Comment Re:Habaneros (Score 1) 285
I had them in pots on my deck in Miracle Gro potting soil in full sun watering them almost daily. I also mixed some Osmocote into the soil. They grew well, and I had quite a few peppers per plant. Some were insanely hot (to the point where eating one didn't burn, it was just straight pain), and others hardly had any heat at all. But all of them had little to no actual flavor, or simply tasted like chemicals. My friend's dad grew some as well, the same way (not sure what soil he used or what, if any, fertilizer/plant food), and his turned out a little better. They had a little flavor, but nothing that I would call a good flavor, and still had a chemical aftertaste to them.
Maybe you're right, and the imported ones are better. Besides the ones that I knew were grown locally, I don't know where the rest I've had came from. I've also never had them fire-roasted. Could be that's the trick to getting the flavor to come out.
Maybe you're right, and the imported ones are better. Besides the ones that I knew were grown locally, I don't know where the rest I've had came from. I've also never had them fire-roasted. Could be that's the trick to getting the flavor to come out.