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Hot Peppers

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Is it hot in here or is it just the peppers?

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This year I'm growing chiltepin, habanero, pablano, gochugary, and Thai.

The chiltepins are tiny but I really love them. I'm hoping to get enough this year to pickle a small batch.

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[–] baggachipz 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I’m growing my hot sauce collection in the fridge. Requires no water or attention.

But seriously I might do habaneros

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Hot sauce is like watering your food with your peppers.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I’d love to grow gochugaru at home. 👀

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

There are seeds for sale online! I actually found some plants for sale at a community garden event.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh I don’t doubt it! It’s just hard to grow here in Sweden. I’d need a bunch of extra equipment.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Ah, gotcha! Yeah, that seems like could be difficult.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

This year I mostly just grow from seedsof last year. I started this year's ago. Original seed were from a spirale chilli bought in Turkey, obviously a hybrid. 4 years later they are basically just Cayenne, but tastes great. It is probably a mix of the original spirals and some other peppers i had during that time.

So, this year only 1 Tabasco and 3 Cayenne of my own brand. I have too many tomatoes and cucumbers for more than 4 peppers this year.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Just chiltepin here. I grow them for the mockingbirds, but I enjoy crunching on them while I'm out in the garden.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That's great that the birds like them. Maybe they've unknowingly planted a few!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Oh they absolutely have. Birds can't taste capsaicin, so it's the plant's "strategy" to get its seeds dispersed far and wide.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Got some aji parapita seeds, we'll see how it goes since the last seeds (carolina reaper) I bought none sprouted.