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hi all, I had bookmarked a topic here on basic hot sauce making where you just puree up the peppers (do not cook) and add salt and some vinegar then let them sit on the counter.  Last year I made it but was scared to leave them out to ferment (not refrigerated) so did it in the fridge, and while...

I have several tomato plants that I started just WAY too early and now are very, very tall but in Chicago here, the weather next week will be a little on the cold side to be able to plant them this weekend (beautiful out today and tomorrow).   I just started hardening them off on Monday and hope...

sorry for another overwintering question.  Last year I brought in 2 Hot Lemons and 1 Fatalli and kept them under my T5 growlights all winter.  They did great outside this summer.    This year I have 10-11 plants (all hot to super hot) I'd like to overwinter as well but do not have enough...

hi, I finally got my peppers in last Friday (the weather here has been atrocious and hardening off was nearly impossible :( ) -- some of my plants are showing little flower buds but the plants are only 4"-5" tall.     should I remove the flower buds or leave them?  Thinking I should, so the...

hi, probably a stupid question.  I Googled and looked on here but still not really sure.   I have my plants started inside, just some peppers and tomatoes (not the 130 + like last year, thank GOD).  They are still REALLY small :( compared to last year but that's another issue.  I hope to repot...

Hi -- I have kept 2 of my Hot Lemon and my 1 yellow Fatalli peppers over the winter under my larger (4') growlight all winter.  Lots of flowers but no peppers but they are still alive, although they lose a LOT of leaves.   my question is, how do I get them back outside?  They are in pots (and...

hi!  I brought in my 1 yellow Fatalli plant and 2 of my Hot Lemon plants at the end of October and have them under my T5 4' long grow light.  The Fatalli has been flowering really nicely (the Hot Lemon only a few) but the flowers just keep drying up and no fruit is being produced :(  I've...

hi, this might be a stupid question but I'll ask it anyway :)   I have several peppers -- some yellow (fatalli, hot lemon and yellow fresno) and some red (mostly tabasco with a few serranos thrown in) that I want to make hot sauce out of.  My dilemma is that while I got a lot (not the tabascos)...

I kinda hijacked the Most Anticipated Pepper thread so thought I'd just post some pics of my garden here (hope this is the right spot!).  I grow everything from seed and started the peppers on 2/28 and the tomatoes on 3/14.  This year I used salt peter on 6 of my hottest pepper and it really...

hi!  I'm growing tomatoes along with (mostly hot) peppers again this year and want to get ahead of any blossom end rot (BER) issues that I may have this year.  Last year, I put eggshells in each hole that a plant went in and IIRC I didn't have BER issues and did the same this year but not sure...

hi, was recommended this site by a fellow greyhound owner :)   I grow all my peppers and tomatoes from seed and this year have 22 different varieties/colors of mild to super hot peppers going, and 22 tomato plants (15 varieties).   Looking forward to checking this site out!   This year I ended...