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Carolina Reaper Seeds - Hottest Pepper Over 2 Million SHU

Carolina Reaper Seeds - Hottest Pepper Over 2 Million SHU

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Grow the Hottest Pepper in the World with Carolina Reaper Seeds!

Ready to challenge your taste buds and grow the world's hottest pepper? The Carolina Reaper Seeds produce the legendary pepper that held the Guinness World Record from 2013 to 2023, packing an insane 2,200,000+ Scoville Heat Units! This fiery beast delivers an unforgettable experience.  Expect ear-popping heat, full-body tingles, and an intense endorphin rush. But don’t let the heat fool you; beneath the burn lies a surprisingly fruity, sweet flavor with smoky undertones.

Why Grow Carolina Reaper Peppers?

These super-hot peppers aren’t just for thrill-seekers. They’re a must-have for hot sauce enthusiasts and daring chefs. The bright red, wrinkled pods (2.5" wide and long) add explosive heat to salsas, marinades, and homemade hot sauces. Each plant grows up to 5' tall and 4' wide, making it a striking addition to your garden.

How to Grow Carolina Reaper Seeds

Start indoors 8 weeks before transplanting, sowing 1/4" deep in sterile soil. Maintain consistent warmth (80-85°F), bright light, and moist conditions. Germination takes 14-28 days. Once seedlings develop 6 true leaves, transplant them 30" apart in rich soil or containers.

Warning: Handle with extreme care! Wear gloves, eye protection, and a mask when working with these peppers—their heat is no joke.

Are you ready to unleash the ultimate heat in your garden. Can you handle the challenge?

Dare to grow the Carolina Reaper. Order your seeds today!

 

Each packet contains 10 seeds

Heat Level: Stupid Hot

SHU: 1,569,000

Maturity: 90 days after transplant

Pod Size: 2-1/2 in.  Plant Size: 5 ft.

Origin: South Carolina

Capsicum chinense

Heirloom and Open-Pollinated

Untreated and Non-GMO

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Customers praise these seeds for "great germination" and producing authentic reaper pods with characteristic tails. The plants are robust and highly productive, though they require patience as germination takes 10-21+ days. Heat mats significantly improve sprouting. Grown peppers are extremely hot with fruity flavor, ideal for salsas and hot sauce.

  • Best reaper seeds I've found. Good germination, plants grow real reaper pods with little tails!
  • Very high germination rate, strong seed selection, high yield.
  • Germination was 100%! Most flavorful HOTTTT peppers I've ever experienced!
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  • 5 stars: 56 (95%)
  • 4 stars: 3 (5%)
  • 3 stars: 0 (0%)
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Torat
Just plain good

Very high germination rate, strong seed selection, high yield. I purchased this seed from 4 providers and Sandia seeds performed better than the rest…. Even from the creators stock🤔

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Jane
Grew great in Colorado

Five out of the 6 seeds I planted sprouted, so I had five plants, they are finally starting to ripen here in Denver, Colorado. Wish we had a longer season! I plant them in pots so I can move them inside when our first cool weather hits to keep them going and ideally ripening before it winter comes. I love these in your Carolina Reaper salsa recipe!

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George Mast
Carolina Reapers

We planted our seeds in seed trays with grow lights and heat mats. The reapers germinated over the course of 2-3 weeks after planting. We got 100% germination. The plants started slowing but have come on pretty strong. The photo shows the plants as they are six weeks after planting. We're happy with them so far and are looking forward to a good harvest.

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Jo
Nice

I started two seeds in my aerogarden in January and had to cull one as I didn't have room for more – the plant did well and grew fast, then in late May I transplanted outside into a pot in the summer and got some nice pods in late September last year, and I'm trying again this year. I live in a short season here (frost free usually by late May or the beginning of June through early to mid October, sometimes earlier!), so it's hard to grow them here unless you have them growing for awhile indoors before spring and once you put them outside to keep them in a pot so you can move them to a protected spot when it gets too cold in the spring or fall. But boy they are worth the little extra effort! They are delicious in salsa, love your recipe. I've heard you can keep these plants for years, I may try that, but don't have a good place indoors to keep a larger plant so I'll probably just keep starting one indoors in January.

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Rick
Great seeds

Glad you have these back in stock, you have the best reaper seeds I've found. Good germination, and the plants grow real reaper pods - complete with little tails! Nice and hot, I love to make salsa with them.

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Victor
Best Carolina Reaper seeds I've found

I just bought another packet of your carolina reaper seeds – last year when I got around to it you were out of stock so I'm glad to see they're back in! Your seeds have been much better for me than any I've grown from other seed companies. They have quite high germination for a super hot pepper, and they grow healthy and true to seed. They are also the best priced reaper seeds I've seen. Thanks for offering these every season! This year I decided to order early.

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Danielle
These grow true

Grew some reapers from other sources with mixed results (poor germination, and many of the plants didn't produce what looked like reapers to me). They were also more expensive. So I am glad I found Sandia Seed as these seeds have produced reliably for me for the past 2 years. Good germination, too. I do use a heat mat to help speed them along. I like to start mine in January in my aerogarden so I can get pretty big plants before planting in them outside in the spring, as we don't have a long growing season here in Utah. They make great hot salsa with the Super Sioux Tomatoes and a mix of cherry tomatoes like gardener's delight.

