this post was submitted on 18 Aug 2023
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Hot Peppers

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

Chili Pepper Heat Levels

US Growing Zones

Pepper Recipes curtesy of Mike Hultquist

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Likewise, I'm curious. This year I'm growing shishito, yellow hot, cayenne, and habanero.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I have these from rareseeds, idk how well they'll do. They look fine at the moment, they just haven't grown much which I assume is from the 105+ temps.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Saw the thumbnail, came to the comments to find out why your carrots are oily, left disappointed.

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

Beautiful peppers! What’s your plans for them?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I put them in the freezer until I got enough to make a big batch of hotsauce!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Now rub your eyes

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Fry until crispy and put some sesame oil on em 🥰

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

Do you have to take measures to separate the varieties of peppers? Do they cross-pollinate or something?

My ex-father-in-law grew some hot peppers that were disappointingly mild, and blamed some sort of cross-pollination from the mild peppers next to them. I have no idea whether that is a legitimate claim, though

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Peppers do cross pollinate, but that has no effect on the current fruits, just plants grown from the seeds of those fruits.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

If all the fruit was weaker than anticipated, that is the genetics of the seeds he planted. Fruit can have a variation in different spots on the plant in heat, but the mild pepper next to it had no effect on that.