When & How to Harvest & Eat a Ghost Pepper - Safely
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ต.ค. 2024
- The bhut jolokia, or "Ghost Pepper", has previously held the title of the world's hottest pepper, and it can be difficult to grow them successfully. If you have met with success, check out my tips on SAFELY harvesting them, when to harvest them, and how to prepare them for eating.
DISCLAIMER: the Ghost Pepper is not a pepper for the average person, and can actually be fatal if consumed in large quantities. Please observe all safety measures, and start out eating the ghost pepper in smaller amounts.
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I kept my ghost pepper plants alive throughout the winter by bringing them indoors and under a UV light. From December to March I battled constant aphids with neem oil, it was a weekly or bi-weekly battle for my plants. Now it's May and warm enough to keep my plants outside. I have some nicely-sized peppers coming back again, I'd say at least 2.5 to 3 inches long at this point, still green though. As enjoyable as it was last year growing the peppers, this year is magnitudes better having kept them alive over the winter. Can't wait to harvest some bright red beauties. I normally use my ghost peppers in a jerk chicken marinade, makes the wings fiery!
I enjoyed looking far into the background behind whatever you were trying to record.
I'm looking forward to eating my own home grown ones, but in my part of the country these are sold fresh in major grocery stores. I recently tried them by cooking them with black beans, chopped tomatoes, cilantro and green onions. They were very hot, but I was expecting more. Maybe the ones they sell here aren't as hot. BTW, I recommend sour cream in place of milk if you don't like drinking milk. I did an experiment and the the sour cream really knocked down the effects.
Thanks for sharing. We planted our first ever plant in a pot w/ plenty of sun & heat here on the shores of Georgian Bay. We've got about a half dozen that are red & ready to pick. We really appreciate your safety tips. Cheers!
Me and my wife just started our first Bhut Jolokia plant. Can’t wait to harvest some peppers!!
@@jmnixon940 I saw some of those at a local plant nursery the other day and was so tempted!
I grew some this year, chocolate variety and am very happy, got a bumper crop in 2024
My face started sweating while watching this 😂. Waiting for my plants to produce some peppers.
Enjoy the burn!
Ghost peppers are tasty but i enjoy the yellow as it is so flavorful less capsaicin . Your safety warnings make me smile. 😅
I live in Central Florida and this is my first year growing these peppers, I'm a few days away from my first peppers I've been watching them like a hawk! I noticed the same thing in the forst few months I couldn't keep a flower on and thought it was a giant failure. But time has proven otherwise. Very informative thank you! Hope to see more like this!
Great instructional video! My sister gifted me a ghost pepper start and I now have 5 peppers that look like the green one on top of your plant in the video. I’m guessing in two to three weeks they should turn red like yours! I really appreciate all the tips I had no idea about the oils
Glad it helped, best of luck!
Great video bud, as a fellow veteran myself, (CG) I'm growing my first Ghost Peppers here in Austin Tx. I learned a ton from your channel keep up the great work. And who knows, you might off inspired me to make a video on my channel.
Thank you for your service GotaLove Texas ;-)
First time growing a ghost pepper plant. We have it in a plastic container. I'm I'll this year, can't work much in garden. We have had flowers on it but no peppers yet. We planted late. You made a very good video. Everything we needed to know. Thank you.
Thanks for the video, my first ones getting close, can’t wait!
Ghost peppers are my favorite pepper in the world. Wonderful flavor, and extremely hot!
I’m growing super hots in dry New Mexico climate. Very important to mist pepper flowers throughout the day. As mentioned, even with adequate watering schedule, the flowers, if dry, will drop off.
Informational, great delivery. Thanks!
From SW Florida I am with you! I just grew my first Ghost Pepper also. It is reliably hot! On handling bare handed 30 minutes later after washing and lawn mowing sweaty gloves still made my eyes and face tingle. Be Safe and enjoy!
One piece the size of a pencil eraser per sandwich is enough for me. DS
Thanks for watching, and appreciate your experiences!
