Apocalypse Scorpion Chocolate
Apocalypse Scorpion Chocolate is supposed to be a superhot chili pepper. This year, I have grown one plant of this variety. It is a Capsicum Chinense, and the peppers that have ripened on my plant have a beautiful brown color (see photo of the chili with its nice brown color). In this post, you will find some information about C. Chinense and Apocalypse Scorpion Chocolate. On top of that, you will find images of the beautiful Apocalypse Scorpion Chocolate peppers.
I never planned on growing this chili pepper, but I got 5 seeds of Apocalypse Scorpion Chocolate free in my order last spring. Therefore, I thought that I would give it a try to germinate one seed (for all my seeds this year, I put them between some wet organic kitchen paper and put them in zip lock bags). This is one of the best ways to germinate chili seeds, I think. Oh well, enough about that! In the next paragraph, I will provide some brief information on the species and the variety.
Capsicum Chinense & Apocalypse Scorpion
Chinense chilies are typically very hot (the world’s hottest pepper, Bhut Jolokia aka “Ghost Pepper”, is of this variety) and have a fruity taste. Some of the Chinense varieties can be placed in the shadow (e.g., habanero). They do grow very slowly and prefer high humidity.
Currently, I have not found any information about the Scoville rating of Apocalypse Scorpion Chocolate. It is supposed to be insanely hot, however. Chinense varieties can have a Scoville ranging from 100,000 to 1,000,000 SHU, so Apocalypse scorpion is should be really, really hot. Like many Capsicum Chinense chilies, this one took its time to grow.
Apocalypse Scorpion Chocolate was not that hard to grow. As with most of my plants my strategy was to remove flowers early. This was done to let the plant grow as big and bushy as possible so that it would produce as many fruits as possible. When I let it flower, most of the flowers dropped, but then the flowers started to become fruits!
I now have 10 pods, of which many are already ripe, in various sizes. As I previously mentioned, the time for the pods to grow is very long (slow-growing). I am not sure what to do with the Apocalypse Scorpion Chocolate peppers. I may ferment them and make a hot sauce (may post a recipe, if I do). The taste is supposed to be nice of Chinense Capsicum peppers. I have never actually tasted, however.
Was growing Apocalypse Scorpion Chocolate worth it?
To summarize, Apocalypse Scorpion Chocolate was relatively easy to grow and produced beautiful brownish pods with a scorpion stinger (and will likely be extremely hot, thus “stingy”). The first set of flowers dropped and, among all my plants, this chili plant dropped the most leaves. I will take the seeds out of some of the pods and grow more apocalypse scorpions next season (with a better LED grow light and probably in my new grow tent).
If you have any suggestions on what to do with these nasty-looking chili fruits, let me know. If you’d like to try it, let me know!
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