Recent content by menguyen89

you've been a lot help. thanks. i just sampled a juvenile pepper too...ooboyyy its gonna be good

thanks a lot for the advice everyone. and i'd usually do my research, but while i'm at it.. from where can i get magnesium supplement? or is there a safe non-finicky all purpose solution?

sounds good! so this is most likely due to a nutrient deficiency? not over watering right?....leaf curling, and plant frailness

and thanks for everyone's help. much appreciated

you gotta love pictures... but anyway, i live in southern california. it was cold for quite a while then got really hot really fast. the plant was always outdoors and receives direct sunlight throughout the day. if you'll take notice, the plant has split into two main parts. one branch is very...

Hi i have just successfully overwintered a bhut jolokia. the plant has just begun to bare fruit, however its health is deteriorating. It is very frail and shriveled looking. the plant's leaves fall off very easily (to the touch) its yellowing slightly on some parts of the plant. i figured this...

^^ hahha indeed

i dont' think the intention is to actually ferment the peppers right? don't you just want to separate the chile oils from the plant matter and 'extract' it? so in a sense you would just be trying to dissolve the capsaisin into the alcohol..is that right? correct me if i'm wrong

ahh i figured the heating would just evap the alcohol. however, then what about adding this step in the end after the fermentation period. well it should probably work then =] the next thing i read is that capsaicin is unaffected by heating, freezing, boiling, etc... which is why we can cook...

^^ of course the there is the added danger of the open flame....

what do you guys think about boiling/ heating when the alcohol and peppers are together? wouldn't that increase the solubility, thus shorten the soak time? and be done instantly?

sounds spicy. so does it matter whether you start with hydrated peppers or dried out ones?

i read this on the net. would something like this work? it sounds feasible

does anybody know how to make pepper extract? or at least make a concentrated form of capsicum?

standard orange habanero's don't seem to be a thing... they burn my mouth ALOT but no other effects. I've got these other peppers called goats weed. these peppers burn so bad that my ears start hurting really bad and sometimes my hearing is impaired. if it lasts to long my arms start to tremble...