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We all have one of those friends in our lives that posts incoherent nonsense about atoms and quantum physics in some sort of a bizarre, psuedoscientifc, spiritual kind of manner on Facebook. I sort of regret sharing this story on my wall since I know a few folks like that and I like them. I'm...

For small hot sauce or spicy food companies is vertical integration lucrative? When I see videos of people growing 2400+ pods of Dorset Naga, I tend to think anyone with even a relatively small plot of land and some experience growing could effectively cut out the necessity to contract a grower...

With the weather starting to change in Jerusalem, I need to improvise soon. My plants aren't fruiting as fast as I'd hoped. Basically, I'd like to set up some sort of a miniature green house. I didn't measure my balcony, but, I'd say I've got about 3 1/2 ft width X 7 ft length to work with for...

Today I took a trip down to the south of Israel to Eilat. On the way, I stopped by Moshav Ein Yahav, where Kobi Ziv Av breeds and grows the Arava Scorpion. I managed to pick up a sack of dried peppers of 50 or 60 grams for 25 shekels from Kob Ziv Av himself. According to some stuff on the...

To what extend to preservatives affect the quality of your food? I have a few good recipes for some skhug (Yemenite pepper spread) and hummus that I was considering tinkering around with on a test audience to see if it could be something worth while. However, I've never used a preservative in my...

I managed to pick up some PK 13-14 from Bio Nova the other day on account of what I suspect was a phosphorous and potassium deficiency. It says on the package to use 25-100 ml per 100L building up slowly every week. However, for something this strong, should I fertilize every week? I'm using is...

Any tips on how to go about this effectively? I suppose it varies from srrain to strain. I've got some Ghost Peppers going and I started them around late June. Just recently, they've started budding. I've read that sometimes cutting the flowers early causes the plant to focus its energy on...

I did a little research and some of the image results I came back with are suggesting I have powdery mildrew starting up. I find this a little strange as the weather here has been very arid and we just got done with a massive sandstorm. We had about 1000 ft visibility during some parts of the...

Does anybody know about this? Are you allowed to set up a website to sell your own surplus produce? Not as a commercial farm or anything. But, for example, let's say I have an extra 50 lbs of carrots from the season and I want to sell them unprocessed on the internet, meaning across state lines...

I did a bit of research on it and I can't quite figure out what's causing my plants to be like this. So far, it only appears to be 2 out fo 11 of my Ghost Pepper plants that have it. The pictures will hopefully tell all. But, in the event that the picture quality is distorted on the viewers end...

Has anyone got some advice for a good booster for your plants? I feel my Ghost Peppers are kind of dwarfed. I would probably attribute it to the smaller sized pots, but, they're still rooting. They have a way to go for being root-bound. I ststarted using Bio Nova Nyzme and am not sure it's...

Just curious as to what you all think will be the next big take off industry for food. Hot sauce already seems to be doing pretty well, but, I think it will stay lucrative forever. Spicy definitely seems here to stay, though. I think Middle Eastern food will be the next big thing. Anyone got any...

Could anyone recommend some good grow books for chilis? I want to do some book shopping soon from Amazon and figured it would be a good idea to get a more comprehensive understanding of how to grow my platns to the max. This is a good forum and google has lots of resources, but, it's very...

Does anyone have experience with vertically growing pepper plants? I used to work on a farm that grew bell peppers vertically with Hydrostackers, but, it wasn't as impressive as I thought it could be. I get the impression that vertical grows aren't necessarily the best option for pepper plants...

I'm just curious to see if there are any other people who live in Israel on this forum. It seems like a warm community here, no pun intended. I don't suppose anybody is growing some super host in eretz hakodesh? All I see is the same peppers in all the markets. I live in Jerusalem, so, from time...