I grow habaneros and no jalapenos because to me jalapenos have a nasty taste. My nephew grew both side by side and he too said it made the jalapenos hotter. I got a few of the habeneros from him and could taste that distinct jalapeno flavor in them.
I had 60 habenero plants this past season and they yielded about 2500 peppers (yes,I kept count) I dehydrate and grind most of them and give away a lot to friends (and enemies) but they made outstanding salsa too.
I need a longer growing season because the plants still had immature peppers on them when the frost hit here in central Illinois.
How are you dehyrating them? Just hanging them?
I'd like to give peppers another shot this spring. A horrible landscaping accident ruined my few little bushes about a year and a half ago. (The weedeater accidently swiped them.)
Are you buying your habanero's as seedlings, or planting them from seed yourself? I ask because I live in DeKalb, IL and would love to know a good IL supplier for seedling habaneros to plant. I've never had much luck when starting my own from seeds.
NFP