Starting Your Seeds. Here's my secret to getting as much as 95% germination. I plant seeds in 1" oasis hortacubes (160 per tray) after chilling in the refridge (not freezer) for 2 days. I cover with fine coconut coir dust. Put in a tray with no holes and keep 1/4" of water in tray. I use city water. Keep warm betwen 75 and 85 at day and a little cooler at night is ok. Keep a little water in tray at all times and cover with newspaper after wetting the cubes. I keep in a dark place for 4 days then check and when i see a sprout i put them little new borns in full sun for the morning till 2:00 pm then shade the rest of the day. Keep this up till the second round of leaves then use 1/2 strength of Up-start Root stimulator, and for the next 2 weeks every time i water them. When you start with seeds that have had the dormancy broken the seeds will sprout right away. Most will not break the dormancy because it takes hand cleaning and scraping after the dried peppers are 5 weeks old and very pugnet. A gas mask is need to clean the seeds. I know of no one but me who will do this for their customers. I garantee 100% that you will be happy with my seeds or a refund or replacement will be given, your choice. I love these Jewels of goodness and are sure you will really like the fruity flavor everybody talks about. I will have a hot sauce in small amounts, here next month, made of fresh peppers and vinegar. Fertilize with a balanced fertilizer (10-10-10, 5-10-5). Avoid excessive nitrogen (the first number) as the plant will produce leaves at the expense of fruit. As the nights warm to between 65-80° F, the plants will set fruit. Scoville developed a scale to rate the various peppers’ ‘fire.’ It goes up from 0 in increments of 100 units, called Scovilles or Scoville units. The higher the number, the hotter the pepper. The bell pepper so familiar in the supermarket is rated at 0 Scoville units. Most sweet peppers are in the 0-100 range. Anchos and Pasillas are in the 1000-2000 range. The much-touted jalapeños rate from 2500-5000 Scoville units with Jalapeño M being near 5000 units. If you think a jalapeño is hot, we’re just getting started! The Super Hybrid Cayenne and Tabasco peppers rate from 25,000-50,000 units. But we still have a way to go. Thai peppers and the Scotch Bonnet are in the 100,000-350,000 class. And the redoubtable habanera? It comes in on top, consistently measuring between 200,000-300,000 Scoville units with the "Red Savina" habanero rated in excess of 577,000 Scoville units. Pure capsaicin is 16,000,000 Scoville units! Bhut jolokia 1 million+units Since the capsaicin is produced by glands in those four ribs that divide the cell of the pepper, scraping the inside and removing the seeds will remove the source of the heat and a lot of the pain. The seeds have some, but not excessive amounts, of the chemical. However, the flesh of the hotter peppers retains a lot of bite. Always taste a tiny amount before popping the entire pepper in your mouth. Capsaicin does not break down very readily in water. Dairy products are much more effective since the chemical is soluble in fats, oils and alcohol. If you eat one that is too hot, drinking milk or eating yogurt or even bread will help mitigate the pain. The bread absorbs and dilutes the capsaicin. Always remember to protect your hands with rubber gloves when handling hot peppers. I get a pack of those thin, slip-on plastic gloves from Harbor Freight or WalMart – very economical and fast on, fast off. Protect your eyes as well if you are cutting up the peppers. And always wash your hands thoroughly before wiping your eyes or touching your body. Want to get more fruit from your plant? Plant in a bed covered with black or red plastic mulch. It keeps the ground warm. Then, harvest some of the fruit when it is in the mature green stage (just before it turns red). Peppers stop setting fruit when the bush is loaded. Harvesting the mature green fruit encourages the plant to continue producing. If your Bhut Jolokia has flowers but no chilies, they may not be pollinated. By using a small paint brush or even q-tip, you can gently wipe pollen from one flower and then transfer it to another. This will likely be necessary if your Bhut Jolokia is in a protected environment and cannot be pollinated by natural means such as wind or bees. |
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