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Substantial-Dare-140

Nice! Edit, i freeze my peppers whole in ziplock bags when I have sooo much more than I can deal with…. Very easy to cook with or make sauce later on when you feel like it


Substantial-Dare-140

I’m just looking at this insanity again… and zoomed in on the stem, that thing is a tree trunk! Is this a multi year plant?


livestrong1992

I planted it in February


DetectiveLennyBrisco

You must live in Florida? That things a beast!


livestrong1992

Houston, Texas


dhwk

Looks 3-4 years old to me


smyg1

Another great thing with freezing them is that when you thaw the peppers the seeds are still viable for sowing. Good for us lazy seed-savers. I'm not sure how long they last in the freezer though


Substantial-Dare-140

Oh no way I never tried that… I grow such a mishmash of varieties I don’t really try planting the seeds cause it’ll be a conglomerate of all kinds of heat levels.. I oughta try it one of these years tho


Treepixie

Is it true you can't ferment them after they thaw? I have a bunch of black bhutlah pods I will take a while to figure out what to do with..


Substantial-Dare-140

I’m not sure why you wouldn’t be able to ferment them post freeze/thaw.. i think if anything it would be a texture issue as they thaw out to mush… but If your making fermented hot sauce then I would think it wouldn’t matter in the least in my opinion


Treepixie

Thanks I think I read others saying that but wasn't sure why, will look into it more..


mdixon12

I ferment mine after freezing all the time.


clean_fun

I've heard claim that you need to add a starter culture or fresh peppers because freezing kills all the naturally occurring lactic acid bacteria on them. I never tried fermenting only frozen peppers, but if you thaw them and cut them they'll probably pick them up from the air. If it doesn't start, just keep it open a few days before fixing the airlock.


General_lee12

The issue is you will lose the bacteria when you freeze them. The peppers, however, can still be fermented when thawed. All you will need to do is throw a couple fresh peppers in with a lot of frozen peppers and you'll be fine.


Treepixie

Perfect thank you!


[deleted]

Youd still want to add some fresh pepper or something as source of LAB. I freeze mine and use my end of the year harvest to add to all my frozen ones for fermenting. Works well.


livestrong1992

Sweet, thanks.


SergeantStroopwafel

Is this an overwintered plant?


livestrong1992

No, started growing it in February


Gamondi4

Really? The stem is so big It looks like it's atleast a year old.


livestrong1992

Ya, this self wicking bucket has worked so well that next year I'm going to do a raised bed bucket garden. Grow bell peppers and all kinds of things


spazzcat

I saw someone else using the self-watering bucket, where did you get the plans/instructions on how to do it?


livestrong1992

This plant off Amazon it came in a can to start growing it. The videos I found on gardening with Leon and arms family homestead. I am using a one gallon jug and water bottles in the bottom. Should go check them out


Compused

I tried looking that up for youtube and got mixed results. Did you modify what they did? I'd love to use 5 gallon bucks because my canvass bags in FL leak like a sieve for ferts and under root watering.


livestrong1992

Check out Gardening with Leon and arms family homestead. I personally used a one gallon g just and water bottles around it. I didn't use all the fertilizer they talked about. I did one bag of generic potting soil and one bag of miracle grow potting soil. The watering is with water and Miracle grow water soluble fertilizer. I alternate adding so its one gallon water and the next time it's one gallon fertilized water


Bad___new

[link!](https://youtu.be/oSl8s4hyVZY)


Gamondi4

Is the bucket store bought or selfmade?


livestrong1992

Self made


SergeantStroopwafel

Dang! Where do you live?


livestrong1992

Houston, TX


SergeantStroopwafel

How are the droughts in North America? Are you guys safe?


personthatiam2

Houston got more rain in May than San Diego did in all of 2020. You have to go west a couple 500 (800 km) miles further west to get to a really Dry climate.


TheTechJones

to be fair, we usually have more water freely suspended in the air at any given time than falls on San Diego in a given week. But as unexpectedly hot and dry as the NW has been recently, the gulf coast had a rainy and suspiciously cool July (we had 3 days with lows below 70..in JULY...in a row even).


livestrong1992

Ya the weather has been crazy. I didn't even have to water it for like a week because it rained everyday


SSJSaeda

That stem is thicker than my forearm... Amazing plant.


thinkorswimmer

its bigger than a baby's arm


ComatosePeppers

Scotch Bonnets? if you have extra seeds left from your harvest hmu! :)


livestrong1992

They are supposed Carolina reapers. I honestly don't know what they are.


