To: Alkhin
Oh, I should say, those little peppers in the bag are for PLANTING, not eating. Hopefully, if the seeds take, they will grow into the plants. The peppers are best when 'eaten' or 'pickled' fresh.
9,466 posted on
01/07/2004 7:13:39 AM PST by
Alkhin
(He thinks I need keeping in order.)
To: Alkhin
I had heard that the chiltepin or chile petine are not able to be cultivated. I have had trouble growing them in pots, but that doesn't mean anything. I know a guy who grows them successfully under his mesquite trees. He says the sugar beans that drop from the mesquite trees and fertilize them are the key. He knows some people who have been trying to grow them commercially, and no luck so far. I don't know. but I do know they are wonderful in vinegar, yeah. Some things are just supposed to be free range I guess. Have you managed to get them to grow in pots?
To: Alkhin; RMDupree
The peppers are best when 'eaten' or 'pickled' fresh.Or dried and crumbled between your fingers in whatever you happen to be cooking! Like spaghetti sauce or red beans! MMMmmm
Hey Alkhin. I haven't found any of those up here in this part of Texas. And I forgot to pick the dry ones for seed from my aunt's flower bed over Christmas.
9,628 posted on
01/07/2004 11:39:12 AM PST by
Wneighbor
(See Hobbit Hole Post 1262)
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