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Ghost chili disappointment
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Posted by ohiojay z6 OH (My Page) on Tue, Nov 17, 09 at 7:13
| Three ripe chiles. I took the smallest to mince/pound and add to some salsa for coworkers. I was treating the pepper with lots of respect when handling.
The first thing I noticed was that there were no seeds or membranes inside the fruit. I diced it up and then pounded to a paste to add to the salsa. I just had to try sticking the very tip of the tip of my tongue to the knife...a few times. The oils finally started to spread.
No molten lava blast as I was expecting. It was hot and the heat spread unlike any other chili I've experienced. But the God-awful heat was just not there. I added that one small chili to a qt of salsa. Again...expecting my shoes to be blown off...very little. In fact, it didn't even raise the heat up much from what the salsa originally had.
I suspect a few things and wanted to bounce this off others. One, I'm sure the lack of seeds contributed greatly to the lack of heat. It was a small chili and the other two are larger...untried yet though. The second is that the plant is being grown in a container. It is possible that it is just not getting what it needs for heat. Or is this just a plot by the plant to catch me off guard...suckering me in going for gold with the next pepper that will put my lights out? Thoughts? |
Follow-Up Postings:
RE: Ghost chili disappointment
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| Hey Jay nice to see you come over from the tropicals. The heat is in the placenta. Sounds like that pod just didn't put out. I'm thinking the other larger pods will give you what you're looking for. Lots of chile growers, including New Mexico State Univ, grow in pots. So you have to crack open the other pods to make a better judgment. Please include any crying and screaming in your next report :) |
RE: Ghost chili disappointment
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| I had similar issues w/ the Bhut this year. I started seeds in February and we had a cool spring and summer. I just saw my first hint of orange 2 weeks ago. Looks like I'll get seven ripe pods. I've got more than 30 nice green pods on the plant that will probably never ripen. It's really frustrating. Hopefully the plant will spring back next year. I think the trick is to start as early as possible under lights or grow the Naga Morich instead. Also, as in the above post, the heat grows nearer to the placenta. |
RE: Ghost chili disappointment
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I had a similar result in terms of late ripening.
I started the seeds in feb, and got seedlings by around feb 15, the plant did extremely well all through spring and summer but no blooms until oct 1, then got the first pod in oct 15, the first ripened pod on nov 12th or so. I have 6 pods per plant and the next pod is ripening (still orange so i'm expecting red in a couple of days). Overall took 9 months to go from seedling to pod. Almost 10 months from seed to pod.
Fun stuff, but it was interesting growing it. I still have not tasted this pepper. I gave one to a friend to see what he could do with it, the other I'm planning to try to cook or do something with!
Danny |
RE: Ghost chili disappointment
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| ohiojay, In my experience pepper plants can mess with you like that. Although I’ve never experienced a "mild" Bhut (Ghost) chilli, I have had experiences with other varieties. Worst case; a couple of years ago I purchased a Chocolate Habanero plant from a local farmer who grows peppers. I had read the Chocolates have killer heat so when my first pod ripened I brought it into work to share with my team (all pepper heads). After warning them about the coming pain, we carved the pod and chomped in. I knew right away that something was wrong. They were looking at me like I’m nuts while I savoured the Bell Pepper taste of my slice. Two days later I went to the farm and told him what happened and that his peppers were duds… no heat, He said what? and grabbed a ripe pod off another plant and said try this one. I bit in and a few minutes later when I got my breath back I said I was wrong. Every damd pod on my plant was a killer after the first dud. Moral of the story: sometimes peppers shoot blanks too Bill |
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