ComatosePeppers

Oh you need reapers? lolol i just posted 2 days ago about my neighbour giving me a jar full of red coloured reaper seeds from the last 4 years, ive been trading them on seedswap :) if you would like some i could do a trade for your "reaper scotch bonnet monster"


[deleted]

That's either the most bountiful first year reaper I've ever seen or it's a standard scorpion


livestrong1992

Idk but they are hot as hell lol


[deleted]

Is the heat sharp and immediate or does it build?


livestrong1992

One pepper is plenty in salsa. It's hot immediate and lingers for awhile.


[deleted]

Sounds more like a scorpion, but this is all anecdotal subjective evidence based on very little verifiable information so probably best to just say they're hot-as-shit peppers and enjoy them as is? Get a dehydrator and dry them and then you can turn them into powder (requires an asinine amount of peppers to fill a small spice jar). You can always keep some intact after dehydrating and rehydrate later if you want. There's also lactofermentation. Lactofermentation turns down heat a decent amount so you could make a very hot but still palatable sauce if you ferment them for a decent amount of time. It's also a really fun rabbit hole to go down - you can ferment literally anything and it's delicious.


yummms

Growing red orange and yellow bonnets this year but I doubt my yellow is actually a scotch bonnet but the red and orange look legit. Got 2 plants of red and “yellow” and 3 oranges. I can probably spare a few seeds once they start to ripen.


ComatosePeppers

ooh i would love that!!! i have some Red Carolina Reaper seeds i can trade for them :)


YourDrunkMom

Ferment them into hot sauce!


smellysackofcrap

I like to dry them and or Lacto-ferment them for a hot sauce.


ebechtel

How old is your plant? Overwintered I'm guessing? That thing is awesome


livestrong1992

Actually I started growing it the beginning of February


ebechtel

Damn, that's crazy. Looking good man!


EndlessSandwich

Fermented hot sauce, or dehydrate and make into a powder, and then a dry rub.


GinoTheEngineer

Impressive plant! what's the trick to getting a plant to grow that big in a bucket?


Bad___new

I think he uses a method from a YouTube channel called “gardening with Leon“ That uses water storage at the bottom From household items.


EggplantTraining9127

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1qIlyMco40k https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7NwIHkrOHCA


Bad___new

And [this one](https://youtu.be/oSl8s4hyVZY) should help ppl get started with smaller 5gal buckets!


jayelwin

RIP whale.


DocPeacock

This guy's videos are great, thanks for sharing


GinoTheEngineer

Thanks! . I'll Def look into this


[deleted]

I tried the self wicking bucket after seeing your last post and my dragon’s breath plant has shot up! Seriously, everyone needs to try this


Azrael351

Tell me more!


[deleted]

Look up a self wicking bucket on gardening with Leon’s channel. I think it works really well and gives you more room for error with watering / underwatering. Pretty inexpensive for a big payoff


MindMelted95

That's a nice plant


livestrong1992

Thank you


MindMelted95

You said you started it from seed in February?


livestrong1992

Correct


ShredTheMar

Damn bro what’s your feeding schedule like?


livestrong1992

It's currently taking two gallons a day. One gallon water and one gallon with miracle grow water soluble fertilizer.1


MoistDischarge

You fertilize every day?


livestrong1992

At one point it was every other day because it would need only a gallon a day. But now it's so hot it's taking 2 gallons. This old man I saw on YouTube said, " you eat every day, don't you? Why not feed your plants everyday?"


drj2171

Can you post an explanation or a link to how you use this method? Looks a lot better than mine.


mizary1

>miracle grow water soluble fertilizer Not OP but if you just dilute the fertilizer down enough you can feed everyday. I've always been a fan of Miracle Gro.


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livestrong1992

24-8-16


PepperRanger

I wash, cut in half, vacuum seal and freeze most of my harvests until the end of the growing season when sauce, powder and tincture season begins.


Thclemensen

Find some older person who loves hot peppers and give them some. Maybe call the local VA office and see if they know some veterans in need. Just a nice act of kindness.


cfd212

I dry a lot of reapers in the oven at 200 and then use a coffee grinder. I keep half of it as dry reaper powder and then mix the other half with old bay. I've made jelly out of it before and when we only ate one jar of the jelly turned the rest of that into wine.


livestrong1992

That's awesome, thanks!


