Its been interesting. The flavor and heat of some did change with the cooler nights and days. We also had a few 80F days after a few nights of mid 40Fs. A few plants had a large increase in ripe peppers during that time. Mainly the lemon drops and Anaheim. The cooler temps greatly slowed the serrano ripening though and the size is smaller too. It had very little effect at all on the cowhorn and Lombardo.
The biggest surprise was the heat level and sweetness of the lemon drops seems to have increased with the last 3 times ive picked them. Heat and flavor increased a little with the Anaheim too. They are actually kinda tasty now. My orange habs are noticeably milder and so are the serranos. Oddly the hab is still producing new blooms and pods but most of the plant does not look that great.
My lemon drop in the pot has very few peppers left on it. The one in the ground still has many pods. Mostly green but still getting several ripe ones each day. Looks like im gunna have a mess of green pickled Ajis before much longer. I think i will pickle them with the rest of the green serranos and green cowhorns. That should give me enough for a 2 quart jar and add some heat back to the serranos which are now pretty mild.
Lastnite got back into the 40s and today has a predicted high of 78F. Im gunna wait till later in the day to go out and pick some more or maybe wait till tomorrow. Those lemon drops sure turn fast once they have the smallest amount of yellow with the large temp swings.
The biggest surprise was the heat level and sweetness of the lemon drops seems to have increased with the last 3 times ive picked them. Heat and flavor increased a little with the Anaheim too. They are actually kinda tasty now. My orange habs are noticeably milder and so are the serranos. Oddly the hab is still producing new blooms and pods but most of the plant does not look that great.
My lemon drop in the pot has very few peppers left on it. The one in the ground still has many pods. Mostly green but still getting several ripe ones each day. Looks like im gunna have a mess of green pickled Ajis before much longer. I think i will pickle them with the rest of the green serranos and green cowhorns. That should give me enough for a 2 quart jar and add some heat back to the serranos which are now pretty mild.
Lastnite got back into the 40s and today has a predicted high of 78F. Im gunna wait till later in the day to go out and pick some more or maybe wait till tomorrow. Those lemon drops sure turn fast once they have the smallest amount of yellow with the large temp swings.