UPDATE: GIGANTIC BHUT NAGA JOLOKIA GROW IN TEXAS GHOST CHILE PEPPER

[theitalian556]

thats not a plant thats a pepper bush! Well done!!! What growing medium you using? Pro mix?

[wuttaweirdo]

Mother of Peppers

[TheRastaRick]

Dude your jolokia peppers look fantastic!! Do you ship seeds away?? I'd love to get my hands on some jolokia seeds to grow my own plant!

[buckfever101ful]

wow man those look great, do you have any of the seeds that you can send me hit me up

[tomokochins]

how large is ur pot? :s i got my seedlings in a small container and gonna move em soon

[cshawn07]

A truly beautiful plant. You have done well :-)

[CHEVYCAMARO4GEN]

Its Like Growing Hell =]

[zyancalikola]

As Sir Lancelot put it (well, kind of): "I like big Bhuts and I cannot lie ..." ;D

[DALESTALEY1]

How did you get you plant to grow so big? Mine produces good quantities, but it is much smaller as seen in my video.

[theitalian556]

Cant wait to grow my Bhuts!

[locoguy2008]

What kind of soil and fertilizer do you use?

[BeautifulBluegrass]

what fertilizer did you use? and when did you start using it, my are planted seeds now.

[regwell100]

man, thats awesome. I yearn for a big ass chilli plant. Going to get some happening this season.

[stevelau1933]

Why don't you just plant them in the ground? I have like 8 ghost pepper plants started this March which have produced altogether well into the hundreds of peppers, but people happen to like them so they get harvested as they ripen.

[wankelcrazy]

@stevelau1933 What is the weather like where you're located?

[stevelau1933]

@wankelcrazy

It's a very cool climate in NY bordering Canada, rains a lot, and never gets hot over summer, but I have ways to start plants way earlier than most.

[wankelcrazy]

@stevelau1933 It's been way too hot the past 2 summers, I plant them in the pot's (which mind you are 20 gallon huge clay pots) b/c I don't know how bad the summers are going to be; if I'm getting peppers in May/June then I'd put that plant in the ground immediately and let it finish there - those seasons we'll get 2 harvests. The past 2 summers have been 105-110 for 2 months straight, causes flower drop and no peppers. Also, b/c of water restrictions potted plants are exempt.

[wankelcrazy]

@stevelau1933 My initial harvest from this plant, which was right after this video was made was the end of last November, the main harvest was in the middle of December! If I'm starting plants from seeds I have to start them right after this harvest for them to be the right size for planting in March. It's a year-round endeavor here, but I'd rather be closer to the coast so the heat would be tempered, Houston would be much better for example.

[lance22me]

A plant that size must really drink water & fertilizer! Great job!

[wankelcrazy]

@lance22me Thank you! Yeah, it drinks about 5-7.5 gallons per day and I feed it pretty often as well...

[waylan3]

very nice can we work out some kind of a deal for some good seeds id like to grow it in my hydroponic unit

[SAK59]

Fantastic looking plant. Nice going!

[ExtremePeppers]

I lived in Euless from 1992-2008. I live in Central Fla. now and started my plants in July 2008. I can't see how you deal with the DFW summers. I never see temps over 95 here. Plus I get the normal 4:00pm rain.

[wankelcrazy]

@ExtremePeppers I'm looking for work there at the moment actually; I cannot stand the summers here anymore, there isn't anything to do when it is 105-110 outside and my plants do little except consume ridiculous amounts of water and drop flowers until the temperature goes down. Pisses me off. Don't get any fruit set until middle of Sept and leaves me wide open to have a harvest ruined if first freeze comes in late Oct or Nov.

[theitalian556]

@wankelcrazy Very nice plant!!!

[stebly]

I'm seriously impressed and jealous you could have weather that nice in November. Okay, I'm moving to Texas. Ha.

[wankelcrazy]

@stebly It was so lucky, usually our first hard freeze is around Halloween, give or take a couple weeks; so the fact I was able to let it go to Mid Dec was unreal. VERY lucky!!!

[bigbluntburner420]

i would buy peppers and seeds email me at aniggity@gmail.com

[shimrayful]

great i thaught that chilly grows only in my place in manipur india

[BOBCOMproductions]

Dang that plant is huge. Do you bring it in during the winter?

[TonySlug]

Wonderful plant. Congrats.

[godkingRoss]

bolloks, i hope mine don't get that big... not my bolloks, my chillies. i thought they'd be a couple of foot high or smth

[wankelcrazy]

@godkingRoss U.K. or Australia? Depends on the amount of light, size of container (if it is in one), growing medium, and fertilization types/amounts.Temperature is a factor, but in my experience is something the plant can tolerate and grow but will drop flowers. We had 2 weeks straight of 105 deg F, many 108 deg F (40-43 deg C) and it required about 15 gal/water/day simply to keep it cool.Ate a ton of fish emulsion fertilizer too, didn't set fruit til Sept (outside since Feb) and harvest in Dec.

[wankelcrazy]

@godkingRoss Those would be some mighty brass bollocks as well my friend!

[hiphop23ist]

ok look i had 25 seedling ghost peppers ready for the garden and everything was perfect the peppers where just the right hight like 7 in then i put them on my top deck and turned my head and they were gone ): they feell 36 feet to the ground and none of them survived ); thumbs up so other peple wont forget to not turn there backs on there peppers

[sonnyvarela]

How did you overwinter a plant this big?

