Well I ate, and used almost all my cayenne pepper I grew so far. I only managed to end up with 2 pieces that I dried. I'm starting small scale. I'm not planning on selling my powder, just using it.
Here is my cayenne pepper plant. It is now out side awaiting a bigger pot. All these peppers were harvested when red. The plant is now on its second set of peppers growing. Bees were pollinating it last week.
Here are the 2 dried peppers I ended up with.
Here are the 2 dried peppers cut up for grinding.
I picked up a new coffee grinder for this.
Grinding in progress.
Final grind of cayenne powder. I picked up the spice Ball jars at Walmart.
After grinding it was not as dried as I wanted. I placed it on my 2 foot HO T-5 seedling light. I has some good heat on top. It will dry out the mix.
How are the rest of you drying your peppers and grinding them? I probably need a dehydrator. I used the top of my grow light to dry my peppers.
Here is my cayenne pepper plant. It is now out side awaiting a bigger pot. All these peppers were harvested when red. The plant is now on its second set of peppers growing. Bees were pollinating it last week.
![58ffa8b056499fef19f8af39a776f3b2_zps05789064.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi1315.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Ft585%2Fcasevideo%2FCayenne%2520Pepper%2520Plant%2F58ffa8b056499fef19f8af39a776f3b2_zps05789064.jpg&hash=1d6c1e3ae3e9a70a912ce57e3420cb52)
Here are the 2 dried peppers I ended up with.
![FEBB2EBC-7C2E-4083-94AA-55B45840732D_zpsci2fqval.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi1315.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Ft585%2Fcasevideo%2FDried%2520Pepper%2520Powder%2FFEBB2EBC-7C2E-4083-94AA-55B45840732D_zpsci2fqval.jpg&hash=d19df8d3122029b622f12dbf6ad55089)
Here are the 2 dried peppers cut up for grinding.
![E1B69F31-F4AC-4550-A968-1F403F953534_zpsvv9qdqkv.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi1315.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Ft585%2Fcasevideo%2FDried%2520Pepper%2520Powder%2FE1B69F31-F4AC-4550-A968-1F403F953534_zpsvv9qdqkv.jpg&hash=e750b5eb3fe044bc9623ed5741773010)
I picked up a new coffee grinder for this.
![1ED7E78C-705A-4515-AB83-DDC7ED1E3D33_zps6id0nasg.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi1315.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Ft585%2Fcasevideo%2FDried%2520Pepper%2520Powder%2F1ED7E78C-705A-4515-AB83-DDC7ED1E3D33_zps6id0nasg.jpg&hash=e8411fac859352fbab790f847f43f3b1)
Grinding in progress.
![E8FD619B-944C-4CD2-9489-23AF761B7AC8_zpsnma8l5in.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi1315.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Ft585%2Fcasevideo%2FDried%2520Pepper%2520Powder%2FE8FD619B-944C-4CD2-9489-23AF761B7AC8_zpsnma8l5in.jpg&hash=9af5cdd6435a4ddbaa856e532bfd0758)
Final grind of cayenne powder. I picked up the spice Ball jars at Walmart.
![1FE02FF0-D501-4FB0-9CE7-36F17E14803F_zps7bhtu7jg.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi1315.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Ft585%2Fcasevideo%2FDried%2520Pepper%2520Powder%2F1FE02FF0-D501-4FB0-9CE7-36F17E14803F_zps7bhtu7jg.jpg&hash=5b4da2315e55da0c5265c025e2c9c7a6)
After grinding it was not as dried as I wanted. I placed it on my 2 foot HO T-5 seedling light. I has some good heat on top. It will dry out the mix.
![BF969044-C1C8-407C-87CE-99DA5C3B069C_zpssrxjbm9r.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi1315.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Ft585%2Fcasevideo%2FDried%2520Pepper%2520Powder%2FBF969044-C1C8-407C-87CE-99DA5C3B069C_zpssrxjbm9r.jpg&hash=6da313859253f19d060104b74398478e)
How are the rest of you drying your peppers and grinding them? I probably need a dehydrator. I used the top of my grow light to dry my peppers.