Big Black Mama Chilli 🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶

The Big Black Mama is a chilli that was created by Troy Primo an American chilli lover and cross-breeder.  

It is a cross between a Naga Morich and Trinidad Douglah pod, both extremely hot chillies in their own right.  This chilli is insanely hot, so handle with caution.

It is a fantastic-looking plant and grows to around 1m high and about 60-80cm spread.  It produces a heavy yield of very large rippled pods that begin mid-green and ripen to a deep and dark chocolate brown.

Plant Care Tips

Sow a few seeds into a tray in late January to May and cover lightly with seed compost.  Either use a heated propagator or pop the seed tray into an enclosed plastic bag and seal and place it on a windowsill.  Once the seedling has produced two true leaves (second set of leaves) they can be transplanted into individual pots.  Try and maintain around 20-25 degrees while young plants.

As the plant grows, transplant it into as large a pot as allows, this will determine the size of the plant.  Once the plant has flowered and has started to produce small chillies, it will benefit from a feed of either comfrey tea or tomato feed.  Chillies dislike irregular watering as this will sometimes cause blossom end rot (the base of the chilli/pepper rots)

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