A couple of years ago people started talking about ghost peppers, that are 1000 times hotter than a habanero. They do exist, because a friend of mine ate one on live radio and cried for hours. The good thing about the heat from peppers is that it does not really damage tissue, it just feels like it does.
I would never eat anything that hot, but for a novelty some were started in the greenhouse. They did not do really well, so when time to plant came a plant was purchased at the farmer’s market. A friend also purchased a few at the farmer’s market. His plants were planted in pots at his condo, and have grown well, but not produced even a blossom.
Both the plants from the greenhouse and the plant from the farmer’s market have grown well in the garden, but of about 30 pepper plants, these are the only ones that are getting munched by critters. In India the ghost peppers are said to keep elephants out of the garden. I believe in ghosts. I just don’t think my garden is haunted. The guy at the farmer’s market probably bought his seed at the same place I did and got screwed.
David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://davidsegrest.com , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/
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