Black Tongue Scorpion Pepper Plant
Black Tongue Scorpion is a pepper variety. Austin Peppers sells it as a live nursery-grown plant, shipped from South Texas.
Price: $15.00 USD
Species: C. chinense Mature pod color: Black Pod form: Habanero-type Heat: 1,200,000–2,000,000 SHU (Superhot) Days until harvest: Very Late 90-120 Plant height: 24 to 30 inches Light: Full sun (6–8+ hrs) Growing temperature: 75-90°F (24-32°C) Planter size: 1 gallon minimum, optimally 5–7 gallons (19–26 liters) SKU: PP-BLACKTONGUESCORPION-C Start with the number: 1,200,000 to 2,000,000 SHU, well into superhot territory. The black habanero-type pods carry the scorpion tail, a pointed curl at the bottom of the pod, and they take patience, 90 to 120 days on a 24 to 30 inch C. chinense. Grow it for the heat and the look; eat it with a plan.This plant is still growing and is not ready to ship yet.What you are getting: a seedling, minimum 8 weeks old and at least 6 inches tall. It is not a finished plant. It will need transplanting into a container, so choose the container accordingly: these will grow in anything from a half gallon up, but the pot determines the yield in many cases, and some varieties do better than others in a small one.If it is going outside: harden it off first. Give it a few hours a day somewhere sheltered and out of direct sun, and build that up over a week or so before it lives outdoors full time. A seedling put straight out is a seedling you can lose.Feeding: do not fertilise for the first two weeks. After that, use a balanced fertiliser.More on this variety, and on growing peppers generally, at wikipepper.org.
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