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Naga chilli plants

mjahmed2mjahmed2 Posts: 3
in Fruit & veg

Hi does anyone know how I could keep my naga plant alive over the winter right now I keep it in the garden in a pot.

Many thanks

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  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,905

    Hi mjamed. I hadn't even realised that peppers were perennial but after I had done some research I found this site which has some very helpful information on overwintering your naga chillis. Thank you for my new knowledge!

    http://www.hotpepperseeds.com/OverWinteringPeppers.asp

    p.s. I love really hot curries so I might have a go at growing some naga myself!

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  • LoganLogan Posts: 2,532

    You have to try Carolina Reaper it's one of the hottest.image

  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,905

    Thanks Logan, never heard of that one. I must admit to being disappointed when an alledgedly 'hot' curry turns out to be anything but. Where does Carolina Reaper come on the Scoville scale?

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  • mjahmed2mjahmed2 Posts: 3

    Thanks ladybird4 

  • LeifUKLeifUK Posts: 573
    Logan says:

    You have to try Carolina Reaper it's one of the hottest.image

    See original post

     Naga is the hottest, insanely so. I have some Naga sauce, it is the hottest I have ever had, but it is very very tasty.

    I have overwintered Rocoto, Capsicum baccatum and Capsicum chinense. You can just leave it as is, but I generally wait till the new year, then prune it back to a 6-8" stump, prune the root ball back to about 6" across, and replant in fresh compost. It soon sprouts new growth and this year I had a harvest in May from a Capsicum chinense, and thus far I have picked over 50 pods. You must keep the plant warm, Naga is most likely very cold intolerant, so indoors on a sunny windowsill is ideal.

  • LoganLogan Posts: 2,532

    I've tried overwintering before, sometimes they don't make it.But I have them in a unheated conservatory.image

  • MortuusMortuus Posts: 18
    Ladybird4 says:

    Thanks Logan, never heard of that one. I must admit to being disappointed when an alledgedly 'hot' curry turns out to be anything but. Where does Carolina Reaper come on the Scoville scale?

    See original post

     Carolina Reaper's are around 2,200,000 on the Scoville Scale

  • MortuusMortuus Posts: 18
    LeifUK says:
    Logan says:

    You have to try Carolina Reaper it's one of the hottest.image

    See original post

     Naga is the hottest, insanely so. I have some Naga sauce, it is the hottest I have ever had, but it is very very tasty.

    I have overwintered Rocoto, Capsicum baccatum and Capsicum chinense. You can just leave it as is, but I generally wait till the new year, then prune it back to a 6-8" stump, prune the root ball back to about 6" across, and replant in fresh compost. It soon sprouts new growth and this year I had a harvest in May from a Capsicum chinense, and thus far I have picked over 50 pods. You must keep the plant warm, Naga is most likely very cold intolerant, so indoors on a sunny windowsill is ideal.

    See original post

     Naga's is not even close to being the hottest chillies.

  • mjahmed2mjahmed2 Posts: 3

    Thanks will try that

  • LeifUKLeifUK Posts: 573
    Mortuus says:
    LeifUK says:
    Logan says:

    You have to try Carolina Reaper it's one of the hottest.image

    See original post

     Naga is the hottest, insanely so. I have some Naga sauce, it is the hottest I have ever had, but it is very very tasty.

    I have overwintered Rocoto, Capsicum baccatum and Capsicum chinense. You can just leave it as is, but I generally wait till the new year, then prune it back to a 6-8" stump, prune the root ball back to about 6" across, and replant in fresh compost. It soon sprouts new growth and this year I had a harvest in May from a Capsicum chinense, and thus far I have picked over 50 pods. You must keep the plant warm, Naga is most likely very cold intolerant, so indoors on a sunny windowsill is ideal.

    See original post

     Naga's is not even close to being the hottest chillies.

    See original post

     

    I was mistaken, the Carolina Reeper is the official hottest, but Naga is close according to these people: 

    http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/hottest-chili

    Naga used to be the hottest a few years back. In any case, heat varies between pods, and plants, so there will be natural variation. Perrsonally I do not like heat for heat's sake. A habanero is tasty and hot enough. Fatalli has a fantastic flavour. I also have some Lemon Habanero, supposedly hot, which have zero heat, and which add a nice flavour in cooking.

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