Starvin Larry

All of my peppers are grown from heirloom seeds, and I save seeds for the next year’s crop.

I may save enough seeds to have some to sell, if not this year – for sure next year.

All my hot sauces are made by me, from peppers I grow. No chemicals added – just peppers, vinegar, distilled water, and a little onion, garlic, carrot, and tomato – all fresh, all locally sourced – plus salt, and a little sugar in some sauces.

I will also be making a peach scorpion and peach habenero hot sauce. Fermenting the peppers with fresh peaches sweetens the sauce a bit, and somewhat takes the edge of the intense heat level.

About the peppers…

Bubblegum 7 pot –

The Bubblegum 7 pot is a fairly new hybrid chilli created by crossing a Trinidad Moruga Scorpion and the Trinidad 7 Pod Yellow. A delicious deep fruity pepper that packs a punch way beyond its scoville rating. Very much like a Trinidad Moruga Scorpion but the cap or crown bleeds red! Fruity, delicious and extremely HOT!! 800,000 Scoville Units

Death spiral –

Death Spiral is a hybrid of a Naga Bubblegum (over 1,000,000 SHU) and a Naga Viper (900,000 to 1,382,118 SHU.) It’s a child of extremes, and 100% a child who acts out in the brattiest of ways. The burn hits the front of your mouth quickly, so there’s no doubt as to the spiciness held within. There’s little build up before the extreme heat lands.

Broadhead –

“Named after its resemblance to a broadhead arrow tip, this is a Reaper crossed with a Bhut, further crossed with a Bhut to Trinidad scorpion hybrid. As of 2020, this is now an F9, fairly stable cross. Resembles the look of the original Bhut Jolokia, however, hotter and the shape is very triangular, pods are large. Because of hybrid vigor, these plants grow to be more resilient. In our trials, plants produced roughly 20% more peppers by weight in the season than the best of our Bhut Jolokias. If you are a Ghost Pepper lover, this is definitely a pepper worth trying.”

Above description of Broadhead pepper from https://www.sherwoodsseeds.com/ – where I bought 1st years seeds.

Jigsaw –

The Jigsaw pepper is a stable cross of a Moruga Scorpion and a Naga Morich, both super-hots of their own esteem. They are take-your-breath-away hot and have that Trinidad Scorpion flavor. If you are a true hot pepper enthusiast, you need to be growing this pepper.

I’m sure everyone knows about Habenero, Jalepeno, Seranno, Trinidad and Moruga scorpion, Hungarian hot peppers.

One other thing I’m working on is a few new strains of hot peppers. It takes time – a lot of time to get a stable cross. The original crosses are in process. As long as those few peppers mature, and I get viable seeds – I’ll start seeds inside early enough to be able to grow 2 generations next year.

The growing hot peppers, crossbreeding hot peppers , making Hot Sauce etc. is my retirement plan…can’t just sit around the house.