Hi Elaine, I don't know anything about the Volck, like how often it's supposed to be applied, etc. The only thing that rids/kills scale, burn roots, and non-chemical is Fish Emulsion. Elaine, I tried the old-fashioned way, using Rubbing Alcohol by rubbing the alcohol over leaves w/cotton balls and Q-Tips..I believe if a plant has few scale, RA helps, but when a plant is infested, something stronger needs to be used. I learned about Fish Emulsion from a woman who owns a citrus nursery in Fl. They've been using it for yrs. An Olive tree I ordered online was infested, minus the ants, but infested nonetheless. I didn't see the scale until it was too late. After the RA didn't work, I used 1 capful of FE per 16oz container of water. Shook sprayer. Then spray entire plant..Since FE is organic it will not burn roots, harm children or pets. I use FE on plants before bringing them indoors for winter, too...it works as a preventative to scale, kills them, and a last foliar feeding. BTW, it'll be 3 yrs this winter since my olive had the scale..I have to say, this summer I spotted a few on the olive again, gave it a spray, they're now history. Hopefully it'll be another 3 yrs before/if they return, but I think Olives are scale magnets. You can find FE at nurseries, hardware stores, online nurseries or Ebay. Good luck, Toni BTW, hosing helps to a degree, but those suckers tend to hand on for dear life. LOL

www.pepperjoe.com has one for the ones he sells, and so does terra time and tide (www.pepperhot.com). I do not recall one that has a heat scale for a great number of them. Is there a pepper in particular you are wondering about or a specific heat level you want to stick to? I may be able to throw in a few suggestions.

This is the most complete one I've seen: http://www.ushotstuff.com/Heat.Scale.htm I've read about the tepin being the hottest, but I see on here (and other ratings) that it's placed below the habanero and scotch bonnet. Hope this helps!

> "Below you will find the new pepper scale we are working on. It is completely sortable by name and high heat rating." Is that what you are referring to? Does the phrase "high heat rating" state or imply anything about where he got the numbers? It does not. Dennis This post was edited by DMForcier on Sun, Jul 13, 14 at 15:55