cooler Fall season, which is consistent with what I've read online. It must be a cross betwen Jolokia & Habanero (a Bhut Jobanero?!) as romy6 mentioned. I bought several other seeds as shown below. If you can spare some Bhut Jolokia seeds and would like anything you see, please let me know.
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| Most definintely a Habanagajolokia. It is native to several islands in the pacific. |
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