First Scotch Bonnets, what sauce recipes can I make?
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Best place to buy scotch bonnet and hab seeds?
Comments (9)You really cannot go wrong buying that kind of seed from peppermania.com. I got a variety of habs from her this year, and germination rate is now well over 70 % on her seeds, and it's only Day 11 and those are slow-sprouting habaneros. I expect they will top out over 90 % when all is said and done. For sheer variety of habanero/bonnet types, you have to check out Hippie Seed Company. For good, solid high-germination-rate seeds - a somewhat less exotic collection than the above two but really solid high-quality seeds you can depend on, take a look at tomatogrowers.com. They are all roughly the same prices, give or take a buck here and there. $2.89 for 20 seeds is a low price that you probably will not achieve for exotic habaneros; 10 seeds for $3.50-$4.50 seems more realistic. Of course, Burpee will ship you 30 or 40 seeds for $3 if what you want is a common, higher volume cultivar. Nurturing plants from seed to dinner plate is a bit of work; it is probably better to buy the plants if the varieties you seek are available locally. That said, I am going 100 % seeds this year, I kind of enjoy the whole nurturing-from-day-1 process, and only a few of the 24 types I'm growing would be available in a local store. It depends on how involved you want to be in the growing process....See MoreScotch Bonnet leaves yellowing
Comments (6)Yep, it should recover just fine if you can either drill some holes in that pot it is in, or get it into another pot. At this point however, you may want to just go ahead and put it in a new pot, prefferably a little bigger and add some new, dryer soil around the root ball. The thing is, you need to get that thing into some dryer soil soon. But if you strip much of the current soil from the root ball, it will cause more transplant shock and possibly delay production further. But if you can put some dry soil in the bottom of a bigger container, then set the plant with current root ball on top of the dryer soil in the new container, then stuff some more dryer soil around the outsides, it should wick away a lot of the water in the root ball and make your plant a whole lot happier. It looks like it could use a bigger container anyway. But at the least, poke some holes in the current container and let it drain as much as possible. Then don't water it until it dries out nearly completely. You will likely see improvement in the color within a day or so. Bruce...See MoreScotch Bonnet Hot Sauce
Comments (17)Even (esp?) if using mason jars it's important to keep pH below 4.6 and make sure it stays there - pH can rise on the shelf. That's why you should only use tested recipes for canning. But these recipes using carrots, mangos, etc. would be great for refrigeration. Bruce - just wondering, how *do* you seal those woozy bottles? I've just made a couple quarts of raspberry white wine vinegar (steeped about 1 month), would be great to package in bottles with the reducer top if I can seal them - much more convenient to pour out of than mason jars. State allows me to sell flavored vinegars, just can't sell "acidified foods" (pickles, relish, hot sauce) without lab testing for acidity....See MoreHabanero or Scotch Bonnet?
Comments (10)I'd say it is a Habanero. I've grown both habs and bonnets this year, and my yellow bonnets were very wrinkly, while this pepper on your picture looks smooth (like a hab). Hotness for habs and bonnets is pretty much the same, and they are a very close relative. On that matter, i've noticed that yellow bonnets have a more pronounced "chemical-citrus" aroma than habaneros....See MoreUser
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