ragamuffin
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I decided that there's been a distinct lack of spiciness in my life, so lieu of building guitars lately I've been keeping myself busy with the project of growing some pepper seedlings!
I started my seeds indoors at the end February and most sprouted about a week later.
I planted four varieties:
-Guajillo: Medium sized mildly spicy pepper that's usually dried and used in a variety of Mexican dishes. Seeds from dried peppers I that I bought.
-Cayenne: Classic thin walled hot pepper thats great for kicking up the heat. Seeds saved from peppers from a plant that I bought and grew last year. (I was sold the plant as a "Thai" chili and thought that was what I had, but after some research I'm pretty sure it was a mislabeled Cayenne and not a Thai)
-Sichuan Erjingtiao: A medium heat chili widely used in Sichuan cuisine for making chili oil and more. Seeds purchased online.
-Guizhou Thunder Mountain: The worlds longest pepper! Long and gnarly looking pepper with a similar heat level to Cayenne. Seeds purchased online.
I went a little overboard (as I tend to do with most things!) and planted 75 pepper seeds, 63 of which sprouted and survived.
Last week I traded two of my seedlings with someone locally for two of their Sugar Rush Peach pepper seedlings which is a variety I'd been wanting to try.
Yesterday I selected the biggest and healthiest of my plants and planted two of each variety in 7-gallon pots outside. Looking forward to watching them grow!
That leaves me with 53 pepper seedlings that still need homes, so I'll be taking on the role of "local pepper plug" and distributing them to friends/family/coworkers and probably some random people on Facebook.
Anyone else doing some gardening?
I started my seeds indoors at the end February and most sprouted about a week later.
I planted four varieties:
-Guajillo: Medium sized mildly spicy pepper that's usually dried and used in a variety of Mexican dishes. Seeds from dried peppers I that I bought.
-Cayenne: Classic thin walled hot pepper thats great for kicking up the heat. Seeds saved from peppers from a plant that I bought and grew last year. (I was sold the plant as a "Thai" chili and thought that was what I had, but after some research I'm pretty sure it was a mislabeled Cayenne and not a Thai)
-Sichuan Erjingtiao: A medium heat chili widely used in Sichuan cuisine for making chili oil and more. Seeds purchased online.
-Guizhou Thunder Mountain: The worlds longest pepper! Long and gnarly looking pepper with a similar heat level to Cayenne. Seeds purchased online.
I went a little overboard (as I tend to do with most things!) and planted 75 pepper seeds, 63 of which sprouted and survived.
Last week I traded two of my seedlings with someone locally for two of their Sugar Rush Peach pepper seedlings which is a variety I'd been wanting to try.
Yesterday I selected the biggest and healthiest of my plants and planted two of each variety in 7-gallon pots outside. Looking forward to watching them grow!
That leaves me with 53 pepper seedlings that still need homes, so I'll be taking on the role of "local pepper plug" and distributing them to friends/family/coworkers and probably some random people on Facebook.
Anyone else doing some gardening?
