Carolina Reaper
About Carolina Reaper
Carolina Reaper is a popular houseplant 🌿 that needs regular watering to thrive. They do best in long-lasting, direct light ☀️ and should be less than 1 foot from a window.
Carolina Reaper likes soil that is well draining. You may want to supplement with a gentle, organic fertilizer throughout the peak growing season.
Taxonomy
Capsicum chinense 'Carolina Reaper'
Capsicum
Solanaceae
Solanales
How to care for Carolina Reaper
How often to water your Carolina Reaper
every 9
Carolina Reaper needs 0.5 cups of water every 9 when it doesn’t get direct sunlight and is potted in a 5" pot.
Use our water calculator to personalize watering recommendations to your environment or download Greg for more advanced recommendations for all of your plants.
Water 0.5 cups every
9
Finding light for Carolina Reaper in your home
a window
Carolina Reaper love being close to bright, sunny windows 😎.
Place it less than 1ft from a south-facing window to maximize the potential for growth.
Carolina Reaper does not tolerate low-light 🚫.
Select your region to see how the current weather in your area affects the placement of Carolina Reaper in your home 🏡.
How to fertilize Carolina Reaper
Most potting soils come with ample nutrients which plants use to produce new growth.
By the time your plant has depleted the nutrients in its soil it’s likely grown enough to need a larger pot anyway.
To replenish this plant's nutrients, repot your Carolina Reaper after it doubles in size or once a year—whichever comes first.
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Hi I’m new to this I bought a Carolina Reaper plant about a week ago and it’s wilting can anyone help it’s kept outside
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Do I remove the flowers off the plant #Capsicum
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Hi. New to this App, loving it so far. All my chilli plants havr lost leaves and going yellow, I've just transferred them to big pots and using pot ash potting mix. Why are they dying? #Capsicum
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Why isn’t my plant giving flowers? #Capsicum
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Small brown spots on leaves #Capsicum
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Leaves yellowing My Carolina reaper is slowly turning more and more yellow. I've tried adding more nitrogen fertilizer but to no avail. It's very hot, around 30° so I've been giving water every day or every other. New growth looks more healthy and she has started flowering. What am I doing wrong? How can I make her healthy? #chilli #peppers #help #capsicum
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My plant is turning a very light shade of green and lower leaves seem to be in bad shape. I do use nitrogen fertilizer on them regularly. What might be the problem? I might have been giving them too much water. Would this explain the shape? #Capsicum #carolinareaper
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My plant is turning a very light shade of green and lower leaves seem to be in bad shape. I do use nitrogen fertilizer on them regularly. What might be the problem? I might have been giving them too much water. Would this explain the shape? #Capsicum #carolinareaper
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It seems like I keep getting holes in my leaves. Would this be from a certain bug? How do I stop? #Capsicum
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My reaper is turning yellow. Any advice on how to fix this? #Capsicum
Care Summary for Carolina Reaper
Carolina Reaper
Greg recommends:
Water
0.5 cups every 9 days
Placement
< 1ft from a window
Nutrients
Repot after 2x growth
Based on the 4” pot your plant is in, and that it doesn’t get direct sunlight.