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confession: your very own @growyourown calls himself a pepper lover and has never grown scotch bonnets! BLASPHEMOUS, i know; i intend to rectify this in 2024. i have several varieties to try, and am excited to do so. i just gotta write this now partially because i have the seeds and i'm excited...

hey lads and ladies, quick query for y'all i have this type of seed tray and this type of heat mat: and i noticed the mats themselves were getting quite hot; putting that thermometer directly on the mat registered 35C. i used a tea towel to take away some of the direct heat from the trays...

what up pepper peeps? your boy growyourown here with a bold proclamation: i challenged myself to try to grow all the five major pepper species for the first time; wish me luck! (and give me advice, i could use it) to begin, let's forget what i did last year. (just like i said last year)...

Welcome, my esteemed peers, to my 2nd annual glog. This will be my best attempt by far. No way it could be worse than my pitiful entry from last year, not even going to include a link to that stinky p.o.s. #1 – WIN BEFORE YOU BEGIN: i did what i said i was gonna do, which is get my own setup to...

hey all! never done one of these before. this is my third or fourth year growing, but i'm still an amateur. i grow in smallish raised planters (5-7.5 sq.ft. surface area) last year i had 3, this year added 2 more. i don't add anything to the plants apart from store-bought manure and some...

hey guys, i have a bottle of calcium/magnesium/D3 in my medicine cabinet which is expired.   can i grind these tablets up and add to my soil, will it do anything?   the ingredients obviously should be beneficial (even if depleted due to age),   but is the gelatin/binding agent that makes the...

hey i hate doing this, because there is so much great info here. but i have some questions on how long to dehydrate my peppers, with an aim to making them into powder via electric coffee grinder.   my dehydrator (salton vitapro ~$50) says to do vegetables (sliced 1/4" thick unless otherwise...

hey everyone! i'm still a newbie member here, but i love all the stories and advice given on this site; it really is a helpful and encouraging community here with one common goal, to bring the heat! so, a quick search for "yellow" in growing forum did not give me anything meaningful; thought...

i've just joined and hello to all you pepperheads. just sharing my hot sauce story in progress with questions i have. please help me out with anything you knowledgeable folks might have any tips or opinions on. intro in small font, skip at will. major premises underlined, read surrounding words...

hey everyone! researching doing my first hot sauce, and now i signed up and it says to post an introduction message here.   i'm new to home gardening and cultivating hot peppers, but i had two large freezer bags of habaneros left over so i have been trying to figure out how to make a bunch of...