The same co-worker that gave me the heirloom tomato plants also grows hot peppers… and I’m not talking your typical jalapeno. When I looked at the plants left on my desk the other morning, the only pepper plant I recognized was Habanero. He gave me two black Cuban peppers, a chiltepin pepper, and a bhut jolokia. Below are each pepper’s Scoville Units:
- Chiltepin–50,000-100,000
- Habenero–200,000-300,000
- Black Cuban–300,000-500,000
- Bhutu Jolokia-1,000,000
A regular jalapeno pepper is 2,500-5,000, so these peppers are crazy hot! I plan to make a ton of salsa and hot pickles with these! I’m glad I also planted my cilantro in a bigger pot, because I expect between these and the tomato plants, I’ll have more salsa than I know what to do with! I’ll make sure to share those recipes when I make them. My salsa recipe is pretty amazing. A guy that I used to work with gave me his wife’s authentic Mexican Salsa recipe and it’s by far the BEST I’ve tried making so far.
Speaking of tomatoes, WOW! They are getting pretty big! The stem of my Fourth of July, Principal Borghese, and Mortgage Lifter tomatoes are about the size of a dime and producing flower buds! The only one that’s taking it’s sweet time is the Black Krim. The spinach is growing like crazy as well, and the strawberries are budding some new leaves too! The broccoli and brussels sprouts are also doing a lot better now that they have more space to grow.
With all these plants, I’ll need to learn how to can or something! I think I’ll have more veggies and fruits than I can eat.
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