It is a pleasure to watch how much you enjoy it. Bravo!
Chocolate Ghosts are this years favourite. A great intersection where flavour meets heat! My plants are just prolific. The smokiness is reminiscent of my all time favourite the Chocolate Habanero!!
If you dry a couple of jars it will last you over the winter.
Great video! Excited to grow my own! Late to the show, but my father in law introduced me to taking a bite into a fresh tomato as the best heat cleanser over milk. Milk is great, but tomato bite somehow is even better.
I'll have to try the fresh tomato as a neutralizer!
Hmm so if I use tomatoes it cuts the heat in the batch of goodness ahhh man I use to like tomatoes guess time for tomatoe side dishes to cut heat atleast cut the possible tummy problems for people for the lactose intolerant have some options to end the decision they made like just take a bite Ahhh man don’t just take a bite definitely regret that silly idea
Im about to harvest my ghost peppers. Thinking of making some Ghost mango sauce. My Habanero pepper Mango sauce is awesome with coconut shrimp. Cooks my brain, but the flavor is so good that its hard to stop eating it.
I love how after you get over the hot/spicy/develop a tolerance, Ghost Peppers have a mango flavor
Exactly! It’s awesome!
Great video!! Also a Vet, growing my first batch of Ghost Peppers in N. MS. Thanks for your service!
How were your peppers?
Thank you for this,but my plant probably has about 30+peppers,and is a year old survived a bad freeze 🙏so they are about 2 weeks+trying to grow slow but they are taking off fast👍
I harvested 6 bright red big peppers today. Super excited. I have about 30 more growing and are green. Get ready family!!
Lol get the milk on stand-by!
I have a Bhut Jolokia and a Trinidad Scorpion for my pepper plants. They don't make me nauseous and they don't actually burn my skin. The danger is that you might touch your genitals or your eyes afterward and the oils will cause an intense burning sensation. The oils aren't water soluble and are very hard to wash off, so gloves are a good idea. I haven't found that cooking with them irritates my eyes or respiratory system. The burn doesn't actually damage tissue, though it may aggravate an ulcer. I can't say I generally eat more than one or two rice grain sized pieces at a time raw and maybe six pieces in a cooked dish because that much is hot enough for me and honestly, if you use more, it's hard to tell the difference. The Scorpion is rated at less Scoville units than the ghost pepper, but they both feel about as hot on the tongue. The heat from the ghost pepper does seem to last longer, though. They don't actually hurt me, but they really, really burn. If that isn't your cup of tea, you won't like them. I have seen people projectile vomit from lesser peppers, so I won't predict how they work out for you. Proceed with caution.
LOVE this anecdote!
Actually the scorpion had a higher SHU. But they are close and vary accordingly. The biggest difference is the way they heat. Scorpion peppers will hit you right away and ghost peppers can take a little bit. I love both of them but I have to admit that the ghost peppers will give me a bellyache. It’s not bad and I don’t press my luck but of all the spicy chili and peppers I eat, it is the only one to do that. The only pepper that causes me issues (to date) is the jalapeño! It makes no difference how mild or sparingly I eat them, I will get hiccups. I even tried Notapeños. They have no heat at all but come from the jalapeño with all the flavor. Made no difference. Hiccups. Obviously it’s a reaction that I have to accept if I want to eat jalapeños.
@@abc-coleaks-info3180 I've gotten stomach irritation from bell peppers I've bought from the store, but never from ones I've grown myself. I suspect pesticides, which are often used heavily on commercial peppers. I've grown jalapenos and they didn't bother my stomach, but I've gotten batches from the store that did. For me it doesn't seem to be the capsaicin. Ghost, Scorpion and my Ghost Scorpion hybrid are all much hotter than jalapenos but don't bother my stomach. Sure do burn in the mouth, though.
Thanks for this video Ghost Peppers are my favorite pepper the flavor is insane I plan on growing my own next season.
that bathroom session afterward must have been hell on earth.
Well...uh...no comment. ;-)
@@ExpertOfThings I eat them like johnny scoville.
