[CH] Habaneros "up north way"
Dan Cohen (wizard@twcny.rr.com)
Wed, 15 Jul 1998 03:37:26 -0400
Last year, I grew some orange habanero in my backyard patch (Syracuse,
NY) alongside some tomatoes and some peas.
Like I usually do, I grew them organic, without using anything besides
some three-year-old mulch (btw-this is my preferred vintage and it
helps...some of my beefsteaks last year were amazing), sunlight, and
water. They came out rather small even though it was a good summer
climatically for them.
This year my father has some old seeds of mine he's using and I'm not
growing anything besides flowers, leaving my patch fallow for next
summer. I know they'll grow up here, but I'd appreciate some insight
into how I can get them really hot. The crop I had was just a little
hotter than a good cayenne (although I dried and powdered them-what a
knockout chili spice!) and I'm not sure if that had to do with the short
growing season (May-early September) or what. Thanks in advance.
-Dan