The air in the kitchen is now lava.
#ProjectHotsauce2024 is on its final stretch after five weeks of fermentation 🥳 We just finalised the sauce and filled up the flasks, now they just need to get labelled and then we are done ^^
Sadly we had to buy a lot of chillies this time as the harvest wasn't that great this year, but it doesn't look like that is going to negatively influence the end result 👍
TBH, if that weather continues, I'm afraid the chillies will drown...
Two already gave up from what I fear was the repeated deluge the past few weeks, and I just can hope that the other 25 plants will make it or #ProjectHotsauce2024 will have to be made from bought peppers, and that would be a bit sad.
Oof! 😅 27 chillies repotted into cocos coir with mixed in perlite and stockosorb (water saving crystals, first time trying this stuff to help a bit with keeping them hydrated during the cooking summer heat), with clay granulat at the bottom. Now they are all in their final pots and place 👍
One of the Lemon Drops even already has a flower showing 😄
Now I hope they continue to grow and then give us a good harvest in fall for our #ProjectHotsauce2024
How about another chilli update?
They are growing nicely, and soon they'll get moved outside into their final pots 😊 Maybe next weekend... I'll monitor the weather a bit more, it was way too cold until only a few days ago.
Gina Häußge