Hi Jamie
How tall and wide are your Bhut Jolokia plants at adulthood? I am interested in using them to build a living fence around my house and garden in Zambia to keep elephants out.
Thanks,
Will Colston.
Aloha Will,
If you have a very rich and well drained soil, your Bhuts will get about 5 feet high. They need to have good air flow so I don’t think you could use them as a hedge. I think it would be best to plant something else like which is very hardy like bougainvillea and then plant the Bhut Jolokia plants outside of this. I also think that you will have to pick the peppers when they are ripe and smear the capsaicin around the perimeter to keep the elephants out.
Good luck and let me know if you have any more questions.
Jamie
