Clovers Garden Carolina Reaper Pepper Plant - Non-GMO - Not Seeds - Each 4" to 8" Tall – in 4" Inch Pots - World's Hottest Pepper - 2.2 Million SHU

When I received these, I followed the instructions and after acclimating to full sun, I planted them directly in my raised bed garden. So far plenty of peppers growing and two almost ripe. Will buy again.Update: A++++Most productive year in peppers here on the farm. Tons of glorious peppers. Joy to watch grow and as first timers, man, we are hooked. Thanks for the awesome plants y'all. Highly recommended.

Carolina Reaper seeds have a reputation for being hard to start, so I decided to try live plants instead. An Amazon search lead me to this vendor, from whom I have not bought before.Cons: The shipping fees are expensive.Pros: The plants arrived quickly and in excellent condition.I received two very healthy plants, one about six inches tall, the other about four/five inches, with protective wrapping and bamboo stakes to help prevent them from being damaged by sliding in the box during shipment. The box itself had a few dings, thanks to the USPS handling gorillas, but the plants showed no signs of bruising or stress. I planted them and they're growing nicely. After about a week, both have grown another inch at least, and the larger is budding to flower. Best of all, I don't have to worry about getting fussy seeds to germinate.Bottom line: For me, the convenience of live plants and the quality of the plants I received more than offset the high shipping fees. I'm quite satisfied with my purchase. Would I buy again next year?--Yes.

Look beautiful. Arrived Jun18th its Aug30th and there are peppers on them! Planted in a typical plastic dunno 10gal? tote. L.A. CA. Seeya in the hospital.Edit-- I have done this before from the original seeds you know where and then from the seeds from those made more! This is the far more expensive but ready to go way. Put them in large totes or pots. As large as you can. As soon as you can. Dont worry about multiple pots or the size of the plant or whatever. As large as you can then leave it alone. The root development is really key. Plenty of water. If you dont live in the SW the care for these will be a bit of work. Warmth and light fragile breed from the start. In the right area or with care they produce for 3 years!!! Trim them back and wait for more punishment. Have at it.

I brought 3 other plants inside from the garden this year. I pruned and stripped all them of there leaves. Removed as mush dirt as possible from the roots. Soaked each plant in neem oil and replanted inside with clean pots and new dirt. All was well. I received these a month later. Leaves had started growing on the other plants by now and a nice aphid invasion sprung up. I can’t 100% say it was these new plants that brought them but based on other reviews it sure looks like it. Same bugs in the pictures. Hopefully I can save them.

Did some research. The cost to ensure seeds that I would buy for $10 (provided you got Carolina Reapers), about $35 for the equipment to ensure they germinated, and the potting expense $10. So about $55 for all that. I just bought the plants. Hope they are Carolina Reapers. I paid extra to have expedited shipping. They arrived in about 3 days. They appeared like they were just handed to me. No stress a leaf did get torn in the shipping but it is doing the best. They were both little smaller than I expected. But they have grown about an inch or two in the last 4 days. I have kept them inside per the instructions. And they are thriving. Look great. Will plant them out side in a day or two. Instructions stated to ensure plant adapts to the sun. So I have put up cheese cloth around the area that they will be planted in.

My son has been asking me to grow these for years. Plant arrived healthy, about 8 inches tall. Just starting small buds, now. Hopefully the season here in the North Country will be long enough to get peppers.

2month update: dropped to 3 stars. im starting to question if these are truly reaper peppers. They have not grown past a foot tall after 2 months they should be much bigger. They are short, stocky, with very thin leaves. A lot of growth on the main stem, and very little branch growth, more so that any other reaper pepper plant i have seen. They are basically leafy stocks, thats about it. One is starting to bud, the other i have removed the buds, and topped it, to try to force more vegetative growth. I have never grown reaper peppers before, but i currently have 15 other verities of peppers growing great with none of them giving me these same issues. Most of the others i have started from seeds i got from a reputable dealer. The others i got at Home Depot garden center. The seedling plants i have are a little over a month old and already bigger and bushier than these reaper plants. The Home Depot ones are about a month older than the reaper plants and im already harvesting quite a bit. Including some super hot slow growers. I think this will be my last time buying any plants on amazon. I dont know if there was a mixup and i was sent a different pepper plant or what. I will continue to grow these plants to fruit, mostly out of boredom and curiosity, and update then.Update: about a month has gone by, and these little plants are getting nice and big. Lots of leaves, no flowers yet but im not expecting to see those for another month or 2. I have been having no issues with these little reaper pepper plants.So far so good. Got the plants 2 days earlier than expected, on my birthday none the less. Happy Bday to me!! They looked good for a mail order plant. Soil was still moist, but not soaked. There were large wooden dowels supporting the box so the plants would not be crushed. I let them sit and dry a little for about 48 hrs prior to transplanting, after they went in to their new home "a home depot bucket filled with cactus soil/ potting soil mix", i gave them a good dosage of fertilizer and a good watering. A week later and they are already almost double the size of when they got here. If they keep growing like this they will catch up to my habanero plant that had a 2 month headstart. So far they are great little plants, and im looking forward to a blistering hot harvest this fall/ early winter.I would give this a 5 star rating, but i want to see how the yield is before that. Will update in a few months with pics of the flowers/fruits.If you are hesitant on buying there, just do it. They are fun to grow, im planning on making lots of hotsauce for friends and family for xmas this year.