I just got as a gift some seeds of the new heatless habaneros! I'll let you know how it goes trying to grow them.

Yep, a habenero is the hottest that I actually like to eat. It would be good with mango! Also pairs pretty well with pineapple. I have never tried a scotch bonnet and a habenero side by side, which do you like better?

I think it probably wouldn't kill you unless you had a heart problem or were allergic, but you would want to die. These have put people in the hospital in chili eating competions. I am very careful handling them; gloves and glasses are a good idea.

They are an amusing curiosity, I grow them for fun, not really to eat. This general category of peppers does have a unique flavor behind the heat, kind of citrus and fruit, that is very tasty. I have regretted eating a piece that was smaller than a mm, can't imagine a whole one.

If you are having trouble with the color, they might need some more sun? Mine just happily ripen from green to orange to a deep red if they are left alone long enough, but they are in a sunny spot.

Red/orange hot sauce made from Carolina Reaper peppers. In a chunky bottle specially saved for the purpose. About 1/3 full. So hot it is practically a chemical weapon.

This is what I did with them; so hot that one drop is more than enough for an entire meal. They didn't need any help with the heat, so it never crossed my mind to add anything to increase the heat. What have you heard of people adding? I do add a little calcium to them to keep blossom end rot away.

Habanero is about the hottest pepper that I actually like to eat, and they seem to be fine in the Midwest when I grew them a couple of years ago. The reapers seemed to need a year or two to get going.

Regular summer in the Midwest seemed fine, but the first year was unimpressive. They are actually perennials, so this one is three years old; I dig it up and take it inside for the winter. This year was much hotter and for longer than usual, which is why I think it was happy.

I never saw any, and didn't think there were any around here, until we randomly planted some beans that have red flowers. Now we get a bunch stopping by. Perhaps give it a try?

Lol, 1,641,183 SHU. Pure capsaicin is 16,000,000. I am very careful with these.

This year's carolina reaper haul. Red and orange kind of warty looking small peppers, roughly an inch or two across. Very hot!

Most of this year's carolina reaper haul. This is from one plant, with some more to come. Seems like it was happy this year.

Big native bee on a white bean flower. Roughly an inch long. The bean leaves have been eaten a bit by japanese beetles.

Big bee on a bean flower, unfortunately the bean leaves have suffered a bit from japanese beetles.

Pink and magenta peonys next to a mailbox, pity they only last a week or so.