# Repo Mang

Also known as BOC X Reaper OG3, BOC x Reaper Orange.
Species: Capsicum chinense.

Repo Mang is a Capsicum chinense f2+ from South Florida, United States. Capsi’s sourced range is 1,200,000 SHU (Vendor Claim). Flavor is fruity, sweet, citrus. Used for hot sauce, dried flakes or powder, salsa, pickling. Heat is a range, not a single marketing number.
About 48 times a Capsi Jalapeño (25,086 SHU typical).

## Heat sources

- 1,200,000 SHU · Vendor Claim
  Reimer Seeds
  https://www.reimerseeds.com/boc-x-reaper-pepper-seeds

## Heritage

F2+

Repo Mang is an F2+ of Bhut Orange Copenhagen and Carolina Reaper, still splitting and not yet a finished line.

Credit: Paul Willet; Bryan Townshend (Towns-End Chili & Spice) · 2019

Parents:
- [Bhut Orange Copenhagen](https://web.thecapsi.app/pepper/bhut-orange-copenhagen)
- [Carolina Reaper](https://web.thecapsi.app/pepper/carolina-reaper)

Towns-End’s shop names Paul Willet’s Bhut Orange Copenhagen × Carolina Reaper as the founding cross and Bryan Townshend’s 2019 orange G3 as Repo Mang. Independent catalogs list the same orange BOC × Reaper pairing as open-pollinated or still segregating.

## Page sources

- [Towns-End primary listing for Repo Mang (BOC X Reaper OG3): species, Paul Willet cross, 2015–2019 orange selection history, superhot label.](https://towns-endchiliandspice.com/products/copy-of-b-o-c-x-reaper-orange3-phenos-pepper-seeds)
- [Reimer Seeds BOC X Reaper listing: 1,200,000 SHU, 2 by 1.5 inch orange pods, 90+ days, 36–48 inch plants, full sun, germination 14–28 days.](https://www.reimerseeds.com/boc-x-reaper-pepper-seeds)
- [Towns-End Orange Sharknado page naming parents as Red Shark × Repo Mang.](https://towns-endchiliandspice.com/products/orange-sharknado-pepper-seeds)
- [Refining Fire / Super Hot Chiles: Bryan Townshend of West Palm Beach and BOC X Reaper Orange as a Sharknado parent.](https://www.superhotchiles.com/product/black-sharknado-pepper-seeds/)
- [Towns-End Repossession (BOC Reaper OG1) listing, same Willet seed and orange-phenotype timeline as Repo Mang.](https://towns-endchiliandspice.com/products/b-o-c-x-reaper-og2-pepper-seeds)

## FAQ
### How hot is Repo Mang?

Capsi’s sourced range is 1,200,000 SHU (Vendor Claim). 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 Repo Mang taste like?

Sweet citrus-orange fruit from Bhut Orange Copenhagen, then a delayed Reaper-level throat burn.

### How do I grow Repo Mang?

Repo Mang: about 90 days to maturity, subtropical climate, full sun, hardiness zones 9-11.

### What can I substitute for Repo Mang?

Capsi does not have that recorded yet.

Page: https://web.thecapsi.app/pepper/repo-mang
Catalog: https://web.thecapsi.app/data