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    cooking Poblano and Jalapeno Hot Sauce Recipe - opinions or tweaks?

    Turned out pretty good...thanks for all the help!
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    cooking Poblano and Jalapeno Hot Sauce Recipe - opinions or tweaks?

    Great suggestions, and appreciate the caution about using oil in the recipe. Roasting the ingredients sounds like a better and safer option. Thank you! Will try these ideas with these poblanos and jalapenos picked from the garden tonight!
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    cooking Poblano and Jalapeno Hot Sauce Recipe - opinions or tweaks?

    Looking to make a green chile hot sauce with a little sweetness. Thx.
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    cooking Poblano and Jalapeno Hot Sauce Recipe - opinions or tweaks?

    Hello All, Found this recipe for a Green Chile Hot Sauce floating around. The recipe calls for dijon mustard and brown sugar which I would not have thought to include in a green chile hot sauce recipe. Going to make this recipe and will post pictures of the results. What do you all think of...
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    disease pepper plant virus?

    Thanks for all the helpful replies. Here’s a picture of how the ghost pepper plants looked at the beginning of August. I ended up topping the plants in early June (cutting off the stunted leaves). Most of the plants have recovered nicely…there is one in the front right of the picture that...
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    disease pepper plant virus?

    Hello All,   Many of my pepper plant seedlings (which I grew from seed this year) look stunted.  Does it look like these pepper plants have a virus?   ghost pepper:       bahamian goat peppers:         I had aphids this year on my seedlings (which I tried to treat with neem oil), and I have...
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    fermenting Fermented Fresno Chili Pepper Sauce - ingredient ratios

    Thanks salsalady!  I'll try ingredient percentages you suggest.   I also like the recommendation to blend the fermented fresnos with fresh red bells.  It'll be interesting to see how the blended sauce will turn out.   Would anyone have suggestions on other varieties of hot peppers that blend...
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    fermenting Fermented Fresno Chili Pepper Sauce - ingredient ratios

    I've got a ferment of Fresno chili peppers in a 3% brine that's been going for about 2-3 months.   Would the following ingredient ratios be a good starting point for a basic hot sauce using this ferment?   fermented Fresno chili peppers: 50% Vinegar: 30% Brine: 10% Garlic: 10%   I know its all a...
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    3 gallon pots preferable over 5 gallon pots in Zone 6b?

      http://thehotpepper.com/topic/28431-3-gallon-pots-vs-5-gallon-pots/   Thanks to those in the "northern" grow zones that have weighed in on this topic.
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    3 gallon pots preferable over 5 gallon pots in Zone 6b?

    Hello All,   From searching this forum, I see that the 3 gallon pots versus 5 gallon pots topic has been much discussed here over the years, so I'll try to keep my current question on the topic brief.   In one of the discussions from several years ago here, on the topic of container gardening, I...
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    dehydrators Dehydrator venting to outdoors for super hots - Futile?

    Hello All,   I'd like to be able to run my dehydrator in the kitchen while dehydrating super hots, without stifling the wife and kids with hot pepper fumes (wouldn't we all, right?).   Has anyone had success with venting a dehydrator to the outdoors while dehydrating super hots to the point...
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    Hello from Coatesville, PA

    Hi All,  I have been on the forum in the past, but the site is asking me to re-introduce myself.  Love all the pepper knowledge which can be found within this forum.  Thanks to all who here who have helped me in the past!
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    Can I grow chili pepper plants directly in my lawn?

      Thanks for the feedback.  No, I don't use fertilizer or pesticides/herbicides/fungicides on my back yard lawn.
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    Can I grow chili pepper plants directly in my lawn?

    For the past several years I have had good luck with growing chili peppers in a 4’ x 8’ raised bed garden.  My yard has very poor clay soil so the raised bed garden, filled with good soil, compost and amendments, was a good solution to this problem. Next year however, I’d like to grow more chili...
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    indoor 3W COB LED Clip Lamp - Good for indoor desk chile plant?

      Hi willard3,   The LED grow bulbs in the enclosed link are 9W (they are mfg in China).  So, based on what you are saying, I would need about 3 of these bulbs shining on my desk chile plant in order to bring the plant to fruit?  ...
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