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Jim
Best carolina reaper seeds

These had the best germination for me from all the seed companies i've purchased from. the plants were robust and produced lots of pods.

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Charles Kimmel
Badass Pepper Seeds!

I ordered, Habanada, Carolina Reaper, and Hatch Peppers 🌶️, I had 95% germination rate, but it was partially my fault because I had some stem rot. You want good peppers…Sandia 💯

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Dave Mcandrew
Great Company

Second year ordering. Very fast shipping and I had more hatch and Big Jim’s than I knew what to do with. Made a lot of friends happy. Highly recommend

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Denise
Best deal on these seeds!

You have the best price around, and the seeds are very viable - I had almost every one sprout last spring, so I had to share some seedlings with my community garden friends. These are great for drying and putting in small doses into salsas or stews, I love their fruity flavor, but not in large doses. Just ordered some more seeds for this year! I may not plant all the seeds this time so I don't have extras... on the other hand it's nice to give some seedlings away, too!

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sean Williams
Reaping the rewards

The last two years i purchased these seeds. I absolutely love them, my wife not so much (she doesnt like super hot)! They grew fast and surpassed my expectations every year so far. I brought the largest one inside to ride out the cold this year. Im excited to see just how well it will do in spring and coming growing season. I always harvest a good amount of peppers off these plants. These are by far the best reaper seeds on the market!!!

Sean - Lincoln, Ne.

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Paul
Great reaper seeds

These are the best priced reaper seeds I can find, and their germination rate is exceptional. Only wish I had a longer season so I can grow more of these beasts. Just heard about Pepper X beating out the reaper for being the world's hottest pepper – but doesn't look like the seeds are available yet (or maybe ever?) So I'll keep growing these classic super hots, I love the tail on them too. Wicked. And more than plenty hot for my tastebuds, and I like HOT!!

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Chilehead Cameron
Best Carolina Reaper seeds

9 out of the 10 seeds sprouted from my seed packet, which is unusual for these super hots. Thank you for the excellent seeds, they grew into tall robust plants with lots of pods. It's hot sauce time!

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Jerry sterling
Still trying to grow

Bought my seeds from Amazon but know if it’s the real Carolina reaper seeds.

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Frank
Good reaper seeds

I planted 5 seeds, and four seeds sprouted, not bad at all for these super hots. The plants are growing nicely - I hope to get lots of pods next month!

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R Paul Cushion II
Attorney

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Heather
All the seeds sprouted!

I had a packet of your carolina reaper seeds from last season, and I only had three seeds left from last time.So I thought I'd only get maybe 1 or 2 plants, but all three sprouted! I'm excited to get these in the patio garden this year and hope we can get a good harvest before the first frost. Our summers are short here in the front range and we often have early frosts or snow in September. So I'm going to put these into pots so I can move them indoors in the fall to keep them going strong until all the pods ripen! Can't wait. They are great to dry too, and then add in small doses to salsas. I love your carolina reaper salsa recipe, thanks for posting that.

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Chuck Darney
One of Many Varieties I Grow From Sandia

I've ordered from Sandia for several years. They have a great selection of the very, very hot peppers that I use to dry and mix with suet for the birds. The Carolina Reapers are great because they produce so well. I also grow and use other hot peppers for the same purpose. Habaneros are too mild for this.

Sandia's seeds are good quality and I always get a great germination rate.

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Chris H
Better than competitors

Have used a few different brands of reapers in different growing containers. Germination was the same as others but Sandia had far more and larger peppers. Very happy.

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Terry Sutherland
Reapers

Awesome peppers and flavor and insanely hot

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Rudy
Looking for seeds or plants

Looking for seeds or plants

We're currently sold out of our Carolina Reaper seeds, but should have some come fall!

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Good nice heat wave
Good nice heat wave

I've eaten the pepper and it's good
Of course I have neuropathy in my mouth butits all about confusion by the pepper and the Scoville units cause it makes your mouth and parts of your body go numb but I'm used to that cause I have numbness in my feet legs and face 1/2 the time.

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FRANK
BEST DEAL AND GREAT GERMINATION RATES

THANKS FOR THE QUALITY SEEDS, GROWING 9 HEALTHY PLANTS FROM THE LAST PACKET.

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Matthew Brown
So hot and so good!

Excellent seeds. Can take a while to germinate but the plants grow strong

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James S.
Cheapest Carolina Reaper Seeds!

These are the best and cheapest Carolina Reaper seeds I've found online. And, they have great germination, grow true, and produce prolific plants with good yields. Thanks for offering these quality reaper seeds at such a good price!

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Murry Hutcheon
ONE good pot of chile

A little go's a long way! A very small amount makes for a big pot of chile

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Timothy Dailey
High Flavor/Heat

Germination was 100%! I actually was able to successfully nurture 80% to maturity. Some of the most flavorful HOTTTT peppers I've ever experienced! Great company with fast shipping and quality products. Thank you Sandia!

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