[wankelcrazy]

@sonnyvarela In previous years I used a couple 200 watt compact fluorescents, they're about 15 inches long (ya, not terribly compact) and had a color output of 6500K and a total of around 25,000 lumens; all inside an attic. They can be found online for about $60-$80.

I didn't try to overwinter this one, I figured I'd gotten my fair share off of it with the 179 peppers from the winter harvest, so I'm starting from seed again.

[prangel1132]

How tall is this plant. I started to grow Bhut Jolokia's and Red Savina's the tallest jolokia plant i have is 2' and still no chilli yet

[wankelcrazy]

@prangel1132 This one was about 5 1/2 feet tall (about 1.8 meters).

[pinkypimpalicous]

I bought a Bhut Jolokia plant off the internet, its about 6 inches tall. Do you have any good tips on growing it and yielding the highest (and hottest) amount of fruit possible? Your plant looks amazing, I hope mine can look like that.

[wankelcrazy]

@pinkypimpalicous Approve my friend request and I'll email you my tips and methods; simply too much to post here...

[pinkypimpalicous]

@wankelcrazy thank you :)

[dannnno12761]

@wanklecrazy How do I get some of these seeds?

[Hendrix1326]

@dannnno12761 I have Bhut Jolokia seeds, and its cousin, the Naga Morich, if you're still interested. Send me a PM and we can figure something out.

[Koca3015]

How long since you planted the seed to this beautifull plant? :D LOVE IT!!!

[wankelcrazy]

@Koca3015 It was 2 years old at the time this video was made

[fuckyouimtall]

I just recently purchased my first set of 30 Bhut Jolokia seeds, and was wondering what you might recommend for me to grow it in.

Also, how long before I see sprouts?

I've just got so many questions.

[wankelcrazy]

@fuckyouimtall Approve my friend request and I'll send it to you in a message as it's too long to put here. As for sprouting times, they may vary greatly, and bhut's can be notoriously stubborn for germination as well as their growth. I use a heating pad and towel on top to keep the temperature in my small germination greenhouse (translucent rubbermaid box w lid) at 90 deg. and this shortens the time to a couple of weeks on average. At room temp it can be 4-8 weeks.

[nothingtoyouatall]

had to turn the sound off ,cool plant though.

[jmac10986]

I was given a bhut jolokia (ghost pepper) seedling this past November. I kept it alive indoors over the winter. Moved it outside when it warmed up a little and i now have my first flower. No peppers yet... Can I expect to yield more peppers in the fall than the summer/spring?

[marito001]

What do you feed the plant??? huge!!!!

[wankelcrazy]

@marito001 I use worm castings, bat guano, seabird guano, and fish emulsion mainly. It depends on the time of the season. The worm castings and fish emulsion make up the majority of what I feed them, and the guano's are great for a more concentrated dose.

[marito001]

@wankelcrazy

Do you make the worm castings compost tea???

[wankelcrazy]

@marito001 Yes, I do on occasion (when I'm out of fish emulsion usually), but mostly I use it as an amendment to my soil mixture (70% peat moss, 15% vermiculite, 10% perlite).

[starshock01]

I grew one in a green house that only was 2 feet tall...got about 15 huge peppers off it before it just died randomly...

[Gruffington31]

Respect mate, I know how hard it is to grow these guys. Thats a monster bush.

I have some choc habanero, safi scotch bonnets and ring of fires on the go just now.

[ahorvath96]

i dont think those are bhuts, maybe naga morich

[wankelcrazy]

@ahorvath96 Honestly in my opinion, there are very few stable strains of these peppers (which I don't mind, I hate that scene at the grocery store where every thing is the exact same size, and bland) as they've been grown for centuries or longer in India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka for centuries; if not longer. The only other thing is the morich's (or so I was told) I've come across are small like the Dorset Nagas. I just want to try to stabilize a strain that can tolerate the heat of Texas!

[wankelcrazy]

Respond to this video... .....as I got EXTREMELY lucky last fall and don't think I'll see another one here that is so steady. What have the Bhuts you've come across looked/been like?

[ahorvath96]

@wankelcrazy i have seen them longer, but the ones in ur harvest vid look mor like bhuts

[sylcf]

The Most Beautiful Plant I've Ever Seen

[wankelcrazy]

@sylcf Thank you very much! It was the absolute single hardest plant to grow in my entire life, but well worth the education! They are extremely temperamental and love to drop flowers (although once they set, you can see how they take off!!!) I'm hoping to get a greenhouse set up within a few months, and before the heat of summer kicks in...

[wankelcrazy]

I use a combination of NEEM oil concentrate mixed as directed with water, but with a few of my hybrids and nagas (dried, and ground to a fine powder in a coffee grinder), with a small piece of thin cotton (think old undershirt) held on with a rubber band to prevent the spray bottle from clogging. I also use beneficial nematodes and worst case scenario, I'll wrap the plant in a fine mesh and let a few hundred ladybugs loose. They're the gladiators of the bug world...

[murphygd]

How do you keep the white fly's off the plants?

[ohboitony]

Will you ship to Houston?