http://www.homegrown-peppers.com Taste What Fresh Really Means! Thu, 01 Jul 2010 10:37:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/chile-pepper/growing-thai-hot-peppers/ http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/chile-pepper/growing-thai-hot-peppers/#comments Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:35:57 +0000 Gail http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/?p=260 Growing Thai Hot Peppers means you’re growing a delight.  The low-growing plant blossoms profusely and produces a bounty of bright red peppers, pointing upwards. A Little About the Peppers Thai Hot is equally at home in a container or in the ground.  A three-gallon container will suit this pretty little pepper just fine.  You might even [...]]]> http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/chile-pepper/growing-thai-hot-peppers/feed/ 0 http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/chile-pepper/chile-pepper-seeds/ http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/chile-pepper/chile-pepper-seeds/#comments Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:13:56 +0000 Gail http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/?p=191 It’s been quite cool here in South Florida during January, and now we’re set to get more near-freezing weather this week — it doesn’t bode well for chile peppers!  I’ve got one out in the garden already — Thai Hot — but none of my other chile seeds (except for Pretty Purple Pepper) have germinated.  [...]]]> http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/chile-pepper/chile-pepper-seeds/feed/ 2 http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/growing-peppers/how-long-do-pepper-plants-live/ http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/growing-peppers/how-long-do-pepper-plants-live/#comments Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:45:14 +0000 Gail http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/?p=184 How long do pepper plants live, anyway?  Are they annuals, perennials or somewhere in between?  Can you grow them indoors in the winter?  Let’s take a look at the life of a pepper plant. Pepper Types (Species) There are five main species of peppers: Capsicum annuum:  Includes bell, sweet and many standard chile peppers like [...]]]> http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/growing-peppers/how-long-do-pepper-plants-live/feed/ 11 http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/growing-peppers/pepper-plants-and-seeds/ http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/growing-peppers/pepper-plants-and-seeds/#comments Sun, 18 Jan 2009 20:03:33 +0000 Gail http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/?p=176 Pepper plants and seeds are fun to work with (as you probably already know).  So today is an update on the peppers and chiles that I have on deck — plants and seeds. Bell Pepper, Yellow This is a plant that I bought, with hopes of getting some more bells.  As you’ll remember in some [...]]]> http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/growing-peppers/pepper-plants-and-seeds/feed/ 0 http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/chile-pepper/growing-chile-peppers/ http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/chile-pepper/growing-chile-peppers/#comments Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:02:14 +0000 Gail http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/?p=153 So, is growing chile peppers any different than growing bell or sweet peppers?  Overall growing is the same, but there are some special considerations for hot chile peppers.  And the hotter the pepper, the more important these differences become. What’s the Scoville Rating of the Pepper? You should be aware of the Scoville rating of [...]]]> http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/chile-pepper/growing-chile-peppers/feed/ 2 http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/chile-pepper/pepper-seed-varieties/ http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/chile-pepper/pepper-seed-varieties/#comments Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:06:35 +0000 Gail http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/?p=116 I love peppers, so I am always on the lookout for new pepper seed sources.  Sometimes I like hot (chile) peppers, other times I want the sweeter (bell, banana) peppers for my palate. So was I ever surprised when I found some neat pepper seeds where I didn’t expect them — ebay! Chile Pepper Seeds [...]]]> http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/chile-pepper/pepper-seed-varieties/feed/ 0 http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/chile-pepper/about-chile-peppers/ http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/chile-pepper/about-chile-peppers/#comments Mon, 22 Dec 2008 19:04:23 +0000 Gail http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/?p=30 Chile, chili, hot — what’s the difference? None, really. These pungent peppers are often called by any of the above names.  Chile peppers are members of the genus Capsicum, and they are unrelated to black peppercorns (part of the Piper family). For convenience, however, we’ll only use the term “chile” when referring to these peppers. Please [...]]]> http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/chile-pepper/about-chile-peppers/feed/ 0