My First Harvest
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Susanne Michigan Zone 5/6
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Drying my first harvest of spearmint this year... Help?
Comments (6)I don't hang any herbs in bunches to dry. I've had some poor results - mold and poor drying where the plants are bunched. I live in a moist, cool location so I either use a food dehydrator or lay the herbs on screens to dry. With screens, I cover them in paper toweling first to keep the screens clean and to keep herbs from cross-contaminating. For stuff like mint, I never use the food dehydrator. Even on the lowest heat setting it is too hot. Just air dry them. Get some inexpensive window screens or screening material and some wood to make your own if you plan on doing a lot of herb drying. FataMorgana This post was edited by fatamorgana on Fri, Apr 5, 13 at 18:46...See MoreMy first harvest :D
Comments (3)Great harvest! Herbs are a "consuming" passion! ;) FataMorgana...See MoreMy first harvest!
Comments (2)excellent. We got some of these last minute from a local nursery and even though they were planted in late June, they are prolific and we have been picking every day. kendra...See MoreMy First harvest of pusa jwala and sannam
Comments (7)Bill, Guntur Sanman Chillies Guntur Sanman Chillies are cultivated in Guntur , Warangal , Khamman district of Andra Pradesh. The Guntur chillies are long with thick red skin with very high pungency. The best times to harvest these chillies are from December to May. Jwala Chillies The most popular form of chilli in India , Jwala, is long, slender with when unripe has green color and turns to red in ripe stage. Jwala means "Volcano" in Hindi and are extremely pungent. Jwala is found in Kheda and Mehsana in Gujarat . I have powder of this Kanthari chili peppers. It is extremely hot. Kanthari Chillies The Kanthari chillies are grown in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. They are small, ivory white in color. They are extremely pungent. All over north west or south India, Green chili peppers are used on daily basis in cooking along with Red chili powder and red chilki whole. I had to harvest green because they refused to turn red due to low temperatures. I was afraid that they would get affected by further cold so I harvested them. I plan to deep freez them today. You would love them once you taste them. I have a very good stock of seeds to last me a life time and can gladly share with any interested grower. Condition is, I should get a little portion of harvest. NJA Notrod, I too had insipid pickle of locally grown Jalepenos. I threw in pieces of sannam (just two pods and that too not ripe). Now the pickle is very biting and I love the changed smell of it. Planning to pickle some in brine or vinegar. Mostly a combo . Will give you seeds for next season. NJA Sandpabbles, I have sannams in larger size and Pusa Jwala in thin size. Planning to take seperate snaps today and post for your benefit. NJA Reyna1, Yes, I could not resist the temptetion to put in my initials . Narcissistic eh? LOL NJA...See MoreLaura LaRosa (7b)
6 years agoSusanne Michigan Zone 5/6
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6 years agoSusanne Michigan Zone 5/6
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