Dave,I am pleased to report that my 2 jalapeno plants are doing quite well this year. Over the course of the summer the heat scale of the peppers has ranged from nonexistent to scorching. With a preference for the latter and as a guide to harvesting, I am interested in the relationship between ripeness and pungency. After about 1.5 hours …
Mulato vs. Ancho
DaveMulato or ancho, what’s the difference. What is the definition of mulato? And there are three different grades of ancho(i.e., mediano or primero, but what distinguishes between the grades. We are growing poblano peppers and wish to dry and sell them. Kind regards,Kevin Hello Kevin:A mulato is an extremly dark variety–almost black–of dried poblano. Ancho is much lighter in color. …
Seed Extraction
Dave,Do you know a way to harvest seeds from chiles? Thanks,Kevin Hello Kevin:Aside from doing it by hand, there are seed extraction machines available, but they destroy the pods in the process.Dave
New Mexican "Pequins"
Hi Dave,I’m in Arizona. Do you know if there is a definitive variety of pequin chile from New Mexico or whether the name covers a number of varieties? I bought a ristra of fairly common New Mex pequins a couple of years back and am now going to get some more from a different source but also from NM. The …
Ancho Query
Hello Dave:Nice website! I’m going to explore it the next week or so. My wife and I are growing 2 ancho plants this summer in Atlanta GA. There are many nice, green peppers on the plant right now. Are you saying that anchos ought not be harvested until they turn red? Thank you,Steve Hello Steve:By definition, anchos are dried red …