It certainly does light up both ends! I can attest to that!
I’ve got 2 plants with about 30 of these and they look about 2-3 times the size. First time growing these in Michigan although im experienced with habaneros. I have some reapers and scorpions going as well. Never tried any of these but getting excited! Curious how to use then other than hot sauce 🤔
@@ItalianoDelSud7 Their flavor is definitely unique! But with all peppers, I like putting them in salsa, or dicing them up and putting in tacos, etc.
haha great vid, thx for sharing.
I'd rather eat them fresh right of the plant and honestly you only need gloves when your either cooking with them or making hot sauce I hope to receive a lot for this fall's crop other than that great vid!
Took my ghost 2 yrs to fruit. also, i love how proud he is of one pepper...I've been there
Great video, I just harvested my first Ghost! Going to make my own chunky salsa! =D
Great video. You remind me of a gardening Jeff Goldblum in the Fly and thats a good thing. Garden on brother.
This video made me a subscriber. Good work brother.
Friendly video, enjoyed watching it. I grow all sorts of peppers down here in florida, including ghosts (mine get 2x the size of yours for some reason). They are damned hot - hotter than habs. I suggest eating them with a dab of sour cream on that tortilla chip. The cream in the sour cream helps a lot with the heat. BTW, though the ghosts are demonstrably hotter than the habs, the habs have a much more citrussy flavor and I prefer them in my sauces.
Yeah, definitely agree, I would prefer habanero in my sauces. The ghosts were a fun thing to try, but not in my regular growing list. I am enjoying habs, jalapeños, and some varieties of Thai hot chilis
Growing ghost peppers in Canada. Picked 1 beauty too soon!!! :(
Too bad I can’t add a photo. Great video, thanks for posting!
Best of luck, my northern friend!
lol 😂great content man!
I'm in Florida as well and not too sure what you're doing that you're not getting peppers to grow. I grow them for 10 months out of the year. Water every 3 days, plenty of sun and fertilize them. Got 2 plants that started 2nd week of April full of peppers. I make hotsauce with them and sell it. Also, that pepper was 100% ready, the heat was what it was gonna be. Waiting to harvest wouldn't have made any difference. Fun fact: peppers from the same plant will vary in heat.
I to grow in east central Florida and I probly got 40 on 1 plant right now a few weeks off from being ready to harvest. My reapers are doin awesome to
I would have donated like $5 to your favorite charity if you had just bit right in to it while in the garden.
I remember when I first grew these with A friend In high school I thought I could eat 2 whole peppers in 1 bowl of noodles and they were bright bright red lots of seeds beautiful looking plants when they fully grow 6 years later I can eat 1 whole pepper in 2 bowls of noodles
I know this is an older video but I wanted mention that my ghost has produced a pepper with almost every flower, yes there's literally about sixty on right now, it's dropped less than 10 flowers and didn't drop one until the plant had roughly 10-15 peppers already quite large....1st timer here so maybe it's luck? 🤷♂️
Every plant is a little different if what your saying is true yours could have a mutation allowing big yeilds it could be worth a lot id take pictures and save some pollen seeds snd try to clone it if you can
Wow you lucked out! My plants has maybe 1000 flowers, 4 foot in diameter, and has produced 1 pepper.
Awesome video!
I was having the same issue as you here in Tokyo with the flowers dropping off and the fruit not setting. It’s my first time growing any peppers at all. The jalapeños are coming along just fine, but the Bhut Jolokia (ghost peppers), Carolina Reapers, and Trinidad Scorpions would just throw out lots of flowers which would eventually drop off (stem and all). However… the temperatures around here had been in the 90s basically day and night up until a week ago, and I had read that as much as peppers like warm weather, they won’t set fruit in those high temperatures. Now that the temps have dropped into the high 70s (into the 60s at night), I’m finally starting to see some fruit appear. I have a feeling I’m going to be inundated with all these peppers very soon.
Very cool, love hearing about the growing experiences in Tokyo! Sounds like you are shaping up for a very potent trinity of heat!
