habanero plant??

[eikon]

my habanero is in bloom and i was hoping someone knew, if i needed to pollinate it myself, or if nature will take it's course... i guess they are the same as growing tomatoes and other chilies, but i have no experience with either...

thanks,
jeff

[Sharyn]

Jeff: So you like hot hot peppers! I know this is an old post, but my son grows habeneros every year. He doesn't do anything but put them in the pots or ground and grow them. He started out growing them in his apartment in hydrophonic clay pebbles and then later in the ground. We usually dry many of them and place the whole dried peppers in a clay crock or broken & dried peppers in a storage bag. Great for chilli and other meals that require HOT stuff. Grandma here usually makes the mistake of handling them and then touching her eyes or nose. I'm learning!

Love Jalapenos & Habeneros!: Most people don't realize how beneficial peppers (capsasium) are to your health. Ever try the Chocolate Habenero?

[Anton]

Sharyn, over here in Adelaide, we have pepperonis with hot chillies and other peppers in them called "Bum Burners".(in American that is Ass Burners)

A colleague of mine who stayed with me from Swisher Iowa said he had tried hot pepperonis before, but these took the cake. He bought a couple of pound of them to take back to the States to test on unsuspecting friends.

[pikevi]

I wonder if that would be classified under cruelty or sadism!!??

[BTW, it is no wonder why I could not find habanero orchid on the 'net ]

[Sharyn]

Yes, definitely cruel and inhumane but still doesn't match up withthe Red Savina Habanero. That ranks 577,000 Scoville units of heat. My son once grew a few. Even HE couldn't take the heat! Talk about a "Bum Burner!"

[pikevi]

I had never heard of habanero pepper before reading this thread. I love peppers, red, yellow, orange and green, the 'shepherd' type. And the hungarian wax, especially pickled and on a 'pizza'.

I will be looking for the habanero this spring after stocking the 'fridge with lots of ice cream and 'jello'

[Sharyn]

pikevi: Those Hungarian peppers are great "sissy" peppers, but I love them too. Don't go growing a bunch of habeneros. They're ridiculously hot. Just breathing the fumes from cutting them will almost kill you. If you do grow a few, dry the pods. Later, you can keep some for spices and crush some and put the seeds in a bottle of water for spraying around (not ON) your plants. Keeps out the squirrels, rabbits, & your relatives, who drop in on you unexpectedly.

Jalapenos are really easy to grow and if you remove the seeds (with gloves) you get a more sane hotness that seems to fit with most of us HOT LOVERS, that is, red hot chilli pepper lovers. Or, maybe I did mean, Red Hot Lovers.

Jalapenos make great jelly too. I make it every year. Serve it with crackers & cream cheese & a dollop of jalapeno jelly. My sister & I made several cases a year to raise money for the homeless in Chicago. It was always a great hit, but each time we'd make another batch, they'd say, "make it hotter!" So the moral of the story is: You can adjust how much heat you get with jalapenos depending on how many seeds you include in your recipes. You have to be totally insane to eat habeneros! I speak from experience

http://www.burpee.com/shopping/searc...yword=jalapeno

[pikevi]

Hi Sharyn,

I also use cheyenne pepper (from the east) minus the seeds.
They are long , lean and green. They are hot... they taste great in tomato salads when de-seeded and sliced across very thinly just like a roulette.

I have seen jalapenos in Italian super markets. Never tried them. Would removing the seeds make them close to hungarian wax, which I love, in spiciness?

I love the little 'thingies' you use, especially the one that is next to 'bum burner'!!!

[Anton]

You're all nothing but masachists !

[pikevi]

Not all can be sadists!!

[Sharyn]

Yes Anton, we are sick puppies!

Pikevi: Haven't used Cheyenne peppers before. We use ground ceyenne pepper sprinkled on the perimeter of entrances or sometimes inside the house on the counter top to keep out the ants! Oh, and of course, in chilli.

Thai hot peppers are great in oriental and mideastern recipes. You don't eat them, just use them for flavor. They're really firey hot.

Jalapenos with all the seeds removed are probably equivalent to the Hungarian (sissy) peppers. If you want to be "Macho" leave in some of the seeds.

I think I'm going to try the Hot Apache red chilli seeds. If nothing else, makes an interesting container pot for the patio (and I'm sure I'll keep out my friendly squirrel!)

So where are the rest of you pepper lovers?
http://www.paseseeds.com/servlet/the...ers/Categories
http://www.chileseeds.co.uk/chili_pe...ollections.htm

[pikevi]

Sharyn!!!!

You certainly know your peppers

What beauties on the URLs. I was surprised about the number of peppers there are.

I think the 'sissies' are pretty hot here

Thanks for the URLs

[Hank Freid]

Habaneros thrive in hot weather. As with all peppers, the habanero does well in an area with good morning sun and in soil with an acidity level around 5-6 pH. The habanero should be watered only when dry. Overly moist soil and roots will produce bitter-tasting peppers.Habanero bushes are good candidates for a container garden. They can live many years in pots or other growing containers at proper temperature.

[pikevi]

I did not know that peppers needed acidic soil. Would adding more peat to the mix bring down the pH to about 6?

I intend to grow a few cheyenne pepper(s) this summer .

Thanks

[jerrymeola]

There are a lot of peppers out there. I have a friend who brings 50-80 of his 250 types of pepper plants to the garden shows.

[solay]

I grew all kind of peppers in the past and definitely cannot take the heat from the habaneros. I think it's pretty though. I grew them just for the looks. No need to do anything special for them. They grow to be quite large in size too.

[Sharyn]

Most peppers can be grown in containers. If you don't care to eat hot peppers, try container gardening just for the beauty of the colors.

Left pic is a mini Thai plant. Mine reached about 2ft. in diameter. You can control the size of your plant by the size of the pot. The smaller plants in pic #2 are controlled in size by the smaller containers.

The link is a pic of ornamental peppers with varegated colors. I've grown these in the past just for color and they're quite easy to grow. Twilight Chile Seeds

[exasperatus2002]

Originally Posted by Anton

Sharyn, over here in Adelaide, we have pepperonis with hot chillies and other peppers in them called "Bum Burners".(in American that is Ass Burners)

A colleague of mine who stayed with me from Swisher Iowa said he had tried hot pepperonis before, but these took the cake. He bought a couple of pound of them to take back to the States to test on unsuspecting friends.

Its not hot enough unless it kicks you in the rear on the way out!!

[Sharyn]

Originally Posted by exasperatus2002

Its not hot enough unless it kicks you in the rear on the way out!!

Jolokia Peppers seem to be the new "insanely hot" peppers. Guinness World Records certified the Jolokia as the hottest chilli pepper. They claim that one pepper seed can cause intense pain in the mouth for up to 30 minutes. Sorry guys, but beer won't chase it - you gotta drink milk or eat yogurt to get rid of the pain.

In India, they spread these Jolokia pepper seeds on their fences or place them in smoke pits to keep the wild elephants away.

Too bad I didn't know this trick when I was married.