HAVE:The World's Hottest Pepper

[RodneyS]

Carolina Reapers, which I acquired from a friend.

One was recorded at 2.2 million Scoville heat units

[bsbullie]

Carolina Reapers, which I acquired from a friend.

One was recorded at 2.2 million Scoville heat units

Were the plants isolated from any other pepper plants?

[fyliu]

Carolina Reapers, which I acquired from a friend.

One was recorded at 2.2 million Scoville heat units

Were the plants isolated from any other pepper plants?

Good question. I only recently learned that peppers hybridize very easily and open pollinated seeds are pretty much always going to be different from the parent.

How much heat could it lose though? Like half?

[RodneyS]

I have no idea

[fyliu]

Sorry to add negative comments. Thanks for offering rare varieties you have access to.
I just said half and assumed it averages out if crossed with green bell pepper. I have no idea how crossing turns out in peppers.

[achetadomestica]

Do you have any spare seeds for sale or trade? I have ghost, tabasco, W.A. Red, calico, fatalii, and a couple others if interested.
Thanks
Mike

[bsbullie]

Carolina Reapers, which I acquired from a friend.

One was recorded at 2.2 million Scoville heat units

Were the plants isolated from any other pepper plants?

Good question. I only recently learned that peppers hybridize very easily and open pollinated seeds are pretty much always going to be different from the parent.

How much heat could it lose though? Like half?

If other pellers are arund, the seeds would not be and should not be advertised as true carolina reaper.   The could be anything.  Could be similar to totally different.   Thats wjy, for things like fire chili seeds, you should always purchase from a k own reputable source that is known to completely isolate their plants.

[Mike T]

I have pure reapers and had a succession of past record holders.If many plants are grown away from other varieties they stay true.

[bsbullie]

I have pure reapers and had a succession of past record holders.If many plants are grown away from other varieties they stay true.

You say "away" which is basically an undefined term.  If the plants of different varieties are in ones own open yard, they will be cross pollinated.  They may have a distinct similarity to the parent but they will still be different...and the more succession of fruiting and more open air pollinating,  the more different they will get.

[Mike T]

Several within a few metres and no other chillis in surrounding yards seems to keep the form and heat in my brothers ones over quite a few generations.Fruit wrinkling,the tail and other distinctive characteristics remain intact. If you are dabbling in buhts and scorpions or any other variety a mosquito net shelter is good enough containment. It would be harder to do at my place with the diversity and mobility of the pollinators.When multiple varieties that are very distinctive were planted at my place I was surprised at how many remained true after a couple of generations.
I know many Carolina reaper seeds sold are not true and out crossing is an issue.

[ChikaZ]

Carolina Reaper is a hybrid variety, and only come true from original seed
if you have luck you can get same pepper

[Mike T]

They are pretty stable and not really hybrids considering the genetic closeness of its parents.

[mwambao]

You can buy seeds from Pepper palace stores.Bought mine from one of their stores in Niagara falls.

[carcarlo]

The HP22b (Carolina Reaper) was a Hybrid and it is now an established strain. With Peppers they are normally crossed a minimum of seven (7) times to stabilize the strain. I started growing The HP22B C.R. When Ed Currie release them back in mid 2012
I got 50 seeds from him and grew many plants, I personally don't think Ed was finished with the 7 crosses, but there was a lot of $ to be made with a new  Guinness World record holder, so he release them. I got several plants that were producing a long Pepper similar to the, Bhut Jolokia and  the Naga Morich and the rest produced HP22B/Carolina Reapers similar to the Primos, which I think is the Daddy of the HP22B CR. I normally grow 50+ different Peppers, in 2014 I grew 250 plants and the C.Reapers were grown on one of my properties to keep them away from the others. Peter Merle from Semillas is currently working with the bastards of the Carolina Reapers to stabilized a new strain from the throw backs. At the moment I don't think I know of any Chile head  that is growing isolated Chiles.
Carlos O