Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ritcv.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!teddy!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!rochester!ritcv!mmr From: mmr@ritcv.UUCP (Margaret Reek) Newsgroups: net.garden Subject: Re: Tobasco Pepper seeds? Message-ID: <1468@ritcv.UUCP> Date: Mon, 7-Jan-85 17:02:10 EST Article-I.D.: ritcv.1468 Posted: Mon Jan 7 17:02:10 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 9-Jan-85 02:50:08 EST References: <2663@dartvax.UUCP> <3226@alice.UUCP> Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY Lines: 14 > I have read that the hotness of hot peppers depends on the temperature > at which they ripen -- the hotter the weather, the hotter the peppers. > So if you grow hot peppers in the North, expect them to be less hot > than the same plants grown in the South. I've heard the same thing, and I can't help but wonder about it. I grew jalapeno's a year ago that were positively ferocious, an order of magnitude hotter than the ones I got in California. Rochester, NY is not exactly the heat capitol of the country even in summer. I didn't get any peppers at all last year, so I can't tell if the first batch was a fluke or not. Margaret Reek Rochester Institute of Technology ritcv!asgard!mmr