Growing New in 2008 Pt. 2

... The beach is no good, you cant run fast enough when they come after you after they eat one! ☺

You guys are really funny, the visual on that last suggestion on the beach cracked me up. If you do try one, do not drink water to cool the burn. Milk or cottage cheese I understand does a better job of neutralizing the heat. Water and alcohol are just supposed to spread it around and by all means do not touch them with your bare hands and then rub your eye or anything else significant.

David-My hubby(biker that he is) would take you up on that offer, he has no taste buds left, he'll try any hot pepper. He mixes habanero in his chili.

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or anything else significant!

Once when I was dealing with habernero peppers I made the error of touching my ear! Ouch! I can't imagine touching something/anything truly significant.

I've had to throw away contact lens after touching a pepper then my eye - couldn't wash it away.

I got one better, Pirl. Guess what I touched???!

OUCH

um, I give up

And I thoroughly washed my hands too. Well, a few minutes later I went to pee. About ten minutes later the burn started! Looking back it's pretty funny. Was NOT at the time. I was close to calling 911. How embarrassing would that have been?!

well look at the bright side... it could have been worse

:)

Yes, that's true. I could have 'made contact' with my wife before realizing!

... you could always go sit in you pond! ☺

LOL... oh gosh

This was years ago when we were still in an apt. in Queens. The sink had to do!

Oh, LOL, Victor! But I know it wasn't funny at the time! I actually got a skin burn from a scotch bonnet pepper once. You really do have to be careful around some of the hotter peppers.

Doubt I'll forget it!

Maybe that's why we don't often hear you talking about the peppers you've grown????

I stick to the mild ones.

I called myself pepper peter for a while.^_^

I really can't imagine the horrid heat that you suffered, Victor. It's too late by the time you realize the error and even ice cubes don't really help.

The intense, barely tolerable burn lasted about 20-25 minutes. That's an eternity.

When I did it to my own hands I had them soaking in ice water from 6 PM to 10 PM and then put the bowl of ice water next to the bed and put a towel over the blanket. I'd awaken and dip my hands - all night long.

HAHAHAHA pepper peter... Victor you made me laugh till I had tears

How about saltypeter and pepperpecker?
good mornin Jo Ann

You all (Victor in particular) are making me look at my bhut jolokia pepper plants with a great deal of suspicion. Sitting under lights in the other room they don't look so innocuous now. They're plotting. I know it.

Anna and I are growing just about everything new this year. At least that's what I choose to call it, as most of our gardens are filled with plants that we placed in there last year. So, for us, the ones that survived the winter will all be 'new' to us.

David - you can bet they're plotting as they sit there looking so innocent. Wear heavy duty gloves when you cut the peppers and remember the gloves can retain the sting, too.

After dealing with the hot peppers just throw everything away. I got the hots also.

Look out men - Sherrie has the hots!

And David Paul is looking at his growing bhut with suspicion...

Well I am really suspicous!!! I moved them out of the house to the GH Sunday and now I cant find them!!!! I am walking back to the GH....................

Oops - never made it to the GH - me bad.

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Sherrie ~ life must be very interesting up there in your neck of the woods!

Went to HD for river rock--which they didn't have--walked away with rununculus, which is a new plant for me--they look like double roses.

Good one, Amy!!! LOL

Robindog -- another name for them is Turkish Buttercups.

Oh LOOK, Everyone! My baby Gumbo Limbo stick now has some really nice leaves on it! This is one of 5 that are coming along, but this one is way ahead today! I'm so excited! Here's hoping it will not dry out too much after we're gone. I have a great neighbor who will turn on the soaker hose twice a week. Fingers crossed. It's like nursing a baby bird through the preemie stages. LOL

i have no idea what that is.... but good luck!

Allison - it is a "stick cutting" from a gumbo limbo tree. We were given a big branch with several smaller branches on it, so we cut off 5 of the smaller branches that had multiple "limbs" , then cut all the leaves off, dipped each into rootone and stuck all the cuttings in the ground. All of them have leaves just starting now, and are therefore, "new" little trees that we will eventually plant along the sidewalk in front of our house. This one is the only one that now (as of this morning) has full leaves on both of its limbs. We have done the same thing with a red powderpuff tree cutting, a Dahoon Holly cutting and some red oleanders. The exciting thing to me is that you just stick a "stick" into the ground and it begins to grow into a shrub or tree. It is as simple as that! If you look closely, you can see both of the limbs. That's the soaker hose lying next to it.

you silly goose ... i know what a cutting is... didn't know what the gumbo limbo tree was will have to look it up.... i know chicken gumbo and that's it