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I love growing flowers and veggies but have a highly voracious and aggressive wild animal/bird/insect population that devours everything that I grow except hot (really hot) peppers. Fortunately I like cooking with hot peppers.
I am looking for hot pepper plant recommendations. I have grown many of what I call "in yo face" peppers that bring the hotness front and center. What I want are the "slow building burn" peppers that start off very mild but slowly build deep heat many minutes after you eat them. A friend recommended Guam Boonies (hard to find). Can anyone else recommend a hot pepper with this characteristic?
You might try "Filius Blue". They are decorative plus they fulfill your requirements, from what I understand (I don't eat peppers right off the vine, so I don't personally know, but I have asked the opinion of someone who does eat them straight off the plant). I've grown Filius and they can be prolific if you feed them well throughout the growing season. I use a natural fish emulsion blend every 1-2 weeks, which I apply to the leaves of the plants (aka foliar feeding). It also works as a soil drench. You can try habanero, but you must remove the seeds before using them if you want to get the flavor before the heat.
I found my Filius Blue seeds from Baker Creek in California.
This is the fertilizer I use. A little goes a long way (1 oz to 1 gallon water), so I feel that it's worth the money. I've had my gallon jug for a few years and I'm still only halfway through it. If I had a huge garden, I could go through a gallon of it quicker. I would also go through it quicker if I used it as a soil drench instead of as a foliar feed. I feel it's best to feed the foliage since that's where the nutrients end up going anyways. It's usually taken up through the roots. You can bypass that by spraying the leaves directly. I do this only in late evening when the sun isn't shining on the plants. That gives the plants all night to absorb the nutrients and dry out before the sun hits them.
I love growing flowers and veggies but have a highly voracious and aggressive wild animal/bird/insect population that devours everything that I grow except hot (really hot) peppers. Fortunately I like cooking with hot peppers.
It's so funny to see the attempts animals make at eating my peppers. You will always find a half-eaten pepper nearby the plant. Lol. In my experience, they never try that again.
I feel it's best to feed the foliage since that's where the nutrients end up going anyways. It's usually taken up through the roots. You can bypass that by spraying the leaves directly. I do this only in late evening when the sun isn't shining on the plants. That gives the plants all night to absorb the nutrients and dry out before the sun hits them.
After using several types of sprayers for my foliage feeding, I've come to rely on the style that uses a pump and sprays continuously, as needed. Regular trigger sprayers will work in a pinch, but they are a lot of work on the wrists/hands--especially if you have a large garden. Normal spray bottles are really only feasible if you have just a handful of container plants. If you have a huge garden, you may need a back-pack sprayer.
I love growing flowers and veggies but have a highly voracious and aggressive wild animal/bird/insect population that devours everything that I grow except hot (really hot) peppers. Fortunately I like cooking with hot peppers.
I am looking for hot pepper plant recommendations. I have grown many of what I call "in yo face" peppers that bring the hotness front and center. What I want are the "slow building burn" peppers that start off very mild but slowly build deep heat many minutes after you eat them. A friend recommended Guam Boonies (hard to find). Can anyone else recommend a hot pepper with this characteristic?
Thai pepper (red) plants are hot, but it takes a minute to realize it, so that may fit your need. I never have eaten them fresh, just dried, used in cooking or in a grinder to kick up a cheese pizza. A little goes a long way. It's a nice compact plant with a good yield.
Thank you for your reply everyone, I replied twice but no neither are displayed in CD. I am indeed looking for the "creeper burn" for recipes. I have had some luck buying commercially prepared Ghost/Scotch Bonnet extracts that I have used on my veggies to repell all the animals that attack my garden on a daily (hourly) basis.
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