Your plants probably need plant food I feed my pepper plants every 2 weeks and they produce a lot of peppers in weather hotter than that in Barbados. I use Miracle Gro or a 12-12-17 fertilizer. I've found once flowers appear the plant needs more nutrients and water.
@@paulettebajangal Bingo.
Anyone with some insight, this is my first year growing ghost pepper, from seeds. I have several peppers that turned from green to orange and have stayed orange for over a week. Did I get a peach variety or do I keep waiting?
Thanks for the vid I am planning to make chili pepper water with it you definitely should try making some Hawaiian chili water with the ghost pepper as well wanna see your thoughts on it
"We're just gonna try a small portion of this pepper."
*chops entire pepper into salsa*
@@AEtherstream plans changed. And it was worth it! 😉
I was wincing as you shoveled that whole pepper into that little bowl. Are you okay?
I manages to make it to the other side, but I may be forever changed from the experience.
Thank you for addressing this as food and not as a dare for attention-seekers! I have these in my upstate New York and I really want to eat them but I'm hesitant (I love to eat hot chili but not as a publicity stunt).
Agreed...I've found that the Ghost pepper is a far much better flavor then Reapers or Habaneros. To me the Reaper And habanero have a chemical taste to them similar to cilantro.This is my first time growing them and I got three nice ones off the bat and now there is about 13 of them going pretty good.
@@letter1967 antinutrients are contained within those peppers, it's part of the reason for the warning. I had an elderly friend I once knew that swore by the cayenne pepper cocktail (it's made with hot peppers and carrot juice = tastes great) and he eventually died from something I believe was related to that near daily consumption. Humans brains function on whole food sugar, the only food in the world that fits that bill is fruit (fructose = life : that white processed trash that passes for it in many people diets = death). Very interesting when you know that...kind flips the claims for carnism right on its head...remember achie bunker? Meat-head>??? More truth to the term than most had any clue of, hah! Something that has lots of antinutrients (as well as nutrients) in them are mushrooms, especially the ones people take to get high that cause gut rot (you would think some of those BIZ owners who sell this trash like paul stametz would clue in at least a tiny bit with all that so-called education they keep stating they have).
I have 23 in a brown paper bag so they dry out real well and I'm gonna make a pepper flake mix, also gonna grind some into powder for seasoning, also gonna smoke some in my smoker and make pepper flakes and powder as well
That all sounds AMAZING!
Great help. Thanks!
me, at the garden center last week: neat, something else than the ever present chili pepper seeds
also me, checking on my purchases on youtube: oops!
i often help polinate the flowers.
i had yellow scochtbonnets last year in 5gal pots,topped once in early stage.
at the end i had nice bushy plants with 45 to56 pods each.
had to harvest in three steps as they got ripe from sep to oct.
scotch bonnets are nice for cooking,even as flakes.
this year its the carolina reaper and yellow and red scorpions...🔥🔥🔥
I haven't ventured in to Carolina Reaper territory, yet. More power to you!
I just got some trinidad scorpions...can't wait to try them.
@@guttagutta420
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Just bit a tiny 😅 piece off my ghost pepper , weeee hoooo. That’s what brought me to this video. Even grown in Canada these things will bite your ass. I have no idea what to use these for, just like growing things . Honestly more of a weapon then a food
Lol love it! How about 75 jars of salsa, one ghost pepper split between them? Lol
Well done. I was like I KNOW he ended that video so he could chug some milk and then you reappeared and admitted to your second glass 😂 I had to do the same thing
Might as well own it, right?!? 😆
I laughed at, "other sensitive areas" because I usually forget I just chopped/handled peppers when I use the restroom or blow my nose. The burning downstairs is an interesting feeling, I'm confused about it lol 😆 😅
EXACTLY!
What is the flavor profile for a ghost pepper? Does it have the odd musky taste of a habanero or is it more like a Thai chile or jalapeño?
I'd definitely loop it more onto the habanero side, versus the sweeter, milder peppers, but it definitely has a unique taste!
