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do any of you guys ever try to compost directly into a potted pepper plant? i have a yellow bhut jolokia i brought inside this winter, and overwintered it. about mid december, the pepper started taking off again, with several new nodes and even started flowering, and setting tiny pods. figuring...

Kewl! Thanks for the advice everyone. I did look up the blue book usda .pdf that is out there. I guess my only question is, why do you need to do the boil after you pack? (either raw pack, or hot pack method) If my acidity is high, and brine has been boiled, there wouldn't be any reason to boil...

So I am planning on canning my jalapenos today and have a few questions.   1. Am I able to use starsan to sanitize the jars, versus boiling the jars? Or is the boil intended to heat the jar and create some sort of suction to seal the lid? 2. Once all my peppers are in the jar with the boiled...

Weird. Guess I won't be using pepper Joe next year.

I carved it up and ate it, it was definitely Hottt. I would say about the same as a habanero.

ah, didnt grow any of those... maybe this will help. list of peppers i did grow:   bhut long red slim pepper firecracker chili scotch bonnet butch t trinidad scorp golden hab giant jalapeno carolina reaper early jalapeno fatalii naga viper red moruga santa fe grande   these were all from pepper...

Ok, I have 2 plants growing these types, not sure what they are. Any guesses? they seem like little pumpkin/gourd'ish shaped guys. I grew so many plants this year and all my labels washed off :(      

i pruned the crap out of my bhut and it turned out great. the only pruning I do though is from developed nodes.

looks almost like that, but the skin is bumpier.

interesting. i may give it a few more days until I decide to harvest it. looks similar to the joyner's pepper, but fatter, maybe a bit shorter.

ok so i have a bhut jolokia with tons of pods on it, most are green. one has recently turned a canary/pale yellow. will the color progress further? most I see online are like an orange/red.

good advice. thanks!

how long do you guys typically leave jalapenos on the plant? i am going for maximum strength in terms of heat. i am assuming the longer the better? what would be a good guestimate of total time it should be left on, after the pod is formed (pretty much full size, 2-3")

i hope to encourage growth and pod production. both more pods and more rapid production.

Ok so I have a bhut that is probably 12-14" tall, i just pruned the leaves from the stalk. however, there appear to be 2 nodes like 1cm from the ground, they are small, maybe an inch or less in length. Should i cut those back to the stalk as well?