I agree with the comment above about splitting the batch. Also, I found that while the kimchi tasted too salty to me at first, I enjoyed it more later on. The second batch I made had less salt and was not nearly as good.
I also used Baker's Creek tabasco seeds and failed the first two times I tried. I use a seed starting station I built myself with shop lights, but it wasn't enough heat for the peppers to germinate. After touring a farm greenhouse, I picked up on something that finally did the trick for me...