If you are a dealer and sell these seeds I would surely love to get some of these Bot Jolukas I already am growing many of the Bhut Jolokai and the Naga Morich but if there is one more that is as hot as those two I want it. Or are you talking about the Bhut Jolokai?

Dale

you can get bhut jolokia seed from the chile pepper institute at nmsu.

i wouldnt mind a plant if you have one for sale. my husband would love it.

thanx

Bhut Jolokia = 'Ghost Chile'. Commercially synonymous with Naga Jolokia, Bih Jolokia, and Dorset Naga, although it seems that the aforementioned are all strains of the same pepper, with the Bih Jolokia being -slightly- hotter than the others.

Apparently, 'Bhut Jolokia' is a strain carried and sold by Dave Dewitt of the Chile Pepper Institute in New Mexico. It's the same strain as offered by Frontal Agritech (which is in India) that is sold as 'Bih Jolokia'. Apparently there is some confusion as to the variation within the strains.

It looks like the Dorset Naga, Naga Morrich and Naga Jolokia are closely related, but are not -exactly- the same strain as the Bhut Jolokia. I may be wrong here.

Naga Jolokia is a general term and the Bhut/Bih Jolokia may be intermingled with this term and sold as such.

HPLC results for the Dorset Naga averaged around 923,000 Scoville Heat Units. Compare that to a normal Orange Habanero which comes in at around 300,000 Scovilles, and the former world record holder, the Red Savina Hab, which came in around 577,000 Scovilles.

I have tasted hotter than the Red Savina, and have seen others such as the Devil's Tongue and Chocolate Habanero test higher on HPLC, which is a much more accurate indicator than the Scoville test.

HPLC results for the pepper that I put in the race last year (the Trinidad Scorpion), which I obtained as a total fluke, came in around 1,000,000 Scovilles, but the sudden fame and publicity of the Jolokia strains overshadowed the popularity of it. Not trying to make a plug, but I find that they are similar.

Pod and plant morphology also tell me that the Trinidad Scorpion and the Nagas are so similar that it's likely that they were from the same strain years ago. They may have been passed from one location to another years ago during the immigration/emigration between Trinidad and India. The Trinidad 7-Pod was even more similar in pod morphology and heat (extremely hot!!!), though I can't comment on growth habit of the 7-pod.

FYI, HPLC results of the Bhut Jolokia were over 1,000,000 Scovilles. 1,001,304 was the standard number recorded. One particular Bih Jolokia weighed in at 1,041,427 Scoville Heat Units.

That's somewhere between unbearable and unbelievable.

on the left side of the keyboard is a key that says "Caps Lock" push it.

ANYONE HAVE ANY VANGIRKIN QUKE SEEDS? THEY ARE GOOD FOR PICKELING!POD MAN, NO SEEDS FOR YOU!!!!! GOOD SPELLING THOUGH! SHELBY, YOU PROBABLY DRIVE A FORD FOCUS! GOOD GARDENING, WHY DON'T YOU ALL TRY TO DO SOME? DENNIS

That all Caps really is annoying to read!

I think that his whole attitude is annoying. wildtomatoman, there are other sites that you can sell your stuff on there are alot of people here that are willing to trade and give away all the seeds they have maybe you will have better luck on ebay. HAPPY GARDENING TO YOU MAYBE YOU SHOULD TRY IT.

Dale

I've been hearing some interesting things about all those Trinidad varieties that may have been introduced from India and crossed with the native chile peppers! One in particular....Scotch Bonnet T.F.M.!!! Anyone ever hear of that variety!?
tom...

I have grown it ( thanks Mark!) TFM stands for Trenton Farm Market where the peppers were purchased by Mark.

John

Also I am doing a grow out of several of these so called hottest peppers. Problem is I don't really like to eat the really hot ones and after a certain point they are just extremely hot. I enjoy growing them though and hope to be able to at least document any differences in pods or flowers. I have grown Seven Pod and am regrowing it to compare with:

Bhut Jolokia
Bih Jolokia
Bih Jolokia from pods
Dorset Naga from two sources
Naga Morrich
Trinidad Scorpion from two sources

Stay tuned

John

Tombstone, the Scotch Bonnet TFM is completely different than all of the Naga and Trinidad varieties. Those varieties are noted for their heat, the TFM is notorious for its taste. It's the best tasting pepper I have ever put in my mouth, out of well over 100 different varieties. Just wonderful taste. The only other strains that come close to its taste are the Harold's St. Bart, a strain that is circulating called a True Jamaican Scotch Bonnet, and the Burkina Yellow Scotch Bonnet.

John, good to see you here. I was going to shoot you an e-mail to see how you were doing b/c I hadn't seen you around. Hope all is well.

Mark

P.S. The TFM's look great.

John,

You can do a side-by-side taste test of each variety one after another. Then a giant bottle of Tums right? :) That should be interesting to see your documentation.

Just curious, where did you source dried Bih Jolokia pods with viable seed?

Chris

Hi Chris

A German friend sent me seeds but also a pod ( from some Indian company I think)which was said to contain non-viable seeds. Of course, I tried to germinate them and out of a bunch only one germinated and it is not a strong plant- but we shall see