Obsessing on this app.

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I've ignored the fermentation shelf for the holiday season. Adding a small ferment called holiday hell. Very simple mash of cranberries, apples, clementines, and habaneros in 3% salt. I'll let.it ferment for a few months and taste test. Also have a similar cooked sauce going using sugar instead of an apple. #fermentstuff #fermentedlife #citysteading #cityfarm #pepper #hotpeppers

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New seed germination experiment. 19 vials. 3 are single types of soak for things I know work for that variety already. 8 hot and super hot varieties. 10 seeds rinsed of capsaicin then divided, 5 each into a vial of water (filtered) and 1% hydrogen peroxide and soaked for 48 hours. All seeds will go into damp paper towels and baggies in a 75°F hot box. They will be monitored daily for signs of germination. When tap roots hot 1cm/.5in they will be transferred to soil. Expectations: in previous tests water and 1% peroxide worked equally well. I suspect that the rinse makes the most difference in germination and that water/1% peroxide work equally well for softening the seed shell. Other % of peroxide should be tested. I've compiled a list of scholarly articles of research on hot peppers in regards to techniques for germination and the effect capsaicin has on germination. A link will be provided when I write up my findings and post it to fermentstuff.com #growshit #hotpeppers #urbanoasis #citysteading #cityfarm #pepper #hotpeppers #wintergarden #proudplantmom

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Greeted by blossoms on the gochu. Gave it a little tap tap tap, watched pollen fall. Hopefully we'll get a few peppers on this #winteriscanning plant. #growshit #hotpeppers #wintergarden #proudplantmom #urbanoasis #citysteading #cityfarm

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Less than a buck for all these habaneros. Made myself some of my cowboy candy inspired caramel popcorn. Not hot enough. #hotpeppers

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Moving from batch brewing to continuous brew kombucha. Mostly we drink decaf with a bit of fruit juice. CB will let us pull a gallon or 2 a week from the 3 gal tub. Which is about what we drink a week. I'll still make occasional single gallon batches of other tea types. #kombucha #fermentedlife #tastyaf #fermentstuff #continuousbrew #booch

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Out with old, in with new recycled wallet. I'm not sure how long the chip bag will last in in my pocket. I like how lightweight the material is, it feels super slim. #reusereducerecycle #upcycle #hotpeppers made from a @paquichips ghost pepper bag.

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Tiny baby hot pepper plant. Khang Starr Lemon Starrburst. I have another seed that popped open. #hotpeppers #wintergarden #growshit #proudplantmom #urbanoasis #citysteading #cityfarm #pepper

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I mean, not really, but you know...

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Waiting area. Chilly.

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Macho pepper is doing okay despite not getting as much light as I'd like it to have. At the very least it is warm. #growshit #hydroponic #hotpeppers #wintergarden #proudplantmom #urbanoasis #citysteading #cityfarm #pepper #hot

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A nice hot cup of coffee overlooking the farm. I wish I'd taken a pic when I first woke up, it was lightly snowing, and rather picturesque. #rural #woods #farm #family #familytime

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This little guy even with the cup, is the size of most folx empty solo cups. #doublecup #kratky #hydroponic #hotpeppers #wintergarden #growshit #proudplantmom #urbanoasis #citysteading This plant has traveled 300 miles to become a gift. It is a little shocked by the temp change that's for sure. Pulling out all the stops to get it through the next few days.

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This bok choy is in my cold frame. Please note that despite the freaking cold it has bolted and is going to seed. Anyone know if bok choy can self pollinate or should I harvest it? If there is no chance of viable seeds I'll eat it. #wintergarden #resilient #tastyaf

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Had to go to Maine and get misgendered to get a bag of these. #spice #heat #mouthonfire #hotpeppers

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I don't show my hydro lettuces as much love as I should. Look at these magnificent bastards. The roots one the lettuce on the left are amazing. The arugala (I think) is a bit slower but has shot longer roots down lately and looks awesome. . I think that next winter I will work on a grow set up for lettuces in the basement. We love lettuces and it would be pretty easy to set up a 4 or 8 ft hydro pipe or couple of tubs. . #growshit #hydroponic #urbanoasis #citysteading #cityfarm #lettuce

