How to Grow Jay's Peach Ghost Scorpion (JPGS) Chillies from Seed

September 16, 2026

Jay's Peach Ghost Scorpion chillies, wrinkled peach pods

Chilli Growing Guides · Capsicum chinense

How to Grow Jay's Peach Ghost Scorpion from Seed

A chance find among ghost peppers and scorpions, selected over five seasons into soft peach, scorpion-tailed pods as good-looking as any chilli.

Jay Weaver did not set out to breed this. He spotted one odd pale pod growing among the ghost peppers and Trinidad Scorpions at Meadow View Farm in Pennsylvania, saved the seed, and spent about five seasons selecting it into something worth naming.

The pods ripen through cream and blush to a soft peach, heavily wrinkled and usually finished with a scorpion tail. The flavour arrives first, fruity and floral with a moment of sweetness, and then the heat lands.

Quick Facts at a Glance

Species

Capsicum chinense

Heat

Est. 800,000 to 1 million SHU

Sow

January to February

Harvest

September to November

Best Grown

Greenhouse or polytunnel

Difficulty

Full growing method

Jay's Peach Ghost Scorpion is grown like every other Capsicum chinense. Our species guide covers sowing temperatures, potting on, feeding, pollination, overwintering and problems step by step.

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About this Variety

The fruit

Heavily wrinkled pods ripening cream to blush to soft peach, usually with a scorpion tail.

The heat

Most sellers estimate 800,000 to a million Scoville, but it has never been lab tested.

Variation

The strain is not fully fixed, so pod shape and the exact shade of peach vary between plants.

Growing note

Greenhouse plant in Britain. Sow in a heated propagator; ripe pods in September or October.

Superhot handling

Wear gloves and eye protection when picking and processing the fruit. Work in a ventilated room, and keep fruit, seed and plants away from children and pets.