Fun and Cheap Hot Sauce Garden

[ZanderSpice]

The first plate above is a very large Douglah that I came across in a seed trading parcel. It looks a lot like the Choco Hab and Black Congo I have going and smoother than the other Douglahs I grew this year. It's a much better producer that the other Douglahs, very hot and delicious. Here's some I used for seeds and an interior shot.

It doesn't produce as many with the characteristic stinger shape, but the Trinidad Scorpion seeds I have by way of ChadS may be the best I've grown, and I've grown a fair amount.

Naga Morich also from ChadS

Mesilla Cayenne is great for adding body and flavor to sauce:

 

[Dot Com]

Looks like the plants pulled-through nicely in spite of some ants.

 

[ZanderSpice]

Finally, here are some shots of sauces being simmered:

Just found some older pics Naga, Scorpion, Bhut & Yellow Scorpion CARDI:

That's it for now.

 

[megamoo]

nice work

 

[Omri]

Good stuff! good stuff indeed!

 

[ZanderSpice]

Thanks Dot Com, Megamoo and OMRI. I'd call this a successful season, but I can do much better. It's also been strangely cold in SoCal, especially near the coast. I'd love to build a greenhouse over my Black Naga, but I also am looking foward to a major cleanup. I don't want to take care of that many plants over the winter and will start most fresh. Anyway, I don't have much time to write a post, but these pictures are getting stale.

Sauce making:

These tiny containers in flood and drain hydroponics were nice and easy:

Sold a bunch of big boxes. Thanks guys!

TBC....

 

[ZanderSpice]

Here are some shots I made as I collected seeds and documented some of my new or best varieties.

 

[ZanderSpice]

More:

That's it for now. Upcoming harvest of more bird and sweet types plus:
Fatalii , Yellow Scorpion, Douglah OP , Black Naga , Naga Morich, Bhut Jolokia, Yellow Bhut, Aji Crystal, Aji LemonDrop

 

[ZanderSpice]

I knew I had more. Can't forget these fun ones:

 

[sfmathews]

Great pics, now I'm hungry!

 

[PIC 1]

Nice and Nasty looking pods.......the color of that sauce looks "fresh and outstanding"

Greg

 

[ZanderSpice]

Thanks friends. I've posted a lot of pod shots, but haven't shown off my garden in a while. It looked a lot better in the summer, but here's what's going on now:

I'm dumping out my container mix in this new raised bed. That's the Black Naga plant in the second bed in.

This shot isn't very good, but I did some plants in straw bales. It's working pretty well. I'm dong more next year:

Some other stuff in large containers:

More containers. The Orange Rocoto is a nice one (was supposed to be Red), and the "yellow orange bird" is a great, but very tall plant:

 

[ZanderSpice]

More...

Orange Manzano in coco coir with a tropf blumat:

Coco tropf blumat row:

#5 containers on drip:

 

[ZanderSpice]

Last I have a few more pod shots. The last of the last Douglah OPs that were too ripe to ship. These are strong in flavor and heat. Very unique.

That's it for now. Happy Thanksgiving!