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After reading a bit on here I decided to give it a shot at making a fermented hot sauce yesterday. Since I have a few beer growlers I decided to use one of the to do it in and have an air lock on top. I figured I would have better success doing this that the loose lid method on a mason jar. Plus...

I am looking to try making a fermented hot sauce and I was wonder what peoples thoughts were on on using 1/2 gal beer growlers to hold the mash? I know that it would have a narrow neck compared to canning jars but I wouldn't have to modify anything use an airlock. 

I just checked the garden after work today and saw that my perfume plant had some weird brown circles on the leaves. I don't think its from water dropplets on the leaves since its the only plant that has it and I haven't watered with the recent rain. Anyone know what it might be? Is it caused by...

Decided to get things started for the upcoming year this week. So I sowed a bunch on seeds earlier this week into rapid rooter plugs. I have had a few of them sprout already unlike last year they had taken forever to germ hence starting a little earlier. I will post a few pics later when I get...

I decided after taking on similar offers from others that I would post an offer as well. I have up for grabs are chocolate bhut jolokia seeds. They came from pods I grew which are shown below. Note that they are open pollenated and I can't guarantee the purity. Please follow the SASBE guideline...

I got two plants that look unhappy. I don't know what it is. I don't see any insects or any other signs that there might be any. They were healthy when I bought them. I got them from a local nursery but I also have others from the same place and they are fine. I find it odd that its only these...

I had gotten a bag of fresh pods from Bakers peppers recently and I'm not totally sure on all the varieties that were in there. I'm pretty sure of the bottom four but correct me if i'm wrong; yellow scorpion (possibly orange?), red scorpion, red brain strain, chocolate hab. Middle row I...

I had actually started my grow a while back but I had phone in which the camera was not working. Well I got a new one so I was able to take some photos. Better late than never. Everything is still indoors since it's still a bit to cold to put them outside. Lets start with the new plants for...

I have been dealing with a mice problem in which they have been eating the foliage on my overwintered plants. I have read that they don't like the smell of peppermint and was wondering if it is safe to spray a solution of it onto the leaves? Would it even affect them? Let me know what you guys...

Yesterday I went to the local hydroponic store to pick up a new seed starting set up. I was given some samples from this extreme gardening. The samples were Azos, CalCarb, and Mykos WP. From what I understand they are supposed to be organically based. I'm going to give them a try but I was...

I have been noticing that many people on here are creating their own cross breeds and I have now grown an interest in it. I'm thinking of trying it this year and had a few questions. 1) once hand pollinating do I have to worry about bees and such pollinating? Or how do I know I did actually...

So a few months ago I had asked people about overwintering plants since this was my first try. I had received some good advice and went with it. Basically I had dug up all of my supers out of the ground, washed the roots, potted them with fresh soil and trimmed them back. It's been almost 2...

I have been interested in this trinidad perfume. Its supposedly to have some great flavor and very aromatic. Not sure if they are great producers or not. Anyone have any experience with this variety?

For anyone that is interested I have seeds from some of my super hots I grew this year. I have chocolate habanero, bhut jolokia, and trinidad scorpion. They were all open pollinated and grown near each other so I don't know how true to form they would be. They were set up like this. TS...

It's starting to get colder here in buffalo and I'm thinking of trying to over winter my super hots this year to get a better yield next year. My issue is that i had planted them in my raised garden. What I'm wondering is if it would be to much stress to put them in pots and bring them inside...

I had gotten a couple of plants from a guy locally, claiming they were trinidad scorpions. I'm unsure that the peppers I grew are really scorpions. None of the pods have grown with the "tail", at least so far, leaving me curious. Is there a bit of pod variation with them or do they have to have...