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  OK, I waited 2 days after a big rain so the plants were thirsty, and I gave each container a good drenching in the Neem oil/emulsifier/water mixture.  Assuming this works, about how long before I will see some improvement in the affected plants, meaning now that they can grow some deeper...

  Just received my Neem oil and the recommended emulsifier.  Since the grubs are so large, and have been thriving, will the maintenance-level treatment you mention above be good enough?  Most of the grubs I dig up are full sized, about 2 inches long.  Or should I do an extra strong dose the...

  If its not too much trouble, could you explain each of those root conditions (soil compaction/hydrophobic soil, grubs, nematodes, root aphids, root mass, root bound) to this newb  -- symptoms, what to look for when you inspect the root balls, and what to do to correct?   One of the reasons I...

  I'm a newb so this is hardly a definitive answer, but my experience this year is that the grubs were the difference.    They live on plant roots so one pot might thrive, the grub-free one, while the other might languish.   I have 15 pots and 6 of them have had problems;  they all had nearly...

  Thanks for the advice.  But it's my sense that this was a grub issue first and foremost.  My Fatali plants went from leaves that never turned green to getting more and more scraggly, and then dead, until I pulled them up and discovered the huge number of grubs.  One resource online said that...

  Thank you, just perfect.   So was pulling 75 full sized, 2-inch grubs out of my half barrel container an example of grubs out of control?

  Solid, since I'm new, can you be specific here?  If not soap, what emulsifier?  And how much liquid is a root drench?  And do I do the root drench before or after a watering, and how much time would have elapsed?   Thanks  

OK, everyone, this mystery has been solved.  And it was not any of the possibilities that y'all speculated about, but once I tell you, you will all slap your foreheads!   Recall that my Fatali plants weren't growing.  They were just stunted and scrawny. Eventually, the plants went brown and I...

  Yes, they are grubs!  [I edited my post to be correct.]   Is having so many unusual?   And see my original questions, do I have them because I recycled the soil?

Newbie Tom back again.  This year I planted about 40 pepper plants and, after some fits and starts, most are doing well.  Yet, in an earlier post I noted that my Fatali pepper plants were ailing, just one container with three plants.  I got a few fruits from each of the three plants but it's...

  I just made two batches, one mild and one exactly as I posted.  It is most delicious if eaten within a couple days, and it makes about one Mason jar (16 oz).  A mild version might have two jalapenos;  the fiery version will have the three ghosts and 2 jalapenos.  The fiery version is yummy but...

  Salsalady, thanks!  Problem is, in my household, my wife is barely tolerant of this little avocation of mine.  I already catch hell for using her Ninja; if I start using her food processor I might be outside sleeping with my peppers the next night!    So I might have to find a small...

  I understand mushy, but I assume they still taste about the same?  All my peppers go into sauces anyway so they eventually get blended.  

  This is a good piece of advice, thanks.  Frankly, I want to use up all my frozen peppers just about the time the new crop is coming in next year, so the ordinary freezer bag ought to work just fine.  

  All my peppers are grown for home use in salsas and dips.  I tend to like having the option to retain seeds.   One other question came to mind.  Do I just place the halved peppers in an ordinary freezer bag or do you do something more complicated than that?  

It's my third year but my first true productive year doing this, and I now have megahots (especially ghost peppers and Carolina Reapers) coming out of my ears.   I think I've decided to freeze my extras, and have some simple questions (think Ghost Pepper here):   1)  Freeze whole or cut in half...

  The flavor?  Very unique and very good.  There is no preservative and it didn't seem to keep well refrigerated past a week or so.  But fresh out of the blender, still warm, it is an absolutely awesome sauce!    And it doesn't need ghost peppers.  Just about anything will do, although I would...

Newbie Tom here ... looking for some recipe recommendations.    I have Ghost Peppers (red, brown, white) coming out of my ears and also some Carolina Reapers.  What are some recommended recipes for these megahots?    I am fully aware that some here on the forum sell their sauces so rest assured...

  Great info!  Can you point me to that thread about purees?   When you freeze, do you cook in the oven first to bring out the flavor, like I do with Hatch chiles?   What process do you use for dehydrating and going to powder?    I don't want to freeze sauce, I like fresh sauce.  We're in sync...

  OK, how would I go about dehydrating?  Any tips beyond what I find online?