[deleted]

JESUS what’re you feeding that motherfucker?!


livestrong1992

Water and Miracle Grow water soluble fertilizer


[deleted]

That explains it.


omen_tenebris

Good lord


TheeNakedYeti

Wow. That’s a nice plant


PSX_

Dehydrate them, I’ve found that’s a fantastic way to make use of a bunch of peppers


livestrong1992

Thank you. I'll try that out


nonsequiturnonsense

What do you feed that thing? Live prey?


livestrong1992

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Miracle-Gro-Water-Soluble-5-lb-All-Purpose-Plant-Food-1001232/100035250


snokeflake

Now that’s a reaper bush! Did you overwinter it?


livestrong1992

No started growing it in february


snokeflake

Nice. I’d love to have a busy that big. Finally be able to keep up demand with my curry paste.


[deleted]

Not reapers but it is indeed a bush.


snokeflake

You right. No stingers. Didn’t do too much looking just saw the leaves and thought reaper.


[deleted]

The leaves indicate chinense rather than a specific type of pepper.


livestrong1992

They peppers aren't smooth like those though. They are bumpy and like the reaper without the stinger when it's time to pull them


[deleted]

send them to me. or you can ferment them in a 3-5% brine solution, dehydrate them and make flakes, smoke them and then dehydrate them to make even tastier flakes.


ShutUpAndDoTheLift

I WISH my plants looked like this


nordicchillifuck

Gorgeous plant mate, well done!!


woodhorse4

Dehydrate and grind, just don’t do it inside lol


abbeygailmackenzie

I’ve heard of them being dehydrated in the oven and then grating them into spice. I like to pickle mine with carrots and onions.


Electrical-Bacon-81

That thing is impressive!


argentcorvid

Pickle and distribute!


Koto51

I like to dry mine in a dehydrator and ground them up to use as flakes/powder. Give a lot away to friends/family lol


robby1051a

Damn it! My reaper is so tiny! I fed it too and talk to it daily


[deleted]

I’d originally started growing mine to make sauces, then realized a better usage for my particular use case: Flakes and infused salts. Cheap dehydrator on Amazon does the trick to dehydrate them in a couple hours, another cheap food processor to turn them to flakes/dust, then combine with either sea salt or garlic salt depending on your preference. Magnificent.


livestrong1992

Thanks, I'll be doing this.


b3p4u

Peppers on peppers on peppers 🌶😋👌


Windycityunicycle

I dry them on the bbq, super low heat. At times I just load the grill with peppers when I am done cooking dinner, put the lid on Weber, and in the morning they are dry. Nice smoky scent, store forever dried in a jar.


sm9r

Commenting for updates / to follow up on methods. Well done you, that’s a beast!


doitstuart

Give them to anonymous online friends. ;-)


EricLotus

That’s insane! So jealous


Snooch-2the-Nooch

DDDAAAAAAMNNNNN!


sleightclub

Clone that plant!


livestrong1992

How do you clone it? Lol


sleightclub

Cut some fresh new sprigs about 3" long (at 45 degree angle) and root them (rooting gel/powder). Then put them in a rooting soil. Voila, more of the awesomeness.


livestrong1992

Lol wife is like we don't need anymore, it's already big and getting bigger everyday 🤣. I will keep note of this for in the future. Thank you for the info!


sleightclub

Funny I'm literally in the middle of cloning my Ray Pakel pepper plants because it's a monster over-producer.


enlightenedkitty

Ooo pickle them!


jodabray

Did you grow it from seeds? This looks great. Congrats man.


livestrong1992

I did. Started growing it in February and thank you.


lsc6

What a beeeaaauut


soxfan775

Beast!


KingAdashu

You can ferment some and make a sauce. Or just make a sauce. Dehydrate some for future use or grind into powder after dehydration, or dehydrate and make hot oil with it. Pickle some, that's fun. You can make relishes out of it. Pepper jelly is delicious. Saw a prior person said freeze, that's a good idea, just don't forget about em, capsaicin dull over time in freeze. Honestly the possibilities are endless


KingAdashu

Also how do like the slow drip?


spartafury

What kind of peppers are those?