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Subject: Re: Tobasco Pepper seeds?
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Date: Tue, 8-Jan-85 01:04:39 EST
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> > 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.
> 
I've been told that you get milder peppers the more you water them.