Email me and I'll get some seeds to you. I would suggest the ghost, but both are worth growing.

Tim

Thanks a bunch Tim! Email is sent.

Ghost are about 1/2 as hot as a Moruga can get. I would start with Ghost. I likew their flavor better as well.

I was fortunate enough to be able to grow 2 plants of both this year, and I'm north of you. I don't think it's a matter of ease, it's a matter of making adjustments, and a matter of chance. That, and lugging 25 heavy-ass plant pails into your garage (and back out again) 6 or 7 times when there are frost warnings in June.

I've grown the Ghost before and love it, this is my first year for Scorps, they're starting to show some colour but I haven't tasted them yet. Both are producing great. The world is your oyster.

Is there actually a big difference between the taste of the two? Or are they both just so hot you can't really tell them apart anyway? The red paper lantern peppers also look pretty neato....

if the moruga tastes anything like my brain strain (which I'm told it is similar) they are worlds apart in taste, smell, and heat profile. with that said, you oughta grow brain strain. they're delicious, and set pods long before my bhuts (seriously I got my first ripe brain a month before a bhut even set). as of now that's my favorite pepper, with the orange hab being a close second.

BJ, hands down. I'm growing both this year. Scorpions seemed harder to get started, but once they finally decided to take off are larger and more prolific. However, although I had an early BJ pod set, they then took a bit of a break and are now coming on like gangbusters making the overall harvest later than the scorpions.

But for flavor there is no comparison, and in practical terms no difference in heat level

Make mine a BJ!

Dennis

barbje, there is a pretty significant difference in taste between the two. That is one of the things I like about ghost peppers. They don't have that Chinenese flavor. Brainstrains and Morugas do. My morugas are potent with that flavor. I'm not a big fan of it, but it is okay with some dishes.

Amen! The Ghost doesn't have that Chinense flavor; that, too, is why I prefer the Ghost. Now, that said, I will be tasting my first Moruga this weekend...so I'll have a better comparison. Other Scorpions I've sampled haven't had that offensive Chinense flavor, which might make for a contender. I expect I'll still be partial to the Ghost, but I'm keeping an open mind.

Josh