Hi Dave,I’ve found worms in my chiles and hot cherry peppers and they appear to be either European corn borers or pepper maggots based on the info I’ve just read on the web. The fruits I’ve found them in are usually apparent–rotten, etc., but I just picked a bunch and I’d hate to throw them all away (although I certainly …
Overwintering Chile Plants in Cold Climates
Hi Dave.I often get asked how to ’overwinter’ plants in cold climates. It never snows in the climate that I live in, so I don’t feel qualified to answer such questions. Is it possible for you to write an article on overwintering chillies? Then I could refer such questions to that article.Jando from AustraliaJando:Overwintering depends on whether or not you …
Brown Spots on Anaheim Chiles
Dave:I’m not very educated on Anaheims. I live in Colorado on the front range. The last two years, my Anaheims have had a brown spot of about 1/2" when they are about 2-3 inches long, and then it just grows with the pepper. Any recommendations or solutions? Your help is greatly appreciated!Mike.Hello Mike:It sounds like blossom end rot to me, …
Recipe Conversion Help needed
Dave-I have a question for you. My little sauce business is picking up and right now my recipe roughly makes 4 bottles per batch. I want to increase my batches, I’ve been experimenting with the amount of ingredients that is going into my batches to get a large output. But the taste isn’t exactly the same. Do you know of …
Salsa Maker seeking Pepper Destemmers
Hello!I am trying to help some friends of mine take their very delicious hot pepper salsa to market and one thing that we need is some way to mechanically stem the peppers (the peppers are small – Thai peppers I believe). Are there pepper destemmers out there? Or is this something that has to happen at harvest time? In other …