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Nice info Canedog! The single seed method works well enough using F2 seeds but instead of random seed selection it is easier to plant an assortment of F2 seeds and grow them out and when you find a plant with the right traits, vigor and growth habits you can take cuttings and then isolate them...

With edible plants I use the clarified hydrophobic extract and have found it to be extremely effective. Many people avoid using the cold pressed oil. Neem is chemically complex and not extremely well understood despite the chemically naive glib perspective being promoted by Solid7. If you...

You aren't wrong. However I do suggest people try it for themselves and compare different varieties of Capsicum with a range of SHU values and present photographic evidence that contradicts or confirms my results in terms of hotter types with more oils being visually brighter.

I mean honestly azadirachtin isn't even a single ingredient. Neem is chemically complex and I strongly get the impression you may not have a strong understanding of chemistry and solubility. Concerns with neem and cannabis isn't limited to smoking by any means and concerns with neem exist in...

I cut open another fresh habanero from the same plant. In the above photo the capsaicin containing oils are the yellowish droplets on the placenta and on the vein of placenta like tissue. In the photo above I used an arrow to indicate a droplet of capsaicin containing oil that is directly on...

Azadirachtin isn't the only active in neem. That isn't even debatable. ;) The FDA isn't reliable. Numerous cases have shown that. One former FDA researcher testified before congress that the FDA tested a certain drug and found it caused heart problems and then knowingly released the drug with...

I have zero doubt I am observing fluorescence of capsaicin containing oils in the plant. However I do not suspect that I am observing capsaicin fluorescence directly. The photographic evidence is direct proof of the technique working and if you try it yourself with a decent UV source you will...

As many of you likely know Capsaicin oils in Capsicum berries are fluorescent under UV. While the effect is not particularly strong it is of some use in screening and selecting Capsicum fruit for high secreted oil content. I used an LED type blacklight UV fixture for the photographs. In the...

The magic bullet reductionism you present here that neem oil has the single active ingredient removed is overly simplistic and fails to consider that azadirachtin is not the only active ingredient as evidenced by the chemistry, history and activity of neem and the extracts. Clarified neem is...

The difficulty and stress of the farm life varies according to the methods and crops or husbandry involved. I've often been up far before dawn to move sprinklers through fields by hand. Many of the farmers market farms began as orchards and then had to become nursery and seasonal farms when the...

Clearly I don't share that opinion. I've observed that the extract is quite preventative for some reason. Not just with Capsicum but with several plants that don't seem to respond as well to neem oil based treatments including some cacti and succulent seedlings. In my experience the extract...

I should add that the orange peppers sold as Trinidad Scorpion in every case lacked the so called stingers on the berries. The phenotype is very UFO shaped and the calyx and seed traits suggest Capsicum annum. The grower reported purchasing the seed as Trinidad Scorpion from a commercial seed...

I went to a Salt Lake City UT farmers market today to look and see what Capsicum genetics were there. One table had some red habanero but no information about what it might be. I took 3 specimens home and cut them open. They have so much less visible capsaicin than my own variety of orange...

The ultra-hot mutation that causes peppers like "ghost" to produce capsaicin from the pericarp instead of the placenta alone allows for breeders to increase the capsaicin to berry ratio by increasing surface area and decreasing berry flesh thickness. This is the key to the development of peppers...

The ultra-hot mutation that causes peppers like "ghost" to produce capsaicin from the pericarp instead of the placenta alone allows for breeders to increase the capsaicin to berry ratio by increasing surface area and decreasing berry flesh thickness. This is the key to the development of peppers...

In my search for specific alleles and genetics for my breeding projects I have been looking for large, long and thin fleshed cayenne type peppers phenotypes.    In searching for information about certain name brand crushed red pepper I learned that the material is a blend of several types of...

I have been starting seeds for the next season, as well as taking cuttings of the plants that I found did best in my conditions.    In my case the next season is 6 months out, however I am also employing a 300 W ceramic metal halide grow light indoors so my situation is likely not the same as...

In the past I only used 70% clarified hydrophobic extract of neem oil and I avoided neem oil specifically.   It worked very well to control whitefly, mites and aphids and I did not observe any stress to the plants.    Low concentrations of detergent are not particularly harmful to plants in my...