Hello, my name is Sam. I was wondering if anybody could tell me if there is anything one can do that will alter the taste or "hotness" of peppers. I live in a mountainous area of North Georgia and the base soil is primarily red clay.
Hot Peppers
Hello, my name is Sam. I was wondering if anybody could tell me if there is anything one can do that will alter the taste or "hotness" of peppers. I live in a mountainous area of North Georgia and the base soil is primarily red clay.
All I know that there are many varieties of hot peppers. I know my neighbor grew some last year and they were really hot.
I'm guessing here, but I imagine that the heat will increse as the fruit matures.
The easiest way of ensuring you have different strengths would be to grow different varieties though.
I guess I worded it wrong.
I was wondering if there was any way to prepare the soil that would cause the pepper to to hotter or milder.
I think there are different kind of seed available for hot and not so hot peppers...and basically they need warm climates with moist soil....
I found a link which describes the growing of peppers...see if it helps...http://www.flower-and-garden-tips.co...ngpeppers.html
The key is that chilli's like the heat the most more than any other plant you have to make sure that your chilli is getting plenty of heat to make it thrive really well. Not all of them need that much heat as do others, but the hottest ones you can grow in a greenhouse.
I recently grew some Santa Fe Grande peppers. They were fantastic. They have a sweetness similar to a bell pepper but are spicy like a jalapeno. I highly recommend them.
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I've never heard of changing the taste of the same kind of pepper. I agree with everyone else, grow as many varieties as you can till you find your favorite
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Old thread I know...Originally Posted by Sam Reeves
If you want to make a hot pepper hotter in the weeks leading up to harvesting the peppers stress the plant - give it less water, not fertilizer, etc.
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If you like really hot peppers you should try Thai chilies, or any chilies, and habaneros. The Habanero chilies are too hot for me. I prefer japs. So far I haven't been successful growing anything. Everything I grow starts out well, but then I forget to water my plants and everything dies. This year I'm going to try harder.
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