I absolutely hate using tomatoes in my hot sauce. If I wanted hot red sauce I'd just make a hot red sauce.
That being said...
Me, I'd go
Lemon drops
Orange habanero
Sweet peppers for bulking but if that's too sweet then bells
Shallots or onions
Garlic
Little bit of carrot
Orange zest
ACV...
It's your process. Has to be. Soooo many people use Vitamix and theirs don't go all Old Faithful because of air pockets.
If it were me I'd make sure I'm doing my process correctly before changing recipes.
Have you ever had a batch not do that? If yes, then what was different?
Are you...
Concentrate on the new growth and how that looks.
When the insects suck the insides out of the leaves, those leaves are goners. Meaning they won't look the same again. So look at the new growth. Is that healthy? If yes, you're good to go.
I have the same problem when I get mites. The old...
Simple Memorial Day cookout at the house. We ended up getting a new grill. So here's the grill pic.
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All in all simple but delicious. Burgers with sauteed onions and japs topped with cheese, yardbird...
Maybe it's just me, but I find the paper towel method personally never.fucking.works.for.me. :( Like seriously WTF?!?!? Am I just incompentent??!?
Putting seeds in soil and putting them out works all day for me. Paper towel, damn near nothing. Seriously. In the last 6 years I've had maybe...
If you're going to use containers get potting mix not potting soil. It's more aerorated and will drain better.
Mix perlite in with it to help improve drainage.
Don't add any ferts. Miracle Grow is already fertilized and pests loooove over fertilized nitrogen rich plants.
Make sure that you...
I personally only use a pre fert mix like MG or jungle growth. It's easy, no need to fert for the season and di I mention that it's easy :)
It does get expensive though. Not compared to Fox Farm tho....
The bee wouldn't have cross pollinated that particular plant. Cross pollination results aren't seen until that fruit matures and the seed is taken from that and grown out. So, it is more than likely the seed you were given or reaped from last years harvest if that is from a plant you grew...
Looks like big fat crinkly chinense leaves to me (that's a good thing). Are your other plants chinense? If not that's probably why they look different to you.
There are plenty of vinegars other than whitte and ACV. Rice wine vinegar is a mellow vinegar. White wine vinegar and champagne vinegar are others. I personally use mainly ACV but have experience with rice wine and champagne vinegars. If I didn't have ACV and wanted something mellow I would opt...