Cayenne Peppers ???????

[Duffster]

I planted a bunch of cayenne pepper plants that I got for free, problem is I don't know a thing about them.

They have nice looking peppers on them with a curl towards the end. When do I pick these? I would like to use some in salsa maybe, before they get to hot, and maybe can some. Or should they be dried?

Any pointers would be great.

 

[om21braz]

Check out the link for cayenne pepper info...
Growing, drying and using homemade cayenne pepper

 

[gauthier]

cayenne peppers,,,,should be hot here in southern w.v. this year,cause its been bone dry!

 

[Duffster]

Check out the link for cayenne pepper info...
Growing, drying and using homemade cayenne pepper

Thanks, that is a good start.

 

[Duffster]

Check out the link for cayenne pepper info...
Growing, drying and using homemade cayenne pepper

cayenne peppers,,,,should be hot here in southern w.v. this year,cause its been bone dry!

If that is the case mine should be very mild. We have had so much rain it's crazy. The plants haven't done very well and the best I can figure it is because it is so wet. I am surprised at the amount of peppers they are putting out considering how small the plants are.

 

[RadarTech]

If that is the case mine should be very mild. We have had so much rain it's crazy. The plants haven't done very well and the best I can figure it is because it is so wet. I am surprised at the amount of peppers they are putting out considering how small the plants are.

Growing up my dad always planted turnips and radish in the late summer/fall..

one year he thought there was not enough fertilizer in the small garden, so he had a pickup truck sized dump truck deliver a load of chicken manure-- or whatever you call it..

That stuff was delivered about early/mid summer. and when he planted the turnips etc-- they grew like crazy...

and now for the interesting part---

the turnips were so hot they would burn your tongue..

coinkinydink???? or science???

I dunno, but I only ate one of them things that year..

the next year they were milder... and the following year he spread 3 or 4 bags of fertilizer on the field (plot was about 30 x 30).. (Forgive me I don't remember what kind- I was 8 or 9...)

It was a bit spicier than the non-chicken year.. but not as bad as the chicken year....


I dunno!!

go figure!

J

 

[gauthier]

Well,chili peppers[those big green ones] love them stuffed[sauage hambuger,onions garlic and cheese,roll in flour and brown in skillit with bacon grease],oh yeah thats good,but I like my chili peppers on hot side,some years they taste like green bell peppers,but some years they are right on,think its about the mosture content,think hot peppers do better when it is dry,anybody want to educate me about this?

 

[MossRoad]

I usually dry my hot peppers in a food dehydrator until they are crispy dry. Then I put them in a food processor and grind them up into coarse powder. Try not to breath the fumes and dust or you will choke! :laughing: Might be a good idea to do it outside. I store them in a quart jar with plastic screw on lid. Add it to chili, burgers, etc... keeps forever. :thumbsup:

 

[Egon]

In some climates it's possible to just string and hang the hot peppers for drying.

When strung and hanging some green hot peppers will turn red as they dry.

Pays to wash your hands after handling hot peppers!:thumbsup:

 

[jinman]

Growin' cayenne peppers is like nuclear proliferation. You only need one of them to blow the top of your head off, so why have a plant with hundreds of peppers on it? I signed a Capsaicin Limitation Treaty and tilled my loaded plants under.:thumbsup::laughing: