[Chocolate Scorpion Pepper Harvest](https://preview.redd.it/ch70dz9zpfz51.jpg?width=2187&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8502ae2b5f7b407b49aea50e5e6cb35451678cb8)
[https://imgur.com/a/CbRCFUo](https://imgur.com/a/CbRCFUo)
First time grower here. Planted from seeds back in March. [https://www.reddit.com/r/spicy/comments/fg3lkt/growing_scorpion_peppers_from_seeds/](https://www.reddit.com/r/spicy/comments/fg3lkt/growing_scorpion_peppers_from_seeds/)
Some lessons learned. I would definitely start from seed earlier. They did not do much for a very long time and really didn’t take off until I put them under a UV light in maybe May. By not do much, I mean didn’t get more than 2-4 leaves, no bigger than 1″.
Of 6 plants that survived from sprouting I had them in a mix of planters. No lessons learned here, couldn’t figure out which did better or worse or why.
I moved one plant to the ground late season and it did very well.
The chocolate color was a surprise. The pepper I harvested the seeds from was a bright red.
Also had a few plants cross breed, which ended up looking pretty cool and were a little less flavorful but way more intense. [https://www.reddit.com/r/spicy/comments/jmgmre/scorpion_peppers_cross_bred_with_habaneros/](https://www.reddit.com/r/spicy/comments/jmgmre/scorpion_peppers_cross_bred_with_habaneros/).
Next steps, not sure what to do with them. They have a very hard outer skin, probably good for flakes, but could make a nice dark sauce with them.