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they came out pretty good.   i did some aji lemon drops, and i love their flavor. i think that the more distinctive and powerful the pepper flavor, the better, so something like an aji is good. i think a very perfumey pepper would be ideal for this.   also, i think i prefer them soft candied...

nice recipe. i'm about to try this.   i wonder though. for the hard candies, do you want to invert the sugar first? i'm thinking the low moisture content means good preservation either way. however, the mix of saccharides from inversion interferes with crystallization. which gives a superior...

i love that popping yellow color.   jack fruit, nice. does it overpower the pepper flavor? i like fatalii pepper a lot and would want it to come through as clearly as possible in a sauce.   for example, i am a fan of this sauce:   cajohns fatalii purée "Fatalii peppers combined with just enough...

my fatalii plant is kinda jacked up. i wonder if i'll get any peppers at all from it this year.   but something i had been looking forward to trying is this: http://thehotpepper.com/topic/51300-devils-tongue-candies/   just a thought if you have an excess and are looking for ideas

how oily can peppers get?   i've seen them glistening and maybe droplets inside, but last night, i saw a pepper on another level.   i sliced a red bhut in half, and there was a lot of liquid inside. a little pool in each half. i dipped a toothpick into it, and it had the tasty bhut aroma and was...

is that wifi controller DIY? sure has a clean look. nice enclosure and components.   really, the whole build is just very clean overall. superb.

interesting   well, if that's the case, it sounds easier to fix than mites, right? just stop feeding them and maybe flush them out some?   which nutrient(s) present like that at toxic levels? i will try to take readings from the worst plants

last year, i encountered only a single hornworm. i looked for more but couldn't find them. i probably would have eventually noticed given their apetite, right? maybe i just got lucky. it was on a tomato plant in a container isolated from the rest of the garden by 10-20 feet. i pulled it off and...

now you've got me thinking. that clustering (with respect to garden layout) effect could be related to feeding. maybe i fed a few in a row too heavily.   also, that crap from the the big box store contained some stuff that didn't dissolve well despite it saying it's soluble plant food. i stirred...

do you think it could be overfeeding?   last year, i fed with dyangro foliage-pro (9-3-6). that product's feeding instructions are:     since i ran out of that, i've been feeding with other ferts seemingly without issue until now. i calculated concentration of the new fertilizers by normalizing...

  thanks, CaneDog! :D no, i have never tried them. can't wait. next to that plant i have a thunder mountain longhorn which is maybe more of an ornamental but i'm really looking forward to seeing those pods grow out. they're supposed to be even longer and more gnarly than the turkish cayennes.  ...

some plants in my garden don't look right. they're in pro-mix media in root pouches. this season has been kind of whack. lots of rain but also many oppressively hot days.   i've been fertilizing with megacrop (a soluble fert with complete nutrient profile i think).   on some of them, the new...

update!   july 27:           the plants are coming along nicely :)   lots of cool pods on this turkish cayenne. hope it's ok they're touching the media:       check out the variegated foliage on this fish pepper:         only a few leaves are like that, but they look sweet

well, if you are willing and able to bring plants inside over the winter (plant pests in the soil is a concern), you can kind of do whatever you want. chinense varieties are slower to germinate than annums for example, but just pick whatever looks tasty to you. you just need the space for...

also, i wonder if i should transition to in-ground planting instead of containers. there were just too many unknowns for me to do that this year though. for starters, i don't know anything about the soil. what do i amend it with? is it contaminated with anything? i would like to send samples to...

the container media is promix from menards https://www.menards.com/main/outdoors/gardening/lawn-plant-care/compost-soils-amendments/pro-mix-reg-all-purpose-professional-growers-mix-2-cu-ft/0105p-1020030rg/p-1444451345687.htm   it says each 2 ft3 bag expands to 4 ft3. i found that each bag fills...

update!!   first, some old progress pics.   i got some fabric seedling bags that we were talking about in DWB's hay bale glog. they're about the size of a solo cup, and roots can grow right through 'em when you transplant. i will use them next year as well i think.   march 2:       april 8...

looking at your website now. i see what you mean.   i actually prefer the red plastic tube with cap to the black tins. smaller and still gets the job done. less crap to have to throw away when the product's empty. kinda where i was going with the packaging compliment in the last post. save the...

a short review of pure evil drops:   i'm trying a 6.4MSHU 'test batch' which falls somewhere between the normal 1.5 and 9.6 MSHU offerings.   i don't really have any criticisms. i guess that is strong praise.   the packaging materials were good and minimal. tiny cardboard box with starch packing...

also, spoiler alert, i didn't do tomato grafting. the title is clickbait, and i'm a damn dirty liar  :liar: it was just a little too much for me this year, but at least i have a bunch of rootstock seeds. i can try next year.   i'm happy with how my garden's coming along this year though all...