# KS StarrRacha Hornet

Also known as StarrRacha Hornet, Starracha Hornet, KS Starracha Hornet, KS Hornet.
Species: Capsicum chinense.

KS StarrRacha Hornet is a Capsicum chinense f2+ from Texas, United States. Capsi has not yet documented heat for this variety. Flavor is floral, sweet, fruity. Used for Hot sauce, chili oil, and flakes. Khang bred it so a small amount of fruit could carry both fruit flavor and serious heat in a bottle..

## Heritage

F2+

KS StarrRacha Hornet is an F2+ of MOA Scotch Bonnet and Carolina Reaper, still splitting and not yet a finished line.

Credit: Khang Starr · 2015

Parents:
- MOA Scotch Bonnet (Not in Capsi yet)
- [Carolina Reaper](https://web.thecapsi.app/pepper/carolina-reaper)

Khang Starr’s 2016–2020 videos name an MOA Scotch Bonnet × Carolina Reaper cross made in 2015. He selected the hooked-stinger Hornet pheno from that StarrRacha split. Shop listings repeat the same pairing. The line is still segregating past F4.

## Page sources

- [Khang Starr tasting and describing the 2020 Hornet crop, including ripe color, two shapes, and why he made the cross.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw_B1b-65JQ)
- [2017 F2 Hornet episode. Plant habit, stinger shape, and first public selection of this pheno.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx9ndLjbXmg)
- [2016 Starr-Racha F1 episode. First named release of the sauce cross.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMtKyIPDgAk)
- [Live seed listing for the Longtail pheno. Yellow Scotch Bonnet × Carolina Reaper, high yield, no SHU number.](https://texashotpeppers.net/products/ks-starracha-hornet-longtail)
- [Peter Stanley F4 grow-out from Khang Starr seed. Floral-sweet flavor, heat below a Reaper on his scale.](https://www.pepperinfo.com/2018/10/starrracha-hornet-f4/)

## FAQ
### How hot is KS StarrRacha Hornet?

Capsi has not yet documented heat for this variety. Capsi uses a sourced range and a trust tier, not a single marketing number. How we verify heat: https://web.thecapsi.app/learn/heat-and-capsaicin/how-we-measure-heat

### What does KS StarrRacha Hornet taste like?

Floral and sweet at first, with Scotch Bonnet fruit, then a delayed burn through the mouth and throat.

### How do I grow KS StarrRacha Hornet?

KS StarrRacha Hornet: about 110 days to maturity, subtropical climate, full sun, hardiness zones 9-11.

### What can I substitute for KS StarrRacha Hornet?

Carolina Reaper, Scotch Bonnet

Page: https://web.thecapsi.app/pepper/ks-starrracha-hornet
Catalog: https://web.thecapsi.app/data