Hello, I bought these plants already established from a market in central Florida. The red one was labeled as a chocolate reaper and the green one a normal reaper. What's your opinion on what these are? The red ones don't seem to get any darker and they're pretty smooth. I don't know when to pick them. They both kinda have the stinger. The green ones are younger and have a rougher texture like I expected. Also I know about the hole in the pepper shown. Any help is appreciated. Thank you!
by dontragemebro
4 Comments
The green is possibly as there are so many pheno types of them nowadays(whether they are true reapers is a different story)
The red ones look more like habs of some form and are ready to be picked. Habs have quite a distinct flavour profile and upper heat range but not near super hot level
red nope , green perhaps in the in the realm like mentioned by poppers of a reaper. They probably have some good heat. They look like a naga / reaper variety.
Definitely not reapers, possibly habanero of some variety. Green could be a reaper though although it doesn’t look like the typical reaper.
Could be one of the lesser-talked about ghost peppers, like the [naga morich](https://www.chileplants.com/search.aspx?SearchName=NAGA+MORICHPEPPER+PLANTS&ProductCode=CHINAM&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwrcKxBhBMEiwAIVF8rKQ531GB3MpLFN0z3HFPQsAqEYmthkAoQdjb3sV53q7B6cNKUbmJHBoCKL0QAvD_BwE) but as others have said it has a more habanero style shape than other superhots. Definitely not a carolina reaper.