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These tiny little things will grow up to produce the world's hottest pepper, Carolina reaper. I'll put these into soil when the root gets to be about an inch long. So far they look healthy. Some grow notes: these were soaked in a 1% peroxide solution for 24 hours on 1205. They popped on 1214. 9 days for super hots is good. 2 of the 3 germinated and the third could still. Seed looks healthy. It has 2 days for the first to pop to get to this size. From here it will grow faster. By Friday I'll be potting both. . These will not be #officepeppers instead I'm going to move a couple of my macho peppers to my office. These will get premium #wintergarden grow space. If I'm honest I only like reapers for sauce and cooking. I don't like the taste alone and I don't like the bite of their heat. For eating I prefer a scotch bonnet or habanero. The little machos are tasty too. I'm thinking of taking a 1 gal grow bag into work with 3 macho pepper plants in it. Itll be cute and produce fruit. No super hots at work. #growshit #hydroponic #urbanoasis #citysteading #cityfarm #foodporn #hotpeppers #wintergarden #grow #futureferments

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What you can't see in this image is that 100% of these red scotch bonnets germinated. These are for my #khristmaskratky contest plant. The largest went into a recycled kcup and will get a 72oz kratky set up. I can't wait for scotch bonnets, they are among my favorites of the hot peppers. Their flavor is amazing, plus they got that scorching heat for sauces. These were soaked for 24hrs in hydrogen peroxide starting on 20191201 then put onto paper towels in a baggie. The baggies was kept between 70 and 80 degrees F. The large one popped open 2 days ago. For a hot pepper 100% germination in 12 days is pretty good. I'm hoping that my soaking experiment will have similar results. Not sure what I'm going to do with the 60+ habaneros from that experiment though. #growshit #hotpeppers #urbanoasis #citysteading #cityfarm #pepper #wintergarden #grow #hydroponic #lifelonglearning

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Hand pollination works. Tiny heat. #growshit #hydroponic #hotpeppers #wintergarden #proudplantmom #urbanoasis #citysteading #cityfarm #pepper

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Finished the indoor garden set up. 5 reflectors. 2 with grow bulbs and the rest with daylight bulbs. Interesting that some of the plants seem to prefer the daylight over the grow bulbs. Specifically the lettuce does better under daylight, peppers like the grow bulbs. #growshit #hydroponic #urbanoasis #citysteading #cityfarm #pepper #hotpeppers #wintergarden #grow

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Won a contest in the #pepperlovers Facebook group and Anthony sent me 3 different seed packs, packed with 3x5 card and bubble wrap. Perfect cushion for the seeds, all are intact. Thanks so much! #growshit #hotpeppers #urbanoasis #citysteading #cityfarm #pepper #hotpeppers #wintergarden #grow

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You'll notice that sad gochu is no longer sad, she's pretty happy now. Leaves look good, and she's jumped up in height, not leggy at all. Still really far behind peers but better. #growshit #hotpeppers #urbanoasis #citysteading #cityfarm #pepper #hydroponic Also don't give plants like aloe regular plant nutrients, it burns them, my bumpy little aloe is not happy.

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Conducting a seed germination experiment. I've done some reading about getting hard to germinate seeds to start. Soaking un water, hydrogen peroxide, aspirin, nicking the seed coat are all things I've read about. So I'm testing them here. Habanero isnt the hardest seed to start but since I have several hundred seeds, that's what I'm using. Each vial has 10 seeds. I have a vial of plain water, 1% peroxide, 100mg aspirin in 5ml water, knife nicked and one with nothing done. They will soak for 24 hours at room temp. Then 5 will go into paper towels and 5 into seed starting mix all will go into the temp controlled box. Then we'll see which method works best for getting these seeds germinated faster than paper towel in a baggie alone. . Anecdotally I have noticed that soaked hot pepper seeds look better than those not soaked. Those soaked in peroxide look better than those soaking in just water. . Super hots are a pain in the arse. I plan to use this method with tomatoes as well. #growshit #hotpeppers #urbanoasis #citysteading #cityfarm #plantd

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A topped pepper plant. Looks very busy and healthy. #growshit #hotpeppers #urbanoasis #citysteading #cityfarm #pepper #hotpeppers

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More super hots for the seed collection. #hotpeppers #hotsauce #urbanoasis #maker #citysteading #growshit

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Last night I couldn't handle the pressure under the nail. It hurt like hell and my finger tip was... painful. So I drained the fluid from under the nail. It is a kind of scary thing to do, but I've had to do it more than once, this was the most fluid I've ever had come from under a nail. Nasty. I will still lose the nail eventually. But at least for now I can type and it doesn't feel weird.

