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  1. Balac

    trade Rocato or Locato (buy or trade)

    I am trying to growing Rocoto/Rococco in northern Wi for the last 4 years an have not had much luck. Few pods and not productive even when it is a vigorous plant. I think they need something special. My soil is basic and I add acid so maybe it needs more acid,   Do not really know but the ones I...
  2. Balac

    heat Extracts: Advanced Home Techniques

    ya---I saw it---increase  the  capsaicin  content  (6.1-924.9%)---it is BS---Think about it----the peppers are all reported to have about 4% Capsaicin so that number is obviously crap. You would have have a pepper that was half Capsaicin if that number was true. It was a typo---should be 9.2 and...
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    heat Extracts: Advanced Home Techniques

    I was surprised that this was reported---maybe the oxygen was responsible for the loss of capsaicin because I dry my peppers in the a little trailer in at 90F and with a full load of peppers in the dryer of 11 sq ft area and I only smell the Capsaicin for the first couple of days and it is not...
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    heat Extracts: Advanced Home Techniques

    The half-life of capsaicin is 2.3 to 4.1 minutes. There is nothing that good scientists won't quantify!   They killed mice;rats;hamsters; and rabbits by injecting or coating them with Capsaicin. The author of the study, T. Glinsukon, concluded that the acute toxicity of capsaicinoids as a food...
  5. Balac

    harvesting How do you use your harvest?

    I freeze them; Dry them and powder them; and pickle them and make salsa out of them. Of course I eat them and stuff them and frie them and boil them and make hot salt out of them. Did I forget anything? Oh ya I Ferment them Enjoy---Pepper---do them all the way you can
  6. Balac

    Happy B-Day J.Delaney

    Truly a point man in the preservation and distribution of peppers.   many happy more!!!!!!!!!
  7. Balac

    wanted Looking for C.Flexuosum Seeds

    I forget who but someone in the Netherlands does lots of wild pepper seed and plants. If you search c.flexuosum and netherland pepper you might find something. I did the search and this is what I found: Advances in Chromatin Research and Application: 2013 Edition...
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    vendor The cleanest garden in the world

    Who's garden is that you ask?   Dshlogg's I say   Why you ask? look at this pics of peppers (if you have trouble seeing them let me know please) {I am done with photobucket cause there are terribly slow and buggy)  ...
  9. Balac

    "Fish Pepper"?

    I too grew them last year and agree with smokemasters excellent evaluation.   However mine were not as sharply colored as the example above. There were just slightly white and green striped with a light difference in the striping.
  10. Balac

    trade Mass Spectrum Botanicals ready to trade for 'everything'

     Great list of plants. Do you have pics of the THAI HOT (Capsicum annuum) and the  VIET NAM (Capsicum annuum)? I am trying to figure out what type we have here at our farm market and would appreciate any pics you have of these two, Also do you have any comments on the heat and flavor of these 2...
  11. Balac

    The Really Cool Rocopica

    Wonderful review---you are one of the best
  12. Balac

    Starting a Lacto starter

    Sugar is always a good idea---everybody likes to consume it. I think you should do fine.   But like Rocketman says WRT beer wort starter it would be better with a starter that the bacteria are grown in and eat---Like milk.   I would throw in some full fat milk in a solution and compare how it does.
  13. Balac

    Comparison review; Cheiro roxa, Fidalgo roxa and CGN21500

    As usual - a great review. Makes me want to run out to Allentown PA and grab some seeds----but I do think I want to try that 21500 for sure. I am a woose when it comes to chopping them. Pepperoncini is my chopping pepper, Well thanks again
  14. Balac

    Abnormally hot Jalapeño

    Happy to see a budding pepper head always---good for you to plant them and grow them no matter what they are. And thanks for asking for feedback on your peppers---that is what we are here for.
  15. Balac

    vendor Bulk Fresh Peppers in the Winter

    I agree with Nigel---I have 2 freezers full of peppers and tomatoes and make my salsa's all year long no problem. The only thing that happens when you freeze peppers is they get soft and that does not harm the taste at all.
  16. Balac

    frutescens "Chunpepe" a delicious wild C.frutescens from Honduras

    Double the pleasure; double the heat; bite two quick; before they bite you   Great---love your reviews
  17. Balac

    Need Roccoco or mananzo red and yellow

    Yes---I am afraid there is no chance for getting good Roccoco or Manaza any more. Like Nigel says shipping from CA is worthless for fresh peppers---but they are SOOO good. They have heat but it is mild-medium and taste fantastic. Unfortunately they did not produce up here this year---only got a...
  18. Balac

    1 SFRB for $10 or 3 for $25! MFRB $40 *CLOSED*

    No Kidding? I am real happy for you getting fresh pods from Gaithersberg. What are you---10 miles-20 miles away?
  19. Balac

    heat Extracts: Advanced Home Techniques

    OK great---I will buy some BrCl now. I am in the boon docks and there is nothing near me but a walmart so Ebay is called for once again.   Crystals are what I want so this is a good update to the process. Still have not received all of the chemicals and glassware I need to reproduce your process...
  20. Balac

    Powder and seed giveaway for rookies!!!

    nice plants if only they had some room to grow.   What do they win? How about a list of seeds and a pic of the powder. I appreciate that you posting this give away but would be nice to see what was being given.   Good luck
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