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I'm making just a basic hot sauce that I plan on pressure canning into a few jam jars so my batch could last me a couple of months. I would then refridgerate the opened jars. The recipe I intend to use goes something like this: 4 cups of mixed peppers (Orange habs, Fatali, Cayenne, etc.) 3-4...

I've been reading up on this method of refrigerating certain types of seeds to break their dormancy, which essentially tries to mimic a winter to spring season change. But I'm wondering if this works with pepper seeds. Every year I end up with one or two seed packs where I get 0% germination no...

I know that these two are the same pepper and how the Dorset Naga came to be. But now that the dust has settled, are there essentially any differences, such as fruit size, abundance, or even heat. I would expect the Dorset then to be a superior Naga Morich. What are some of your experiences...

I've been using bonemeal for the past few years to add calcium and prevent blossom end rot. So at Home Depot I noticed a 2 kg box of dolomite lime for way cheaper than the box of bonemeal. Plus the lime has the added benefit of magnesium. My question has to do with dosage. I have 5 gallon pots...

Here is something I don't understand. Why do we not have Scoville numbers yet for some of the Caribbean nuclears like Trinidad Scorpion and 7 Pod? I mean that these have not been discovered out of some jungle or rainforest in the the last couple of weeks. We've been growing these for at least a...

OK so I've been reading all these sauce making threads for hours now but I'm still really scared of botulism. All I want to do is make small batches at a time. Maybe enough to fill a couple of 8 oz jam jars. That should last me a couple of weeks in the fridge. I actually like all the vinegary...

I just came across a site called Chillipepper Pete that claims to have seeds of a rare Naga mutation which produced black pods. Anybody ever hear of this thing? That sounds like one hell of an evil looking pod. It seems like every year somebody discovers a new super-hot for us to drool over. Oh...

I've got some late season plants still trying to ripen. My datils and Burkinas are halfway there and tepins have been green for weeks. The last couple of nights we've had frost warnings so I've been moving these last dozen plants into my shed at night. What happens if the plant does get attacked...

I've been disappointed a few times now with jalapenos that turned out wimpy. So for 2009 I went to a local seed supplier and picked up a supposedly extra pungent version. As usual it turned out to be as hot as a green bell pepper. After doing some research I've discovered this Biker Billy...

Well now that we are wrapping up another year I'm curious to know what everybody's favorites were this year. Also I know that some of you have now finally had a chance to grow some of these newer varieties like 7 Pot and Trinidad Scorpions. So if you've made any new discoveries that have blown...

I've got all my potted peppers on the lawn at the back of my yard, but I would like to move them to my concrete patio. The only problem is that there is hundreds of little red clover mites running around. The kind that smear red when you squish them. Do these pose any threat to pepper plants?

Last year in September I applied a Fall fertilizer to my lawn. About a week or so later I got infested with aphids. All of the pots were on my concrete patio and pulled back about 3 feet from the edge where the lawn starts. I was basically waiting for my last round of pods to ripen so my only...

I was at the local Food and Drink Show recently and found myself hanging around at a hot sauce booth. So I'm looking over the couple hundred bottles on display and I can't seem to find any of the Defcon sauces. I ask the vendor about Defcon and to my amazement he tells me he doesn't carry it...

Most of my annums shot up fairly quickly and I've noticed that a few of them are a little weak in the knees. So I poked in some shish-kebob skewers for some added support. That seems to have done the trick but I was wondering if a blowing fan would help the plants build strength in the stalk...

I got really excited about all the new varieties I'll be trying this year so I planted my chinense around mid-January. Then about the the first week of February I planted my annums. The chinense seem to be on track for outside transplant in late May but my annums have exploded in growth. I have...

I noticed a couple of days ago the typical loop in the soil for one of my Fatali. Today I check and the stem has fully emerged but with no cotyledons. It seems to have lost it's head somewhere. Never had this happen before and not sure if this plant is doomed? Anybody ever seen this? Will true...

I made a small order with Pepper Joe's this year because I was really interested in the Charleston Hot, but I decided to throw in a couple of other varieties just for the hell of it. One is the Las Cruces and the other is a Pumpkin Hab. Neither of which I can find much info on. Does he rename...

Last year I grew mostly chinense. I ended up having some friends and family tell me that they're not really used to the chinense flavor. They wanted some killer cayennes. I kind of missed them myself so this year I'll be growing: Charleston Hot Thai Dragon Ring of Fire Did I grab the right...

I've been using the fish emulsion stuff for a few years now (5-1-1) and it seems to work quite well. This year I picked up this stuff with kelp in it. Anybody tried the kelp based stuff? I like the idea of the micro-nutrients. I figure it's like humans taking a multi-vitamin and to safeguard...

Here where I am in Southern Ontario, Canada usually the danger of frost ends around May 24. Now I have already started my chinense and superhots. They're just starting to germinate now. But I'm wondering if it's possible to start Annums too early. Usually the rule is 8-10 weeks before last...