Alright guys well here is what I ended up mixing this everting. I would have like to try some pumice or a couple other things but I had to settle on what was available locally.
4 cf perlite
6 cf peat
2 cf organic compost - local stuff that was about 50% aged pine
2 cf worm castings
With the...
Moving to a new property here soon and Ill have a lot more space (and cash) to devote to the garden. I typically grow my peppers in 5-10 gallon cloth pots. We will continue to grow a bunch but want to build some big raised beds too. Id like my soil mix to work for both..
I have 24 espelettes, a...
For real guys... my wife had to talk me off the ledge on that one.
Luckily were moving again in a month to a place where the coyotes eat all the cats
Ive transplanted the few that might not have been too far gone... hopefully it helps
So we moved to a new house a couple of months ago and brought a dozen of our 3 year old datil plants with us. Theyre in cloth pots and have been growing great all spring - most are the biggest theyve ever been.
Over the last few weeks, however, we have been losing one or two plants every week...
I have a ton of heirloom datil pepper seeds for sale. All from this fall. Great genetics, I have been growing these for many years and got the seeds from a my grandpa who lives in St. Augustine.
$10 for 15 seeds shipped, or I can do larger quantities at a better rate.
Datil peppers and its not even close. Datils have a very strong and unique flavor and are more pungent than anything Ive grown (and Ive grown pretty much every major variety)
Update: I tried some of that Omega brand lacto and it dropped the ph to the 3.0-3.5 range within 3 days. As far as flavor profile I wont know until I open them up down the road
What is your favorite starter for fermented sauce?
In the past I did a few ferments using the natural yeast in the air. I then used a few tablespoons of the brine from those to start my new ferments. It worked great, but was a bit inconsistent flavor wise. That led me to finally explore using...