I had no Ned for gloves or anything for mine they were bright red didn’t have any issue at all
We Assamese people just do it with bare hands and eat with our meals. We don't usually add them in our dishes but eat then separately by licking biting or small portion with salt and our meals
Bhut Jolokia is from Assamese.
Bhut short for Bhutan.
You are the home of this pepper.
Thank You
East Central FL. here. I have harvested hundreds off of my 6' ghost. 2nd year plant. I have 2 that do well. All organic. Have found the deeper red they get the hotter. Need to take the 15 gal. bigger one up to a 30 gal. Smaller one from a 6 gal. to 15. I'll keep them going as long as I can. They are so brutally hot that I cannot eat them. Lol. Only the brave souls. Lol.
this was very good broo!! ---what about the hardest under water challenge ever?? you got it
You'll have to fill me in on what that would be?
@@ExpertOfThings we know you are not a wimp and can´t wait for this one, respect the suggested rules, support
Hi mine name is Susan Aikman.
I am planted my favorite peppers in containers😊😊
Great video!
love ghost peppers!
"the best of misadventures in life.". 🤣
Can you wear a salonpas patch on your back for an hour then try peppers to test if they taste hot still?
Mine are getting very orange if I leave them on the plant they start to decay before they get red. Any ideas?
Give them some potassium in the form of a supplement. 3 or 4 capsules spread around about 4" around the stalk.
Change species. That seems to be common with peppers. I've had habaneros that always turned red. I changed species, now they are all pumpkin orange (which I prefer for habs).
I found that the Moruga Scorpion pepper also does not produce with its first set of blossoms either. Hoping it does finally begin producing blossoms again like my Ghost pepper did. I must have about 30 peppers on it so far, and a huge bunch of blossoms still.
The hottest pepper I grew and ate raw was cayenne. This year I bought a ghost pepper plant at a local nursery, and it grew and produced a whole bunch of deep dark red peppers which are thinner than yours. Maybe it is overgrown because I wasn’t paying much attention to it, just regular watering. Or maybe it was the climate difference, because I am in upstate NY, although this Summer here it feels like Florida. I used to live in FL for almost 20 years, so I can compare objectively. Anyway, glad I decided to look it up online and watched your video before harvesting it. I had no idea what I was getting into when I bought it, now I am scared to even harvest and cut it up. I may try one and suspect the rest will just sit on the plant till frost as decorative plant. I am comfortable withe cayenne level of heat for now.
You might have just gotten a different phenotype of ghost pepper, there's a lot nowadays! Either way, you could always freeze them, dehydrate them, and/or give them to friends that are spice addicts!
So I shouldn’t grow these indoors lol ima have some spicey weeds Bro use a chopper or purée it for salsa it will blend so much smoother u want it to be a gel almost use some salsa to blend it down get all them juices free lol Great Video and Information that shine is no joke either don’t bare hand them after I believe light orange I could be wrong
ive harvested almost 100 so far from 4 plants. just get used to the burn cuz youll get it on all your soft parts at some point lol.
I just shuddered a bit at the thought...lol
You got guts!
I am also in Florida, I just ate 1 and have one that is orange on the vine. One half orange. And 10 green ones
Using rhe knife to hold things steady and the fork to cut
In my experience with my current Ghost pepper plant, the first flowers didn’t produce either
There are really good flavors
They usually get a big more red when ripening up.
How long did it take to grow the first 🌶?
It took a couple months, from what I recall.
How long did it take you to grow that tree?
Maybe 3 months? Unfortunately, I didn't track the time to carefully...
I’d love to see a full life video of a ghost pepper, seed to toilet
Um...I'm not sure what to say here. Thanks for watching?
@@ExpertOfThings don’t make it weird. I’m looking at this in the context of science.
@@ZBirDEveryday Riiigggghhhhtt. My humble apologies for being the obvious one that made it weird. Ah, the interwebs!
But yes, I definitely see the scientific interest.
