I am horrible about keeping up with a glog, so this will be my usual lazy approach to gardening and showcase a few pics along the way.
Grow list Peppers
Yellow Fatalli
Red Reaper
Yellow Sausage
Yellow Hot Thai
Guindillia
Tabanaga
Cereja da amapa
Cumari pollux
Sri Lanka red
Numex heritage...
Looking for land race or true Hatch Chile seed.
I think these the the fire roasted kind you get canned at local grocery stores?
Looking to make sauce and roast/can my own next season.
Anyone have seed?
I have 2018 Red Rocoto seed to trade or a pint of Scotch Bonnet moa dill pickles.
7:30 am here.
Just picked this up
I have never cooked one.
I have a 4 burner gas grill. Current plan is indirect heat only using the right 2 burners for heat, placing brisket on left side.
I have a small cast iron smoker box for some chips and not really looking for that dark black outer...
Good gloomy typical Wa spring weather.
Planning on Cocktails soon...Canadian Ceasars on the menu.
I have had the usuals...Smir, Absolute, Grey G, Skyy, Finn.
Before I go plunk down a few bucks on the old standbys, any recommendations on something else to try?
Not into fufu flavored stuff.
My local Safeway started carrying a few off the norm peppers.
Decent pile of Monzano peppers, so I grabbed the best looking one.
Can you get these to germinate? can you sow directly with fresh seeds or need to dry first?
I traditionally never used slow release fertilizers in my potting mix.
This year I plan on doing side by side with a few extras of the same plants i have....one will get slow release ferts the other will get organic liquid ferts of my choice as needed.
So what's everyone using for "Slow...
After some searching I stumbled on Dieman Pepper Berry, native to Tasmannia.
Some interesting health properties from the berries, leaves, even the bark.
Anyone have info or SEEDS available? Any info or tips on trying to grow it away from it's native climate and environment?
Quick search...
Hello all, thanks for looking in. I hope to do a better job this season updating through the busy months of summer.
I will be dialing things down this year and concentrating on less strains since i have enough XXX powders to last many years.
Just put seeds into my soaking solution - 2 tsp...
Looking to pick up a dozen bottles total and want to keep it to 1 or 2 from each member.
Please send me a link or post it here so I can see what's out there.
Only interested in MEMBER sauces please.
Folks went to Hawaii for Xmas-New years.
I asked for them to keep an eye out for Kona pepper seeds....after 12 locations of shops and markets they located a small healing herb vender with these.
I think the pepper paks are easily obtained anywhere, but they did find the Kona :dance:
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Hello all...while I couldn't grow every variety of pepper seeds I received I did come up with a nice list for this years 2017 grow.
I was going to start in soil, but I had great results last season with Grodan cubes and I already had them left over.
I started with 2-3 seeds per hole, but...
Noticed a small colony at the base of one of the Fatalii over winters....did a few you tube searches and found this method..
No sprays, No soap and oil solution, No chemicals.....Just Scotch Tape.
My plants have very small and new tender growth so didn't like the idea of using my finger as...
Brother is in Mexico....If I wanted to ask for a few pods for him to pick up for seed.....
what would be a few good choices....unique and hard to get would be 1st choices.
Anyone have any knowledge on Mexico peppers?
Salmon season is winding down, decided to run a small batch for a few outbound gifts.
Pretty simple recipe
Salmon fillets cut into desired pieces (pinbones removed with needle nose pliers)
Recipe works for approx 10-15 lbs of fillets
Dry brine mix:
4 cups light brown sugar packed
3/4 cup...
Just spent an hr or two watching youtube for info on breeding.
I understand collect pollen from 2 plants....isolate a few flowers off each and polinate each parent with the pollen from the other.....isolate new polinated stymen and wait for the magic.
Q. Once you collect the newly grown...
Nothing fancy, just a basic throw together thread
Saturday morning in the skillet.
Grated Yukon Golds
2 Bhut Jolokia finely diced and placed as a middle layer of the hashbrowns
3 Eggs..sunny side up (strickly for the photo shot)
Pepper sauce: Mirin base with bhut, 7pot, lemon hab, green...
Hello THP and seed stock hoarders :surprised:
After spending a few weeks here now and reading the strains used by many for Sauces, eating, pickling I am looking to see if anyone has these available.
I purchased a few through vendors to get started prior to finding THP.
Had a couple members...
Finding out this yr that pepper plants are perennials I am trying my hand at over wintering.
Did some reading, watched some videos and read some more.....so here we go.
2016 grow list:
Bhut Jolokia x1
Choc Moruga x2
Lemon x2 and Orange x2 Habanero
Fatalii Yellow x5
Mystery plant...label...
Is it just me or is everyone editing your posts for multiple spelling errors when using a phone, tablet, or any device other than a pc.
I must have to edit some post a half dozen times....huge hands and fat fingers are not post friendly at all....arrggg.