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If you are dehydrating pods for powder a great trick is to cut in half, carefully remove seeds while leaving as much as possible of placenta and freeze. The freezing ruptures the cell walls and dehydrating will be faster. Air & high temps are detrimental to flavor & heat. Capsaicin gasses off...

For best color, flavor and heat retention dehydrate at 125-130°F. It might take 3 or 4 days to dehydrate a thick-walled pod such as C. pubescens or jalapeños for powder.

That is not PI 387838. This album is for only C. pubescens: http://www.fototime.com/inv/785AB98DFC57127 You will have to scroll & album is alphabetical. My original seeds came directly from the USDA seed bank and grew true to their description. A very unusual pube indeed. I think all 1st...

Paul, Very little heat, but did have some flavor. Since there were no seeds I expect why no observed placenta and certainly none of the little 'oil drops' we sometimes see when cutting open habs etc.

I'm curious if anyone else has experienced this. I'm overwintering I think a little over 30 containers (I grow exclusively in containers indoors & out) in my basement under an array of 40 watt fluorescent tubes, a metal halide and an HPS fixture(s) again this winter. Plants are 1, 2 and 3 yo...

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome!

Newbie to this site. I grow, make powders, ferment & cook with peppers. All my friends are pod-heads. I was happy to recognize quite a few names in the member's list. Question: I'm pretty good with HTML, but it's turned off. I don't know vB or