Growing The Extremely Hot Carolina Reaper Pepper Plant.

The Carolina Reaper plant can be grown both in a container or in the ground. Many growers of this extremely super-hot pepper like best growing it in a container of least 5 gallons or more. One of the advantages to growing in a container is that the Carolina Reaper plant grows slow and takes quite some time to produce peppers. So, with this slow producing pepper plant if you live in a area with a short growing season the plants can be more easily protected from frost or cold weather. Even though the Carolina Reaper is slow to produce when it does it is a fairly heavy producer. The Carolina Reaper plant will produce between 20 to 30 peppers when fully grown and sometime up to 45 or more.

The Reaper grows best in full sun and with day temperatures at least 70 F and night temperatures of no lower than 50 F. Always remember when shopping and buying online pepper plants like the Carolina Reaper from Piedmont Farm Garden. Open box upon arrival, unwrap plants and accumulate plant for a few days. In some cases, it may be a long journey form South Carolina in a dark box so acclimating your Reaper plants will help them get a healthy start. Carolina Reapers grow best in soils with a pH around 6.5.

Pepper plants grow best in a soil that is heavy in organic matter. If you are fortunate enough to live within driving distance of Piedmont Farm and Garden, located in Spartanburg South Carolina we sell bulk mushroom compost direct from Pennsylvania’s Amish country. This compost is made up of a rich, dark, and moist mixture of wheat straw, peat moss, cottonseed meal, cottonseed hulls, corncobs, cocoa bean shells, gypsum, lime, chicken litter and horse stable bedding. If similar product is not available, most reputable garden centers (not box stores) should carry peat moss, cow/poultry manure, vermiculite, perlite, mushroom compost, or pine bark mulch.