A small seedling pot containing a Carolina Reaper chilli pepper, sown in a custom organic seed compost mix, now showing its first set of true leaves above the initial seed leaves. Marked with a date-of-birth label dated 14/01/2026. This is Week 4 in a weekly grow series tracking the progress of one of the world’s hottest chilli peppers from seed to harvest.
𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐞𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫 – 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝟒 🌶️
Week four. Two leaves became four. The first set of true leaves has arrived. The world’s hottest pepper is starting to take shape. #SeedToHarvest 👩🌾🌱