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  1. Chasdev

    last peppers harvested and plants "winterized".

    I guess it's time for some more doses of neem oil!
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    last peppers harvested and plants "winterized".

    Several of the instructional videos I watched mentioned washing all of the dirt off the root ball, and soaking in diluted hydrogen peroxide solution along with a root ball and overall wash with neem oil. Removing all the leaves is also mentioned. I didn't have any pests resident (I think) do to...
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    last peppers harvested and plants "winterized".

    I'm in zone 8, so it won't get really cold until Jan/Feb..Austin Tx. I'm a big fan of plastic sheet "vis-queen" type construction. Use strips of cardboard box and a staple gun with 7/16 staples. The plants were started from seed last Feb, so not quite a year old. Theres tons of YouTube videos on...
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    last peppers harvested and plants "winterized".

    I decided to go ahead and winterize my pepper garden. Made up a greenhouse on my screen porch and have an oil filled radiator on standby for when it gets cold. I hated to do it but the fruits had sort of stalled and the leaves were starting to wilt. Lots of mini bite size peppers, and yes those...
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    My wife wants me to ask this question...

    Above is the best idea I've heard in a long time.
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    Pepper "de-boning" tool

    Oops, I MEANT to type "Bass-o-matic"! You know, the bass blender from very early Sat Night Live fame?
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    Pepper "de-boning" tool

    I’m already shocked! They should have paired it with the “BassMaster”….
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    Update on Jalapeno oddities..

    Here in Austin, we can tell when winter has arrived because everything turns green and starts growing. My tomato plants started blooming and producing fruit two weeks ago after sitting out in the Africa hot sun for months.. Next year I may air condition a mini greenhouse so I can eat home grown...
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    Update on Jalapeno oddities..

    To make things even a little crazier, two of the jalapeños that turned yellow, don’t have any red ones two of them have red and yellow.
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    Update on Jalapeno oddities..

    All the other peppers I sprouted out of that one donor came out green.
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    Update on Jalapeno oddities..

    I can’t figure out how it’s seed came from the same single pepper I harvested last winter and whose seeds I sprouted last spring!?! The yellow ones do taste good.
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    Update on Jalapeno oddities..

    In July I posted pics of a jalapeno which started producing yellow peppers. So now I have 4 plants going yellow but one is growing dual color peppers!
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    Pastrami advice?

    I got my recipe from Guy Fieri's show featuring the best pastrami, which oddly enough was done in a food trailer. The recipe is searchable on his diners, drive-ins and dives show list. It really is outstanding, pretty close to what you can buy from Carnegie deli.
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    Brisket search

    Long hot holding helps that tough/dry flat issue. I’ve been using my new Vevor holding oven and it works wonders on tough meats. Ribs and beef go 8 hours at 170 after resting on the counter for an hour or so. Yesterday I got held some dry pork chops at at 140 for 5 hours and they improved...
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    Brisket search

    One way to help assure a tender brisket is after it reaches 190 degrees internal temp, hold it in a covered pan or container at a food safe temp for as long as you can overnight or even longer. I prefer around 170 degrees for at least 8 hours but remember, the higher internal temp when you pull...
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