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    over fertilization?

    hi all,  I've done container growing of super hots for a couple seasons now. Mostly just using miracle gro potting mix with only okay results.  This year i decided to scale up, and im concerned i've nitrogen poisoned my plants.  I have 3 reapers, 5 ghosts, 3 habaneros (about 6-8 inches...
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    "Traditional" Caribbean pepper sauce

    Hi again everyone,  I got in a couple lbs. of fresh scotch bonnet pods from Flordia and couldn't wait to make a sauce, so I tried my first ever non-fermented sauce (don't worry i saved a quarts worth for fermenting which will make the same sauce just 2 months down the road).  I went with a...
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    Quarantine Saturday another delicious sauce

    Hi everyone,    Trying to stay active during quarantine! So I stopped a 70 day ferment today and processed some sauce.  Set up the ferment in January, with 5% salt w/v. With the following: Fresno chilies (about 1 lb.) Habaneros (about 0.5 lb.) Carrots (6-8 baby)  Garlic (4-6 cloves) ...
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    This years baby pepper plants

    Hi all,  Weather is finally nice enough here for planting! We germinated and planted seeds that I saved from last season, I wasn't in a place last season where I could over winter the plants.....so they had to die unfortunately. I followed Shaun's AKA ChilliChump's "from seeds to sauce" guide...
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    Processed my first batch today

    Hi again all, I made a few posts a couple months ago asking if my sauces looked ok, they had sediment growth in them. So I took the advice of the forum members, put them in the cabinet and forgot about them. Finally opened up the jars for processing and they smelled amazing! So they passed...
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    Pepper identification plz

    Hi all, Need some help with pepper ID. Pick up about a half dozen of these for a verde sauce, can any one identify them. Listed as Numex peppers. Larger than a habanero. Ripen yellow to orange. Listed as 800-1000 Scoville. I have not tasted yet. Cheers, HH
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    Found solid gold

    Hi all, So I went to a farmers market in a neighboring city, one I had never been too, and found solid gold. My only regret is that I didnt pick up triple what I got. Although I only have so many fermentation jars...Im gonna give this farmer so much money next season. Yellows: 3 peach...
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    harvesting last harvest of the growing season for me

    Hi all,  Im new to the community. Started growing and sauce making this year, but the season is coming to an end here in NC. Thought id show you the last of my harvest and give you what the season gave me. I started late, around end of June i think.  Pictured is the last of my scorpions...
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    fermenting First time fermenting please help

    Hi everyone,  New to the forums and i need some help with my fermented hot sauce. Started 3 separate ferments over the weekend (at the time of posting they have been fermenting for 4 days) 1) onion, carrot, garlic, ghost pepper, bell pepper  2) onion, carrot, garlic, ghost pepper, habanero...
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    new to the forum

    hi everyone! pepper grower and first time fermenter new to the site. looking to learn more. 
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