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Luckily I was notified two days ahead of time, because I noticed a freeze warning was posted for my area yesterday, expected to occur from later tonight through tomorrow morning. It's only about 10AM right now, but it's pretty chilly, wet and cloudy--definitely not looking good for tonight...

I'm overwintering several of my pepper plants from last year as I have already said in older topics. I'm running into a weird situation, though. I've noticed that some plants have long secondary stems (off of the main stem) that are still green, while the main stem dies. Is this normal? I...

Alright, I admit--it sounds cruel. And you know what? As funny as I think it would be seeing a cat react to a pepper's heat, I would never force a hot pepper onto a cat; the most I'd do is let the cat smell it, carefully making sure that it doesn't actually lick it or touch the pepper with its...

It's all in the subject, really. I have a ton of peppers on almost all of my plants that have started ripening since the beginning of this month. Problem is, I haven't had the time to cook with them (therefore pick them) and have put off mass harvesting until I get freezer bags. Then the...

I was hoping to be here until fall came and started having its effects on my plants and then get the hell out (I hate this house), but it looks like that day is coming sooner; we have to move out within a month. So now, we're going to start packing... but one thing I have no idea what to do...

I've seen tons of pictures of the 7 Pod, on various threads here as well as in the databases at thechileman.com/g6csy.net (both databases have the same image). The only thing I can tell that's just about guaranteed is its pimply look. Many pics posted here on the boards show peppers that are...

My typical method of preservation of hot peppers so far has been freezing. However, I have messed around a bit with drying and powdering; I've powdered Tabasco, Habanero, and my "Mystery" pepper from last year. By the way, in case anyone cares, I posted about the mystery pepper on the forums...

I'm just wondering, because I picked two affected peppers earlier (a ripening Fatalii which was extremely tiny compared to the rest on the plant and an immature 7 Pod that the plant was aborting). I've noticed this kind of thing numerous times in the past (including once or twice already this...

I've been noticing something with both my Rocoto Red from last year and my Rocoto Yellow I got this year. Their leaves often seem to have a downward-curved, hook-like appearance, and seem to act as the tendrils on a pumpkin plant, "grabbing" onto other nearby branches (but of course without all...

I'm just wondering, what is the proper storage of hot sauces, if you have no way of managing indoor temperatures (ie. air conditioning)? I have several hot sauces--most of them unopened--and it gets up to the mid-80s to mid-90s in this house. It gets absolutely horrible in the summer in here...

I've noticed an explosion of hot pepper cultivars lately, especially supposed super-hots. I've also read about some of them (especially those that have took the Bhut Jolokia's throne as the Guinness World Record holder) are hybrids. Some of them, including some 7 Pod strains, I thought were...

I have several new pepper plants this year, bought as live plants like the last few years. It was a somewhat rough start with the potting soil since I decided to wing it and try to make my own (to avoid high prices of the pre-mixed stuff), but it seems that the vast majority of the plants are...

I made some Mexican pizzas on tostada shells earlier today, figured I'd mince 8 orange habaneros because... well, I put 6 on a whole regular pizza before with no problem. 8 on 5 Mexican pizzas can't be *that* bad, can it...? I realized when it came time to put the "toppings" on it that I...

Anyone try putting a frozen habanero in a Mountain Dew (or other soft drink) instead of (or in addition to) ice? The fumes released from the carbonation are *wicked*, and stirring the drink up really releases them. It also seems like the capsaisinoids tend to stay mostly toward the top of the...

I'm just wondering because I had a huge problem with it in the garden last year, and seen a couple spots pop up on the leaves of my potted plants every now and then. And earlier today, I was just watering my plants and noticed the first signs of it this year--my Solar Flare and Peach Habanero...

Well... this kind of sucks. Tonight it's supposed to get down to a low of 46 or even 43 degrees, depending on which weather forecasting service you believe. Which is not too bad, and at least some of my plants have been outside while it got down to about 51 degrees one night a couple weeks ago...

I posted a while back a topic about making your own potting soil mix. Well, it's now time to do the actual mixing. I'm only using store-bought topsoil and perlite; the thing is, I want to make sure I get a good amount of perlite in the mix to allow plenty of airflow and lighten it up to...

Well, it's about time to get my overwintered plants used to the outdoors again. A Rocoto Red, Tabasco, and Vietnamese Multicolor. All three were put outside for the first time since last fall earlier today. But I have a few questions, this this is my first time overwintering. My plan is to...

...does anyone know where to find a decent, sturdy wooden cabinet with two latching doors on the front (with glass windows to see the glasses inside, preferrably) that would be good to store beer glassware? This part is less important, but I'm looking for something that has shelves that are 16"...

Some time during the last growing season I decided that just about every pepper plant I grow from then on will be in containers, and that's still the plan. This decision was a result of the much better overall health of my potted pepper plants vs. those in the garden, as well as several other...