I just got some habanero's in the dehydrator right now. 110 degrees working a 12 hour shift. They should be well rested by the time I get home from work tomorrow. 391 grams after being trimmed and I'm guessing about 150 seeds were stolen from the bigger better looking peppers for next years grow.
Â
My buddy hooked me up with 3 of his plants and approx 2 1/2 pounds of green habaneros. He's been great as hell about only picking his peppers when they're ripe. He always hooks me up with some of his harvest since my recent move forced my hand into a non-grow year. But it's getting cold down here and weather is starting to get nasty for Cali growing and the plants need to get put down or moved indoors. He's a great man and gifted me his plants so I can try my hand at overwintering them.
Â
I got these peppers on Friday 12/6. These were the green habanero's I spoke about.
Â
A banana and a paper bag ripened them up pretty damn quick over 4 days. This pic is from tonight Tues 12/10. I took the ripest of the peppers and cut them up for today's dehydrate. The green ones and the half ripe ones I left behind for an unknown future. They're in the same paper bag with a banana seeing If I can pull more color from em.
Â
I've been a gardener/pepper gardener for only 4 years and my recent move screwed over my whole 2019 grow. My homie Erik helped keep me alive morally with his gifts of heat and allowing me to overwinter his plants, pull seeds, and make clones from his babies. I had to butcher his habanero to transport it 30 minutes across Cali. It was just too big.... hence the reason the green peppers were pulled.
Â
Now once the habanada's and datils ripen up I can give them a trim and save a little room in my dining room. His datil looks amazing. The habanada is not faring too well with the move and I may need to pull pods prematurely and trim it up... Growth and roots. The habanero has already been given a hair cut so I feel like its gonna rock.
Â
But before you spit hate.... a habnada is a pretty damn cool plant in my opinion. I like hot!!! But It does helps break in the noobs that can't handle the heat; I mean they are missing good flavors in their life, so why not show them and introduce them quietly and unwillingly.