Has Anyone Ordered from thehotpepper.com

LBchilehead · January 3, 2013

I want to order some stuff from them but I don't want to be scammed.

Boutique Tomatoes · January 3, 2013

They're a well known hot pepper enthusiasts forum, I wasn't even aware they had a store though.

What are you looking for?

LBchilehead · January 3, 2013

Carolina Reaper Pepper seeds

LBchilehead · January 3, 2013

Even has some one tried to order from that guy in SC?

roper2008 · January 3, 2013

The only place you can get carolina reaper seeds is
puckerbutt.com, which is Ed Curry's the breeder of
the carolina reaper, or PepperJoe, who has a bad
reputation here.

Calcat36 · January 6, 2013

LB, I would suggest Judy at pepperlover.com. She has a great selection of super hot varieties and shipping is FREE. I would also suggest trying Morugas or Primos (unless you already have them) first and wait for all of the tried and true pepper gurus to see what happens this year when they grow them out.

Chances are pretty good that some members here will also have an opinion/proof source and available seed at the end of the harvest for sale or trade. I don't believe the hype of the snake oil salesman. I only heard about Bhuts 2 years ago and they grow well for me, along with many others, so "being the first" isn't a successful sales ploy for me. It could turn out to be an Edsel!

Apparently, Guinness hasn't stood behind the claim either.

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/...hottest-chili/

linuxman51 · August 20, 2013

pepperlover, great site. I've had a couple orders from pepperjoe and had a couple things fail to make 'type'... eg:

I planted what I thought were 4 paprika plants, three were, one was the 'peter pepper'.
At the behest of the wife this year (who somehow missed it last year) I bought peter pepper seeds, and I got one out of 6, the other 5 are... cayenne or something like that, I don't know.

The reaper seeds and plants do appear to be correct-to-type according to the pictures i've seen, so ymmv?

Smithma · August 20, 2013

Quote:

Originally Posted by linuxman51

pepperlover, great site. I've had a couple orders from pepperjoe and had a couple things fail to make 'type'... eg:

I planted what I thought were 4 paprika plants, three were, one was the 'peter pepper'.
At the behest of the wife this year (who somehow missed it last year) I bought peter pepper seeds, and I got one out of 6, the other 5 are... cayenne or something like that, I don't know.

The reaper seeds and plants do appear to be correct-to-type according to the pictures i've seen, so ymmv?

I have a Carolina Reaper with 6 leaves, that I'm going to grow indoors this winter. Bought seeds from Pepper Jerk hope it grows to type
I will check Pukerbutt, hate to waste my limited indoor seedling space on unknowns

linuxman51 · August 20, 2013

with as miserable as the growing season has been for me, I may dig one of them up and put it in a container & try and overwinter it. too much rain (not complaining but dang), lost the battle with weeds, it's just been one of those years. re-tooling next year, I'd hoped to have enough diversity and quality among my peppers to offer them and sauces for sale at work and elsewhere locally, but, cest la vi right?

Pepper joe doesn't even actually grow those peppers, so hopefully there's not a lot of incursion with them.

January 3, 2013	#1
LBchilehead Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Long Beach, CA Posts: 37	Has Anyone Ordered from thehotpepper.com I want to order some stuff from them but I don't want to be scammed.

August 20, 2013	#7
linuxman51 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: montgomery, al Posts: 91	pepperlover, great site. I've had a couple orders from pepperjoe and had a couple things fail to make 'type'... eg: I planted what I thought were 4 paprika plants, three were, one was the 'peter pepper'. At the behest of the wife this year (who somehow missed it last year) I bought peter pepper seeds, and I got one out of 6, the other 5 are... cayenne or something like that, I don't know. The reaper seeds and plants do appear to be correct-to-type according to the pictures i've seen, so ymmv? __________________ gearhead... (with a small garden) 1990 volvo 740 16vturbo, hx-52. Race car. 10.82@129mph 1994 volvo 940 wagon, turbo. 14.5@?. Good at hauling dirt, excellent DD 2003 Evo VIII, ams 35r, cams, etc. 440awhp, fun DD 11.6@123mph

August 20, 2013	#9
linuxman51 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: montgomery, al Posts: 91	with as miserable as the growing season has been for me, I may dig one of them up and put it in a container & try and overwinter it. too much rain (not complaining but dang), lost the battle with weeds, it's just been one of those years. re-tooling next year, I'd hoped to have enough diversity and quality among my peppers to offer them and sauces for sale at work and elsewhere locally, but, cest la vi right? Pepper joe doesn't even actually grow those peppers, so hopefully there's not a lot of incursion with them. __________________ gearhead... (with a small garden) 1990 volvo 740 16vturbo, hx-52. Race car. 10.82@129mph 1994 volvo 940 wagon, turbo. 14.5@?. Good at hauling dirt, excellent DD 2003 Evo VIII, ams 35r, cams, etc. 440awhp, fun DD 11.6@123mph

January 3, 2013	#2
Boutique Tomatoes Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Northeast Wisconsin, Zone 5a Posts: 1,109	They're a well known hot pepper enthusiasts forum, I wasn't even aware they had a store though. What are you looking for?

January 3, 2013	#5
roper2008 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Virginia Bch, VA (7b) Posts: 1,337	The only place you can get carolina reaper seeds is puckerbutt.com, which is Ed Curry's the breeder of the carolina reaper, or PepperJoe, who has a bad reputation here.

January 6, 2013	#6
Calcat36 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: 6b Posts: 56	LB, I would suggest Judy at pepperlover.com. She has a great selection of super hot varieties and shipping is FREE. I would also suggest trying Morugas or Primos (unless you already have them) first and wait for all of the tried and true pepper gurus to see what happens this year when they grow them out. Chances are pretty good that some members here will also have an opinion/proof source and available seed at the end of the harvest for sale or trade. I don't believe the hype of the snake oil salesman. I only heard about Bhuts 2 years ago and they grow well for me, along with many others, so "being the first" isn't a successful sales ploy for me. It could turn out to be an Edsel! Apparently, Guinness hasn't stood behind the claim either. http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/...hottest-chili/