New Spicy Recipes,Abundant Chile Usage and Maxing out Production© Joe Arditi
Oct 3, 2000
Hello to everyone in our 'Hot' community.
I'm getting a lot of mail about hastening ripening now that the bulk of
the season is behind us,
especially in shorter season climates. Also I've received a lot of mail
about how to use the
abundance of Chiles that many of you have...what a wonderful problem. To
check out 2 great Hot
sauce recipes go to --> http://www.pepperjoe.com/sauces/ and for tips on
gourmet dried hot
peppers go to
----> http://www.pepperjoe.com/about/tips.html
Now, for those shorter season areas..or actually anywhere that you would
like to hasten the ripening
process. Here goes: 6 weeks before the 1st expected frost you can prune
the top leaves, flowers
and tiniest peppers off of your plants. I KNOW it hurts and seems strange,
but it works. It causes
the plants strength to go to the remaining Chiles. Also, it triggers an
alarm mechanism in the plants
that they are in a survival mode (much like a plant that splits in half
from disease, a thunderstorm, a
pest attack, etc.) and the plant needs to quickly mature the healthy pods
into seed production for it's
survival. Don't be afraid to experiment. Last year I stripped all of the
bottom leaves off of a Orange
Habanero so the sun and fresh air could get through. I topped off the
buds/flowers and small Habs.
The plant was then 90% Habs (about 50 of them) and they matured VERY
quickly. Actually the
plant looked really neat too.
Chilehead Humor
============
> > > A 5 year old and a 4 year old are upstairs in their
> > > bedroom. "You know what?" says the 5 year old, "I
> > > think it's about time we start swearing."
> > >
> > > The 4 year old nods his head in approval. "When we
> > > go downstairs for breakfast I'm gonna say 'hell,' and
> > > you say 'ass',ok?" "OK." The 4 year old agrees with
> > > enthusiasm.
> > >
> > > The mother walks into the kitchen and asks the 5
> > > year old what he wants for breakfast. "Aw, hell mom, I
> > > guess I'll have some Cheerios." WHACK!! He flew out
> > > of his chair, tumbled across the kitchen floor, got up,
> > > and ran upstairs crying his eyes out.
> > >
> > > She looked at the 4 year old and asked with a
> > > stern voice, "And what do YOU want for breakfast, young
> > > man?!"
> > > "I don't know,"he blubbers, "but you can bet your
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