Last year almost all of my pepper fruit was stunted, but I think it was due to almost 2 full months of 100+ heat (and 3 full months of 95+). This year they are all really BIG so far (the Chinese 5 color fruit is 3x the size they were last year). haha, but I doubt that would be the problem right now. They are really cute!

One of my buddies overwintered his superhots, and a few pods set and ripened...
and they were all small. Now, I'm certainly not saying that you couldn't have a cross;
but I've noticed a similar phenomenon on Winter pods. Here's a pic of a Bih Jolokia pod
that my buddy harvested in April. Looks more like a Hab.
Yeah, we split it, and it was very hot for a Winter pod.

Josh

Very typical of plants that are insect ridden or over watered, and or bad temps or wrong ferts. Bhuts are a fickle pepper. If everything ain't right they will produce small mature pods IMO>

There's been a few posts about people getting smaller chiles during the winter. I remember one about someone getting raisin sized habaneros.

The few I've grown on my balcony during the winter have been pretty tiny, and haven't tasted the same as the summer ones. But those weren't super hots.

Hope this helps -E

Worked up the nerve to try one of these (after ensuring ample supplies of milk, banana cream pies, cheese, bread, and diet coke to kill the heat with), and...

It was hot, it was superhot, but it was not nuclear.

I clearly remember my experience with one of my full sized bhuts last year, and this was not even in the same ballpark. Didn't even use any dairy product.

So I sent word to my friend that "Fair warning, your peppers were hot, but not hot enough. You are not prepared for what the summer crop will be like."