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Hey /ck/ i grow chillies, carolina reapers and trinidad moruga scorpions peppers

theese are both incredibly spicy and hot, i have never tasted them, i mainly grow it cause i like the look

so my question is, is there any legitemate use for INSANELY hot peppers?

>> No.10553449

hot sauce

>> No.10553467

>>10553449
hmm, might give this a try, any recs?

>> No.10553470
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>>10553449

>> No.10553476

>>10553433
Sure. Chili con carne, spicy curries (the naga morich aka serpent chili or viper) is god tier for this), piri piri chicken, Jamaican jerk dishes, hot sauces, etc.

>> No.10553490

>>10553467

I like carrot based hot sauce for hotter peppers, like habanero and up. Commercially stuff like Marie Sharps. I don't have a recipe on hand. This looks maybe ok, or something similar.
http://www.geniuskitchen.com/recipe/essential-habanero-hot-sauce-314616#activity-feed

>> No.10553493

>>10553476
so i´m guessing the trick is just to do bigger batches of food? to scale with the strength of the pepper?
>>10553490
Thanks dude!

>> No.10553501

you can put them in soups/broths to give it a kick

>> No.10553511

okay another question

i have a dehydrator and ive been thinking of dehydrating some of them, but will i essentially tear gas myself if i am in an enclosed space with the dehydrator?

>> No.10553512

I just planted two reaper plants in a window box - what am I in for?

>> No.10553513

>>10553493
>bigger batches of food? to scale with the strength of the pepper?
That works too.

It also depends on the dish. Many dishes that contain dairy or another rich sauce that dilutes the flavor of the peppers require either many peppers to be used or extremely hot ones to compensate for the loss of heat you get from the dairy (casein in milk binds capsaicin) or dilution of flavor (like the rich coconut milk based curries from SEA and southern India).

>> No.10553525

>>10553433
try making your own hot sauce and selling it as the quirky meme local hotsauce to restaurants in your area

>> No.10553532

>>10553512
chilie plants i guess

they can take quite a while to start making fruits, make sure theyr pots are large enough and they get plenty of light and water

frost will wreck ´em

remember to prune them

nutrients for tomatoes and other red fruits work well

>> No.10553536

>>10553532
how big of a pot will they need? I'm suspicious that the window box will be way too small

>> No.10553537

>>10553511
Depends on your dehyrator. If it's just a fan-type one then you'll probably be OK unless your peppers are nuclear hot and/or you're unusually sensitive to them. If it's heated then prepare for a gassing.

>> No.10553555

>>10553536
my plants are in 11cm diamter 10cm tall pots.

my trinidad moruga scorpion is 38cm tall
my carolina reaper is 45cm tall

i probably should get them in larger pots and i should have pruned the carolina reaper a lot more but i am intentionally going for very dense bushy plants

>> No.10553560

>>10553537
its heating aswell as a fan, probably best to do it in my garage then lmao

>> No.10553564

>>10553555
oh shit, I'm fine then, the window box is easily that big for each of them

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>>10553536
Pot sice depends on how big the plant is, and that of course depends on your climate, amount of sunlight, how well the plants are watered, etc. If you're in doubt then gently get the plant out of the pot and look at the dirt. If you see mostly dirt then you're OK. If you see a bunch of roots (pic related) then you need to get it into a bigger pot.

>> No.10553583

>>10553575
only thing that worries me is I can't get them direct sunlight because my apartment never gets direct sun

>> No.10553586
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10553586

>>10553564
Heres muh plants
Trinidad moruga scorpion on the left
Carolina reaper on the right

I live in northern Europe so not the best climate for growing them but Thats part of the challenge

>> No.10553589

>>10553583
that might be a problem, but unless the plants die you will just get slower growth, which i guess is okay i mean your not needing the chillies in a hurry anyway

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>>10553586
these are the plants right now. If they get bigger I think I'll transplant into their own pots

>> No.10553608

>>10553598
looks great dude!

>> No.10553648

>>10553598
Your planter looks good for the size of the plants right now. You can get even more mileage out of it by removing the plants, adding more soil, and then putting the plants back in so you are filling the planter closer to the top. Don't just add more soil--it's not good to bury the stem of the plant, you want to add soil at the bottom, under the roots.

Eventually you will need to move to larger pots or a bigger planter but your plants can probably get 2x or even 3x bigger before you have to do that, especially if you put more soil in your existing planter.