Growing Ghost Peppers
Sow 1 4 inch deep in trays filled with potting soil.
Growing ghost peppers. If any of the seeds float to the top of the water throw them away. Soak seeds in a little water overnight before sowing. Growing conditions for ghost peppers if you live in an area with high humidity and lots of heat growing ghost peppers is going to be a walk in the park.
The best time to grow ghost peppers you have to be start planting ghost peppers indoors about ten to fourteen weeks after or before the last frost. In usda zones 11 and above peppers can be treated as perennial plants. To have a shot at growing a successful ghost pepper plant you need to recreate the hot humid environment of northern india.
They need 140 days or five months of hot climate so as to succeed. Preparing your soil and pot ghost peppers grow best in rich slightly acid to neutral soil that has a ph between. It can take a long time to grow ghost peppers usually between five and nine months and there is a distinct chance in some areas that the plants will not mature within the normal growing season.
This means that outdoor growing in the u s. Raised beds or large containers are ideal for ghost peppers because the soil will be much warmer. 27 32 c while keeping the soil moist consistently.
Quick video on growing ghost peppers indoors using incandescent lights to provide heat and leds as growlights with a foil back reflector. In these tropical regions plant seed any time of the year. How to grow ghost peppers indoors step 1.
Plant ghost peppers 8 12 weeks before the last frost in your region. You only want to germinate seeds that sink in the. Prepare your seeds purchase good quality ghost pepper seeds from your local nursery or online.
Be patient hot peppers grow slow. Ghost pepper growing tips 1. Use a high quality well draining potting soil for starting pepper seeds.
These natives of india are big fans of sunlight and thrive in locations where they are exposed to prolonged periods of high humidity and heat just like they get in their native lands. The surest way of growing ghost peppers is indoors or in a greenhouse where temperatures can be maintained at the 75 f. Many gardeners choose to grow ghost peppers indoors.
Seeds for ghost peppers take around 35 days to germinate in very warm soil between 80 90 f. This plant will not stand temperature under 70 f.
