Recent content by Max Nihil

I did X and I'm fine so X is fine etc logic is fallacious Survival of the fittest eh? Using it as a justification argument for harming others and the environment is sociopathic and I am personally disgusted by that attitude and despise the consequences it has wrought upon those whose only...

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Gasoline, radio waves and UV light can all cause cancer through radical formation and benzene toxicity, however with healthy diet and active lifestyle the risk is less severe. Ozone is less of a threat than they are. (in most cases) Vitamin C and vitamin E protect against free-radical oxidants...

A link to a paper on the topic: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228513234_Seed_disinfestation_by_ozone_treatments Evidently it does work. Another link to a PDF about the method: http://www.stcu.int/documents/reports/distribution/tpf/ENERGY/ENVIR_RESEARCH/hannover 178.pdf Essentially...

An early mild pod from the correct form seems quite probable to me. If it is an accidental open pollinated hybrid it would have to be with another yellow-fruited plant and that is unlikely. Genetic events relating to gamete formation (pollen in the anthers and eggs in the ovary) and...

Not to diminish the efforts, skills and knowledge of others... CaneDog's posts and Grows are my favorites on the forum.

Mustard gas is particularly nasty. It's no secret than numerous inventors and facilitators for weapons both mechanical and chemical; lived with regret or even ended their own lives because of it. It is important to human psychology that we are able to respect ourselves. It is extremely hard to...

That label doesn't mean organic in any way shape or form. It's a joke like the FDA, which literally releases drugs it knows will harm the public because it can make more money by allowing a drug and then fining the company for public harm than it can by merely preventing the drugs release...

I did not know the answer to this but I expect that it can be found on the board somewhere. However I looked it up elsewhere and the answer is yes and yes. Thawed peppers will need to drain, fluid will drip from them. Let them sit out at room temp, heating to thaw will affect flavor in a way...

While I am not opposed to GMO organisms in principal I do harbor a vehement antipathy for dishonesty and find such practices as mislabeling things to be abhorrent. I also note that GMO technology is still young and it is reasonable to expect both wonderful and terrible consequences to come from...

Great links, however the NMSU CPI page had this claim about HPLC: That claim however is highly problematic because individual humans do not perceive capsaicinoids the same and sometimes fruits that measure as less hot via HPLC testing are perceived as hotter by actual people eating the fruit...

Most people would place the word MAD before it. Any person engaging in the scientific method is a scientist, and the scientific method is nothing more than testing assumptions before declaring them as probable. Thus the word scientist holds as much weight as the concept of science as a...

Lanka would be a great place to grow ghost peppers of any color. I'd expect them to have some nice ones.

I don't know how well terms are defined and known here and so wanted to introduce an extremely useful term: Phenotypic segregants These are the plants that arise from seeds of a single fruit or plant through each different group of genes (alleles) manifesting in visibly distinct ways. If, for...

Commercial ghost seed has been throwing some unusual plants for the past few years at least as a small number of plants in the population. I started a line I call Casper (get it?) from just such a plant. I actually took the fruit to the nursery to discuss this with the owner and I learned more...