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Little tiny white blossom. Waiting for others to open and we'll have peppers in a month or so. Lol. The flowers are pretty. #growshit #proudplantmom #urbanoasis #citysteading #cityfarm #pepper #hotpeppers

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Cleaned perilla (right) and buchu (left) seeds. No need to clean off the perilla flowers, but I needed to fit it into my seed storage folders. Hundreds of little seeds that will provide me with loads of flavor this summer. Can't wait to ferment and eat these. #growshit #gardengoodies #urbanoasis #citysteading #cityfarm

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I'm not sure you can tell how much worse this is than the last pic. The bruise really developed overnight. Don't drop lids on your fingers.

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Sad gochu is looking better. Leaves are more deeply green and overall looks better. It is a bit leggy. We'll see how it fairs over this coming weekend. #growshit #hotpeppers #urbanoasis #citysteading #cityfarm #pepper

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That'll be falling off. Decided to be productive on my half day off due to evacuation of the building I work in. (all my coworkers and I are fine as are our clients.) I cleaned the ash out of the pellet stove and then managed to slam my finger in the lid of the pellet stove. This thing is a throbbing mess. Iced it and everything. Jeebus crisco.

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Messing around with tiny appliques and patchwork. Snowy days are ment for sitting infront of the fireplace with my plants and stitching things. Finally picked up a hoop. Realized I need a smaller one, but this one will do for now. This will get stitched onto my patchwork shirt. #stitching #patches #handcrafted

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Sad gochu. The light I was using died. Not the bulb but the light itself. Sad gochu is leggy and pale. I'm going to bring in a new led for another light fixture I have in my office. I changed out the nutrients and gave them a weak solution. #hotpeppers #wintergarden #growshit #proudplantmom #urbanoasis #citysteading #cityfarm #pepper

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Gonna be planting lemon piece jalapenos and red scotch bonnets. The gardening community is giving. #hotpeppers #wintergarden #growshit #

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Sad gochu. This poor thing is quite stressed out. The cleaning crew keeps turning my light out so this little one doesn't get enough light when I'm not here. The office is also super dry, so it dried out yesterday. When I arrived this am it was leaning over, and I thought it was a goner. I gave it a bit more water and covered the soil with pony beads. It perked right up. Just in time. I also swiped the timer from the grow station in one of the group rooms. It is way too cold in there for peppers. I may also swipe the whole station for my office and move the plants out in spring. I won't be growing ghosts, scorpions, or reapers at work, but maybe some sugar rush peach or aji lemon drops, maybe even some machos. #growshit #hydroponic #urbanoasis #citysteading #cityfarm #pepper #hotpeppers the light will go on at 3am and out at 5.

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5 things in this pic, one is unusual. Cranberries, sugar, water, orange zest, and 3 minced habaneros. So freaking good. Don't worry I made a second vat of plain. #foodie #hotpeppers #hotjelly #spicyaf #urbanoasis #citysteading I can't stop eating it.

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I won a giveaway and recieved 20 Khangstarr Lemon Starburst seeds. I have 4 soaking to get started in hydro asap. #pepperlovers #hotpeppers #growshit #hydroponic #urbanoasis #citysteading #cityfarm #futureferments

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The #basic Halloween Pumpkin Spice Ghost Pepper Hot Sauce is finally bottled. Working on a label for the Raspberry Reaper Molé and it is kicking ass. The basic sauce is pleasantly hot with loads of warm pumpkin spice flavor. I put some on chicken last night and it was great. I imagine that grilled it would be even better. #fermentstuff #fermentedlife #fuckyeahferments #foodie #urbanoasis #citysteading #cityfarm #foodporn #hotsauce #hotpeppers #lactofermentation

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My basement is hideous, but I've made great strides in clearing it out since this summer. I just picked up this zippered wardrobe for free and I plan to transform it into a grow tent for my peppers and tomatoes. I'll line the inside with mylar, add a few vents and drop in my used shop lights. Thus far the project has cost only $10 and a few gallons of gas. The mylar will likely cost another $10. I could go with flat white paint, but it would have to be spray paint to stick to the inside of this. . #growshit #hydroponic #urbanoasis #citysteading #cityfarm #hotpeppers #tomatoes #seedlings

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Also still fermenting. Much of this will be finished soon. I have some serious kahms yeast on a few of these and its bumming me out. The ginger lemongrass is definitely done, I can't wait to blitz it this weekend and bottle it up. The thai mango might be done too. The Korean inspired hasn't puffed in awhile so might be neatly done. Red Death V2 might be close, gonna let it age a lot longer since we're only 1/2 way done with V1. Lots of good stuff here. This isn't even on the ferment shelf. #fermentedlife #fermentstuff #citysteading #urbanoasis #foodporn #lactofermentation #hotsauce #cityfarm Next years garden is planned around the.contents of this fermentation chamber.

