Re: [CH] slight panic and frustration
Paul Karpowicz (hondamedic@mediaone.net)
Sat, 20 Oct 2001 10:18:31 -0400
Eruna,
Told you it wasn't an origial idea of mine or that it was a joke. Was
cleaning hard drive & found this (note date).
At 7:17 PM -0500 8/16/01, buzz wrote:
>Hello to all and thanks for all the info(and recipes) gleaned off this list
>and now I have a question regarding harvesting my habenero peppers. Ther
is
>about a month or so left in the growing sason here in Central Wisconsin and
>my plants have lots of good size peppers and are still flowering
profusely,
>should I let them keep flowering? Also will the peppers ripen to orange in
>time remaining?? They have been in garden approx 90 days now??
>thanks
>Buzz
just let them ripen as they can...and if they don't ripen, and you
aren't planning on trying to overwinter the plant or such, just yank
that puppy from the ground when temps drop towards freezing, hand the
whole thing upside down in the basement (closet, garage...preferrably
somewhere not too humid), and let them all dry/ripen like that...
wirks fer me...
--
Peace, Hendrix, and Chiles.......
Rael64
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eruna Schultheiss" <eruna@taom.com>
To: "Paul Karpowicz" <hondamedic@mediaone.net>
Sent: Monday, 10 September, 2001 6:35 PM
Subject: Re: [CH] slight panic and frustration
> on 9/10/01 05:24, Paul Karpowicz at hondamedic@mediaone.net wrote:
>
> > ....
> > I'm sure this has been posted but thought I'd remind all who lose their
> > plants to Mother Nature's winter season. Keep plants in ground as long
as
> > possible then pull them up by the roots & hang upside down in a warm
place.
> > Every few days mist roots with water and pick ripe peppers until X-mas.
>
> Paul,
>
> I have never heard this. You are not making a joke? If it works, that
would
> be great. Thanks,
>
> Eruna
>