Boo! Did a purple ghost just sneak up on you? Well, as they say we don’t believe in purple ghosts, but would like them to believe in themselves and we believe that you reader are ready for this beautifully purple ghost pepper—ripening to a beautiful red when fully ripe. Maxing out at 1,000,000 Scoville units (a jalapeno being around 10,000; habanero being around 350,000 and Carolina reaper being 2,000,000) it’s the perfect medium when you’re ready go half way to the top (hottest pepper being Pepper X at 2,600,000).

A classic originating from India, it reaches up to 4ft tall, and develops 3” long wrinkly pods that mature from green to red—almost no heat when eaten green and some slightly when purple and full heat when red, so put on your Michael Jackson white gloves for safety when handling these bad boys! Great slivered up and put maple syrup corn bread.

- best started indoors, one month before last frost;  check out:  almanac.com/gardening/frostdates)                                                                                                     - plant seeds 1/8” deep in pots, best started with heating mats for quicker germination but will be fine put in the warmest area of the house in pots at least 4” deep, mist in lightly         -germinates in 14-18 days (super hots take longer than normal peppers)- place in area with most light to prevent getting leggy, close to the leaves                                                        - Once at least 4” tall - transplant outside around 3ft apart in area with full sun, with bat guano/compost/organic fertilizer and feed with fertilizer once a week for strong plants. Make sure to let the soil dries out before watering again.        Minimum spooky 10 seeds.