Talking about grinding peppers reminded me of some Cayenne pepper i did this last weekend. Kids dont do this in the house. Started off with a couple peppers.
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After 32 hr at 140 F it the dehydrator.
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First made some crushed pepper, do this out side and were a respirator!
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Then the ground pepper
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This is makeing my eyes water just thinking about it, a little of each.
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Geez....That hurts my eyes thru my monitor.
Think Ill buy my seasoning.
I dry and grind many kinds of peppers. I always do it outside with a fan blowing at my back. It only takes once to learn. ;D ;D
I am with CRG on this one
HR
I bet its like getting hit in the face with mace. :'(
I was looking at the pics again and was wondering if those are cayenne peppers? They actually look more like a seranno because they are so short. The shortest cayenne I have grown had to be 3-4" in legnth. just wondering.
Also most of the time I do not dehydrate cayennes because they are so thin skinned they can dry on their own. I normally pull the whole plant out, shake off the excess dirt and hang the plants in the shed and let them dry on their own. Thicked fleshed peppers I always dehydrate because its not dry enough weather wise to properly dry them. They will end up rotting if left hanging.
Your end result looks great!
Quote from: classicrockgriller on September 22, 2009, 07:10:11 PM
Geez....That hurts my eyes thru my monitor.
Think Ill buy my seasoning.
Nothing wrong with that but this is less than half of whats still on the plant and the plant cost me $1.20 cant buy a small jar for that.
Whats my time worth?
Well i try to keep busy
Pens, the tag on the plant said cayenne, you never know some one could have switched the tags. I pulled these off cause I ran out and was makeing some stuff that needed some. The rest of the plant is still growing and I do the same thing at the end of the growing season, pull the plant and hang in the shed.
OU812,
Heres a pic of a few assorted peppers. The long skinny ones on the right are cayenne peppers. There are also NAGA's (upper left), Orange and one chocolate hab (lower left), devils tounge (upper center), Fresno (center), Thai (bottom center) I do not have any serrano pictures, but IMHO I really think that is what you have there, they are a really good pepper as well.
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Pens you are the man when it comes to peppers thanks for the info
I have another plant that aint doing as good as this one I'll get a pict of that one and see what you think.
Here are a couple of my hot hot hot pepper plants this year. Did I mention these are HOT? :o
They are loaded with blossoms and have quite a few peppers on now, they are just starting to ripen. I started these Feb. 1st from seed.
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These little beauties would make a great ABT, ;) ;D They are Bhut Joolkia(sp)?
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And these are almost as hot, but then again when you get close to a milloin scoville units, whos counting? ;D These are NAGA peppers.
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Holy crap..
Where are the HazMat warning signs and electrified fence??
OU812,
Great job on the peppers...I feel your pain! :D
Pens,
What beautiful colors on those peppers!
Carolyn
Thanks Carolyn, you should see when I have a bunch in a big basket. Been to cool and damp here this year, the pepper yields are going to be low. But I have plenty from a year ago dried and ready to grind. :)
What do you do with all of them?
Great looking peppers there pens.
After seeing yours I think I am going start my own.
HR
Quote from: classicrockgriller on September 23, 2009, 08:31:11 PM
What do you do with all of them?
The jalapenos I make ABT's and chipotles. Most of the others get smoked and/or dried then ground into powders to use later.
HR, Not sure what your weather is like but here in PA the growing season is fairly short. So the hot peppers I grow I start in early Feb. The NAGA's and BHUT's are 120 day peppers, so I'll end up taking the planters in the garage when frost starts hitting. Which will be very soon. All the other peppers can be started at the end of Feb. You'll want to start your peppers around 8-10 weeks before you would normally plant a garden.
Quote from: pensrock on September 24, 2009, 07:54:40 AM
Quote from: classicrockgriller on September 23, 2009, 08:31:11 PM
What do you do with all of them?
The jalapenos I make ABT's and chipotles. Most of the others get smoked and/or dried then ground into powders to use later.
HR, Not sure what your weather is like but here in PA the growing season is fairly short. So the hot peppers I grow I start in early Feb. The NAGA's and BHUT's are 120 day peppers, so I'll end up taking the planters in the garage when frost starts hitting. Which will be very soon. All the other peppers can be started at the end of Feb. You'll want to start your peppers around 8-10 weeks before you would normally plant a garden.
And put them up high if you have a cat!! Ours has eaten my plants for the last 2 years. Would have been a dead cat but I got vetoed by the other 5 people that live with me.
Hey pens, where do you get the seeds from? I'd like to try some next year. I got a few Thai plants in June. There's plenty of peppers but nothing ripe. I found this summer pretty poor for growing - cloudy, cool and plenty rainy.
How do you start the seeds? Artificial light? (We have the cat 'problem' too.)
Pens, It was late when i got home lastnight but I'll get a pict tonight.
I have tried to grow peppers in a pot with no luck, whats the trick? also do you just dry the seeds from this years harvest and plant for next years?
