[CH] Chile-Heads Digest V5 #83

dlaw@andros.com
Fri, 16 Oct 98 08:28:25

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     Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 07:57:42 -0700 From: Bret <bhelge@clarkston.com>
     Subject: Re: [CH] Fattening lentils- NOT!
     
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     On topic;
     Just finished drying about half of the last of my jalepenos. It's getting 
     dangerously close to frosting here, so it's time to build a small 
     greenhouse around the plants to see if they survive the winter. I'm 
     thinking about cutting them back (they're about 5 feet tall) and enclosing 
     the whole planter in plastic on a simple frame. Any suggestions why I 
     should/shouldn't?
     
     - -- 
     "Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious."
     Brendan Gill
     http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/4958

I just had the hortoculturalist at the local nursery try to disuade me from 
trying to over winter my 3 surviving pepper plants.  Her rational was that 
they are in nature an annual plant and that the yield during the second 
season is never as good as the first season's yield.  Can anybody on the 
list say if there is any truth to this statement or was she just promoting 
her employer's interests (i bought the plants and supplies at this place)

I ignored her advice since my red hab plant has about 15 lovely green almond 
to walnut sized pods on it that I want to give a chance to ripen. :)  The 
green ones have a subtle (for a hab) heat and great fruity flavor.  I just 
hope I get to taste this one when ripe.

Eat Hot
Think Hot
Love Hot

Doug