What a great idea. In a high plains desert, we can do this…just need some patience with the garden part. Need to treat them like flowers and take baby steps this spring. Thanks.
As I watched I was trying to guess if this was to save the seeds easier or to improve the quality of the peppers. I guessed wrong.
I recommend the way my mother always dried peppers – string them up to dry. Lots of air movement, don't have to worry about them sticking to drying racks or cleaning the racks after, and saves a bunch of space – you can hang them almost anywhere that's protected and dry enough. Makes a good decoration until they're ready!
I would think you would get the same result if you cut the plant down, and hung to dry where they won't freeze. Then when the plant is dry, you can proceed with squeezing. I don't grow chilis or eat them.
In New Mexico, we tie our red chile to dry out for cooking use into what is called a ristra. When the chile dries, we break it away from the stem. The seeds just shake right out of the dried chile pod.
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I’m gonna have to try this.
Very cool! Now GO WASH YOUR HANDS LUKE! 😂😂
Are the frozen?
That's pretty neat, I like the sound of it, I plan on growing some chilies, don't know what I'm going to do with them.
What's that worm that gets in the fruit of peppers?
It's too humid where we are. We pick them and cut lengthwise to scoop out the seeds. Then we dry them.
Suggestion – don't go pee for a while!
Yeah, but when temps gets to freezing before the plants die off, the chilies freezes and gets mushy. So, won’t work for me unfortunately.
Brilliant.
I have tried that and it works wonderfully!!
What a great idea. In a high plains desert, we can do this…just need some patience with the garden part. Need to treat them like flowers and take baby steps this spring. Thanks.
I just learned this myself from being lazy this season
Thank you for the tip!
Good idea 💡
As I watched I was trying to guess if this was to save the seeds easier or to improve the quality of the peppers. I guessed wrong.
I recommend the way my mother always dried peppers – string them up to dry. Lots of air movement, don't have to worry about them sticking to drying racks or cleaning the racks after, and saves a bunch of space – you can hang them almost anywhere that's protected and dry enough. Makes a good decoration until they're ready!
I grind mine when dried and leave the seeds in still very good.
I would think you would get the same result if you cut the plant down, and hung to dry where they won't freeze. Then when the plant is dry, you can proceed with squeezing. I don't grow chilis or eat them.
I don't know anything about chillies but I do trust mexican people to be chille experts 100%
Yeah, until the deer pick them off…
Cool
Cool I’ll try that next year I picked mine already lol
Ingenious! ..in the right conditions. Did the plants and peppers freeze already? My plants are always alive and growing until they freeze.
Finally, my laziness has paid off 😂
As a bonus spread a thin layer of dirt on the bed and your chili's are planted for next year.
Are those bird eye chillis
Well doesn't that make perfect sense! 👍
Also is the most annoying irritant to those with night shade allergy.
Def worth deseeding, however you get er done.
In New Mexico, we tie our red chile to dry out for cooking use into what is called a ristra. When the chile dries, we break it away from the stem. The seeds just shake right out of the dried chile pod.
Isn't the whole point of growing chili peppers is for the heat?..
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I want the seeds for more heat.
Waste of time