Ghost Pepper
So how hot are Ghost peppers? Let’s frame the ghost pepper against our jalapeño as a reference point. Many people feel the jalapeño is rather hot, but in the world of the Scoville scale, it’s a relatively mild to medium chili pepper (2,500 to 8,000 Scoville heat units). Now multiply the jalapeños heat by up to 400. That’s the potential of ghost pepper (855,000 to 1,041,427 Scoville units.) Or compare it to the intense heat of a scotch bonnet ( 100,000 to 350,000 Scoville units). It’s four to eight times spicier than those hot chilies.
It’s so spicy that the Indian army has made it into military-grade smoke bombs and local residents smear the ghost pepper on fences and walls to keep wild elephants from entering certain areas. Though what’s interesting about the ghost’s spiciness is its slow burn. . The ghost chili plays differently. It’s extremely hot on first bite, but the heat slowly builds, moving to the back of your throat, and lingers for a prolonged time. For some, it can take 15 to 30 minutes to clear the intensity of the heat.
Grown in a 4” pot
So how hot are Ghost peppers? Let’s frame the ghost pepper against our jalapeño as a reference point. Many people feel the jalapeño is rather hot, but in the world of the Scoville scale, it’s a relatively mild to medium chili pepper (2,500 to 8,000 Scoville heat units). Now multiply the jalapeños heat by up to 400. That’s the potential of ghost pepper (855,000 to 1,041,427 Scoville units.) Or compare it to the intense heat of a scotch bonnet ( 100,000 to 350,000 Scoville units). It’s four to eight times spicier than those hot chilies.
It’s so spicy that the Indian army has made it into military-grade smoke bombs and local residents smear the ghost pepper on fences and walls to keep wild elephants from entering certain areas. Though what’s interesting about the ghost’s spiciness is its slow burn. . The ghost chili plays differently. It’s extremely hot on first bite, but the heat slowly builds, moving to the back of your throat, and lingers for a prolonged time. For some, it can take 15 to 30 minutes to clear the intensity of the heat.
Grown in a 4” pot
So how hot are Ghost peppers? Let’s frame the ghost pepper against our jalapeño as a reference point. Many people feel the jalapeño is rather hot, but in the world of the Scoville scale, it’s a relatively mild to medium chili pepper (2,500 to 8,000 Scoville heat units). Now multiply the jalapeños heat by up to 400. That’s the potential of ghost pepper (855,000 to 1,041,427 Scoville units.) Or compare it to the intense heat of a scotch bonnet ( 100,000 to 350,000 Scoville units). It’s four to eight times spicier than those hot chilies.
It’s so spicy that the Indian army has made it into military-grade smoke bombs and local residents smear the ghost pepper on fences and walls to keep wild elephants from entering certain areas. Though what’s interesting about the ghost’s spiciness is its slow burn. . The ghost chili plays differently. It’s extremely hot on first bite, but the heat slowly builds, moving to the back of your throat, and lingers for a prolonged time. For some, it can take 15 to 30 minutes to clear the intensity of the heat.
Grown in a 4” pot