All this pepper talk is interesting keep it going everyone
10.5 we had some cats that kept attacking my birds, one day the cats were gone, I dont know what happened to them ;)
I do not have a cat problem, so I cannot comment on that.
I save seeds from a couple RIPE peppers from the year before. Take the seed out and put onto a paper plate. Write on the plate what kind of pepper it is. After they are good and dry, I put them in a small paper envelope, again mark it what kind of pepper. When I plant I fill the container, kept from the nursery, with planting soil mix. I use Miracle Grow, it contains some nutrients so you do not have to feed the plants till you actually plant them. I put two seeds in each cell and cover very lightly with mix. The tray I put the cells in will hold water so I put water in the tray not the cells. I put an old water bed heater on a piece of foam insulation and set the trays with water on top of the heater. The temp probe goes between the cells and the tray, in the water. I keep it about 85 till the seed start, then lower to 75. I also cover the whole thing with a plastic cover till the seeds start. I have the whole thing on a cart right next to a south facing window, so I do not need to provide any light. But grow lamp work great, just keep them very low, only a couple inches away from the plants, if too far away the plants will get long and skinny. Will still make fruit but will need supported till they get bigger.
When its time to plant outdoors, plant as you normally would. When I use a container, I empty all last years soil out and fill with new Miracle Grow garden soil. Plant 1-2 plants in the container and mulch to help retain moisture. Will need water every other day during the summer when the plant are getting bigger.
I only grow the hard to find peppers from seed anymore, cause its easy to find cayenne, jalapeno and hot wax peppers. I used to grow them all, but it is a lot of messing around. but very rewarding when you are picking veggies from plants you started as a little seed.
There are places on the web to buy speciality seeds. I think I have a couple bookmarked. Let me know if anyone is interested and I'll post them.
Quote from: pensrock on September 24, 2009, 09:32:43 AM
There are places on the web to buy speciality seeds. I think I have a couple bookmarked. Let me know if anyone is interested and I'll post them.
Yeah pens, I'd appreciate it if you could dig up those links when you get a chance.
Here ya go: :)
http://www.pepperjoe.com/
http://www.ecoseeds.com/Pepper.growing.tips.html
http://www.pepperfool.com/links/seeds_home.html
http://www.peppermania.com/
http://www.penderys.com/index.html
Those are some pretty cool sites
Thanks Pens
HR, Not sure what your weather is like but here in PA the growing season is fairly short. So the hot peppers I grow I start in early Feb. The NAGA's and BHUT's are 120 day peppers, so I'll end up taking the planters in the garage when frost starts hitting. Which will be very soon. All the other peppers can be started at the end of Feb. You'll want to start your peppers around 8-10 weeks before you would normally plant a garden.
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Our weather is similar to that in southern California. Although is been getting cooler and more than before lately. I am growing jalepenos for some time but tried earlier this year to grow Habaneros but did not work at all. If you should hane any adivices they would be much appreciated.
HR
Thanks for the links pens. I just HAFTA try these. :)
HR, peppers like habs like it hot and fairly dry. When the leaves look like they are starting to droop, then water them well and leave them alone till it happens again. Most peppers do better if the night time temps are above 50 F preferably warmer. Check out a few of the sites I posted, some of them have tips for planting and growing peppers. I was once told not to put peat moss in with peppers, so I do not other than the little in the potting mix, but I blend it with garden soil.
Have you seen or tryed a jalapeno from Texas A&M that has little or no seeds and is mild (heat) but very high on jala taste?
Quote from: classicrockgriller on September 24, 2009, 09:10:15 PM
Have you seen or tryed a jalapeno from Texas A&M that has little or no seeds and is mild (heat) but very high on jala taste?
Nope never heard of them. Would be nice to try them out. Sounds good as long as there is some heat in them, who wants a wimpy ABT? ;D
They also had a blackberry plant called Tam (Texas A&M) berry. I had some at my old house and the berries were bigger than you thumb and had no stickers.
They sorta were like cain inthat it was throw runners out the next year about 3 feet from the original plant and left an area for you to walk in.
I bet them blackberries were good being that size, however the invasiveness would be a big problem, I bet the bear love them too.
I think the Indian killed all the bear off here years ago. They have been trying to repopulate some. We have been warned at deer camp this year to becareful early morning and late evening, cause when they travel on all 4's they have a resemblence of a hog. Fined is $10,000. Ouch!
We have a LOT of black bears around her, population has been growing for quite a few years. Even with bear season there are still a lot of them. Some big ones also.
Ok Pens here is the other plant it was dark out again so I had to get close so it would light up the pepper.
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I can see now that the peppers are getting bigger that they are two different plants. This one is the Cayenne pepper I'm pretty sure. Dam tags were switch.
First, they look good. Second, I'm no expert and can't tell. It would take a real [Tex/Mex]ican here. One does kinda look like a Serrano. You'll need a taste test. Feed it to the cat, under duress.
Those are the cayennes, and I still think the first ones were serranos. They are a great pepper also.