Ok so genetics aside, what environmental effects influence the heat of a Pepper? I have about 9-10 different peppers growing and like em Hot! I just grew 3 different types of radish and all 3 of them were incredibly spicy! I mean this was the hottest Radish I've ever had. What accounts for this extra-heat? Is it the hot, dry, arid climate of the Sonoran Desert? or the soil? I'm just curious to what i contribute my extra spicy garden too?
What Determines the heat of a Pepper?
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Fullmoon kid
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Dont take this as gospel as im not an expert , but i dont thing enviroment has a bearing on how hot a chilli pepper will be.I can see how it would affect the quality definately which may in turn crank things up or provide healthier peppers but i dont think climate or soil determines how hot the pepper will be.
robert 14617
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Radish - Watch Your Garden Grow - University of Illinois Extension
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ the Q:and A: section answers this ,it says they took to long to mature or are too old
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ the Q:and A: section answers this ,it says they took to long to mature or are too old
Fullmoon kid
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Why ? Id keep as far back from those as i could . . lol . . i would too , i like a hot chilli but thats just insane...innit ?
whiteflour
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pepperjoe.com has a nice selection... and ghost chilis. I've ordered from him in the past. The peter peppers are quite humorous.
gogrow
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pepperjoe has an amazing selection, though his prices suck at times..... and peter peppers were a staple in my grandpa's garden, both for their heat/flavor and the conversational aspect of them
that being said, I cant really say what makes some peppers hotter than others, though my grandpa swears by "the hotter the weather, the hotter the pepper", but i dont know if that carries any validity or not.
I have done research on jalapeno's and it is not the climate, how much you water, or nutes. It is just the strain of the plant. I have a jalapeno that I have been growing for 3 years now and the lil bastards are never hot, now last year I bought another jalapeno plant to see if those peppers would be hotter and by god they were a hella lot hotter. I still have that plant to and just recently cut the button peppers off so the plant will produce more flowers to pepper. I did try the lil peppers which were the size of a jellybean if that and it was as hot as it was last year. So I am a firm believer in the plant strain some are hot others aren't.
Dubious06
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I've been growing jalapeno's pepper's for a while and know that the more you abuse them the hotter they'll be. The more you water the plant, the milder the pepper. To get them hot let the soil dry out has worked before you water it again, and repeat. I live in the hot south and this trick has worked with the same plant. They like it rough. I've only tried with jalapeno's but wonder if it would work for other spicy pepper plants.
Fullmoon kid
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It seems every wee while theres another different chilli pepper with the same claim to being the worlds hottest , i dont see the point of anything that hot.
gogrow
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not necessarily harvesting early, but harvesting in general makes more grow..... I pick all of my first fruits off while still small to encourage more fruit growth with the peppersohHenry ....dont know what determines heat of pepper, But mine grow and get nice and hot. not like NewMexi chilli peppers, but nice hot spicey taste. Organic...i would like to know if harvesting early makes more grow? Positive Growing !
qazwers1
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If you want to get the pepper/chili a little bit hotter to try to mimic it's natural enviroment yes the bhut was the hottest pepper now there is a new one the Infinity chili.
http://www.ndtv.com/news/world/uk-chilli-hotter-than-indias-bhut-jolokia-19024.php
http://www.ndtv.com/news/world/uk-chilli-hotter-than-indias-bhut-jolokia-19024.php
AngelofLight
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i have read and tested on my jalepeno peppers in the end when flowering i have given some less water and they usually end up being hotter than the ones with more water... not sure how this worked, but this is just my own personal experience
Dinosaur Bone
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This place has one of the better strains of Bhut Jolokia out there. They grow them 1 mile from any other pepper, so there is less chance of cross pollination. A few years ago, when they first came on the scene this was the only place you could order seed.
http://www.greenhousebusiness.com/bhjoseandpl.html
About Fiddy cents per seed.... but its worth it.
http://www.greenhousebusiness.com/bhjoseandpl.html
About Fiddy cents per seed.... but its worth it.