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Question: Hot hot hot!

Guy_Inamonkeysuit — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 07:06:16 -0800

Spice-loving co-worker leaving for a new job. Where can we buy hot pepper plant seedlings as going-away presents?

My departing colleague claims to have hot sauce for blood, and who am I to deny it? She even has hot pepper tattoos. I happened to have a habernero plant that my girlfriend and I have been tending since spring. Repotted, this will make a nice gift. But a variety of such plants would be, shall I say, cool. Is there an online nursery that sells seedlings or small plants that my other co-workers can purchase for our departing friend?

I live in Bucks County PA, if that makes a difference.

By: jaimystery

jaimystery — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 07:50:41 -0800

check out The Chile Woman; she has plants available (by region and scoville scale) and also has a list of seed vendors.
A chili-head friend orders from her and only has good things to say.

By: jaimystery

jaimystery — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 07:53:32 -0800

oops sorry Susan doesn't have online orders - but does take orders by fax.

By: jamaro

jamaro — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 08:21:23 -0800

If she is moving somewhere cold her pepper seedlings won't live through the winter, so do consider a variety of pepper seeds as an alternative.

By: cjorgensen

cjorgensen — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 08:26:20 -0800

I've always wanter to try the Dorset Naga. The tears start at about minute 4.

Dorset Naga site.

By: Guy_Inamonkeysuit

Guy_Inamonkeysuit — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 08:30:36 -0800

jaimystery, that would be perfect but she only ships in May and June. :-(

By: Guy_Inamonkeysuit

Guy_Inamonkeysuit — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 08:58:45 -0800

Great vid, cjorgensen. I can't believe that guy ate a whole one of those things -- on camera, no less.

By: arnicae

arnicae — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 09:49:42 -0800

I love hot peppers, and every nursery I've been to has stocked at least three varieties- this includes the ones at superstores. Maybe save yourself some grief (shipping fragile plants can be a rather trying experience) and get them from a local nursery as well as The Great Chile Book, which includes hundreds of recipes and identification photos for the chile lover.

By: cjorgensen

cjorgensen — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:47:28 -0800

I love hot peppers, and really have only ever had one thing too hot for my taste (a drop of Da Bomb).

It's not got a great flavor beyond death in a drop. I like heat, but I also like something that tastes decent, like anything from Dave.

I have always wanted to try one of the Desert Nagas.