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One of my #winteriscanning plants. Second set of leaves are out. These were sprouted via paper towels and then put into soil on 11/9 for 11 day old plants not bad. The plant in hydro are a bit larger. The plants left in paper towels are very much behind. #hotpeppers #wintergarden #growshit #proudplantmom #urbanoasis #citysteading #cityfarm #pepper

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Brought a pair of gochu/long peppers into work. These are a little over an inch high and showing their true leaves. Roots are sturdy. They are in a weak hydro solution of miracle gro and Epsom salt. They are about 2 inches below the bulb, which is just out of frame. Of I get peppers, cool, mostly trying to get a nice plant. For the summer we have south facing windows with full sun. I might get some peppers at work. #growshit #hydroponic #urbanoasis #citysteading #cityfarm #hotpeppers gotta get some organic liquid fert that doesn't smell like rotten fish. Might have to visit the hydro store. Just found out that there are 2 nearby. Both are an easy drive.

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Checked the roots of my kcup seedlings. Found out a few things- less kcup left, the better. Those with far less surface of plastic were healthier and stronger plants despite all of these being started around the same time. Transferred the few in more restricted cups into my current cut pattern, I'm thinking we'll see a jump in growth of roots and leaves. #growshit #hydroponic #urbanoasis #citysteading #cityfarm #pepper #hot #hotpeppers #futureferments #pepperlovers

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Amazing. #pepperlovers are as generous and amazing as the #stationery community. For the low price of an SASE (Feels so old school) a generous pepper head sent me Carolina Reaper as well as red and orange Ghost Pepper seeds, and as many as I'd get in a package from commercial seller. #hotpeppers #futureferments #futurehotsauce #heat

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Wooowhooo some chilis ripening up. The little clip on led grow light is enough for this plant. Gonna save more of the macho seeds for trade and my own garden. . Sore as hell from the pruning I just did, but I reclaimed some garden space from the kiwi vines and I see where I'll put in my raised beds this spring. Also, talked to my dad about the pop up green house he gave me and he suggested building 2 small raised beds that the green house will fit over for my peppers. We also discussed heating options. Thinking about some solar and batteries with a cheap inverter. Between that, my cold frames and plans for some hooped beds I'll be growing a lot of stuff next year. #urbanoasis #citysteading #cityfarm #foodporn #hotpeppers #thinkingaboutnextseasonalready

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Mischief managed. Took 6 wheelbarrows full of vines to my compost corner. I can now build a trellis this spring. Thinking about pallets or high fencing... I need to get under them to harvest. #urbanoasis #citysteading #cityfarm #hardykiwifruit

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Calling work this neglected shitshow right now. #urbanoasis #urbanfarm #hardykiwifruit

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Mangoes, pineapple, and oranges were on sale for $1 to $2 each. I picked up one each and about $1 in habaneros added garlic, onion, a bit of sugar and vinegar and made my first cooked hot sauce. It's sweet tangy and full of citrus flavor and it quite hot. The habs actually looked great at stop 'n slop today so I could not resist making a pot of sweet heat. . I ate a chunk of habanero and found it to be quite nice, and was able to taste over the heat level. I'm slowly building up a tolerance to the heat. . Made some chili and slathered a bit of this on it and whoa. So good. I reserved a bit of it pre-addition of hand, to use as a marinade later. Itll be amazing on chicken or pork. . #hotpeppers #hotsauce #urbanoasis #makergonnamake #plc #pepperlovers

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97 kcups almost turned into net cups. I realized I wasn't going to get enough for seed starting just by collecting them at work. #growshit #hydroponic #urbanoasis #citysteading #cityfarm really looking forward to the next grow season.

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Oh man #Basic Pumpkin Spice Ghost Pepper Hot Sauce is done. The fermentation settled and stopped for a full week. Added some white vinegar to loosen it up, not quite pourable but it'll squeeze out of the bottles. I made a half gallon. . Heat is hot for non pepper heads but mild for anyone into hot sauces. It hits like a ghost pepper, builds up and then burns. Flavor is sweet, spiced, and tart. A hint of floral from the peppers. It'll be perfect on eggs. Can't wait for breakfast tomorrow. #fermentstuff #fermentedlife #fuckyeahferments #foodie #urbanoasis #citysteading #cityfarm #foodporn #hotsauce #hotpeppers #ghostpepper #chilis

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