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Trinidad Scorpion Hot Pepper

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Hardiness Grown as an annual (zone 10+ as a perennial)

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Family Solanaceae

It is one of the hottest peppers in the world , with an intensity that can exceed 1.4 million Scoville units! Its bumpy fruits, often tipped with a small, stinger-like tail (hence its name), ripen from green to deep red . Despite its extreme potency, it offers a complex, slightly smoky fruity taste, prized for ultra-hot homemade sauces. To be grown with care , in pots or in warm open ground, this pepper is intended for true thrill-seekers

Trinidad Scorpion Hot Pepper

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Hardiness zoneGrown as an annual (zone 10+ as a perennial)