White Bhut Jolokia is a cool color and very unique. This pepper, like all Bhut jolokia, has heat that builds and builds in your mouth. The White Bhut jolokia is also known as White Ghost Pepper and it is very popular for making a white hot sauce.
Bright white color with smooth skin. Fruit is 2-1/2” long and 1” wide and matures from light green to white. The flavor is sweeter and more citrus-like than the red variety. Plant grows to 3’ tall and are extremely productive.
Warning: Handling this pepper requires extreme caution. Wear hand, eye and breathing protection.
Capsicum chinense (120 days) Open Pollinated
Heat Level: Intense Scoville: 1,000,000
~ Packet contains 10 seeds.
In early spring, start seeds indoors 8 weeks prior to warm nightly temperatures. Place the seeds in sterile media and cover 1/4” deep. Provide 85°F bottom heat, bright light and keep moist at all times. Seeds will germinate in 7 - 21 days. Transplant seedlings into pots and grow until there are 6 true leaves on the plant. Plant them directly into rich soil, 30” apart or into large 5 gallon containers. Harvest peppers when they are full size and glossy white.