I planted one ghost pepper plant among my Marconi peppers this season and forgot about it. I went this evening to harvest some Marconi and lo and behold, the ghost pepper plant has 6 green fruits. I started hollering in the midst of the plants. Lol
Lol Awesome! Proceed with caution, but enjoy! They have a very unique taste!
@@ExpertOfThings I sure will be careful with it. Thanks for the video. It helped a lot
Ghost peppers also freeze well. Then you can cut them with scissors so your only exposing one hand and wash both scissors and hands afterwards
Just had my first ghost pepper today. It was very spicy and floral and added a great new dimension to my beef burrito. I didn’t feel like it was too hot, but spicy like extreme black pepper. Plastic gloves are a must though because it must have got under my fingernail and it was throbbing.
Love hearing the story! Enjoy those beef burritos like never before!
First peppers off a new plant are not that hot IMHO. It's the next crop and those after you worry about :)
This is definitely my experience. First fruit, especially in the spring, might not be hot at all. Even down here in south florida. Once the plant is raging with fruit, it'll be raging with heat. Not sure if it's sun time or some plant biology thing. My jalapenos are incredibly hot right now - jeez.
If your fingers can't take the heat don't eat it.
It's not even about that though. What if you forget and rub your eye...game over.
@@guttagutta420or use the bathroom!
@@wizardboy724or when it comes out later!
@@guttagutta420dude, my hands don’t burn half the time. Sometimes it feels like I’ve got a bit of a chemical burn going, but I let it go. Sometimes the oils stay stuck in my finger pad, jesus that sucks, but I’ve been eating these so much over the last two weeks I don’t feel that burn really anymore.
Well well well. You're cheating on me lol
Thanks!
I’ve found the peppers don’t pack as much heat as it should because I was watering the plants too much, apparently you have to “stress “ the plant when it is fruiting to get it to its full heat potential.
Try Yogurt double Cream plain for burn. Better than milk as it greases for longer...
Have to admit…I’m not a yogurt guy, so that sounds aweful! lol but great advice for others! 👍
My ghost pepper plant is a bush, with probably 50 peppers on the first batch of blooms
Kudos! Very nicely done!
@@ExpertOfThings I guess I'm going to have to make hot sauce, dry them or freeze them. I know I won't be able to eat them all and it's hard to get other people to eat them, besides like a slice on a dare.. have a bunch of Carolina Reapers also
I don’t use gloves lol but the first couple times I felt the burn till the next day just need to get used to it
@@richardmathewsie6163 yeah, the gloves were probably just me being a noob to it and listening to what I read online. If I recall, I was particularly worried about accidentally wiping my eyes after handling them, and having a miserable experience afterwards. The consensus in the Comments, though, would appear to indicate that they aren’t that necessary.
i wish i saw this video before i prepared a few of them...now my fingers feel spicy
Best use of camtasias effects :P
I use the leaves when I’m cooking chicken soup
Mine plant is so full but I rub the flower
Gave mine fish emulsion for fertilizer and I feel like I have a infinite ghost pepper glitch, it’s huge and has about 60 flowers already and everyone is strong and look spiky 😅
8:50 holding with the knife and cutting with the fork?
Why not?
@@ExpertOfThings touche. I just thought it was amusing because knives are for cutting....
Had the same experience with my first Bhut, I had been watching TH-cam clips of people that seemed to be dying from eating them and expected it to be much hotter. I ate the whole pepper straight from the plant, hot and i felt the needles on my tongue, but nothing more.
Alot depends on how it's grown. 2 people can grow seeds from the same plant and because of genetic diversity and differences in care and how it was grown they can be 2 completely different potencies
I have a 4 foot in diameter plant with probably 1000 flowers. 1 pepper. ONE. It's Oct 1st.
Sounds like...a very pretty plant? :-)
That one looked pretty orange. I usually let it go another 2-3 days to get that deep orange
Yeah, I had to do a bit of experimenting with allowing ripening.
Ive grown habenros and now I’m growing ghost peppers
Good luck, and be patient!
There's nothing on the outside, you can rub the whole pepper on your eyes, no burn.
Yup