These pepper facts are weird.

[@callikohl5698]

I am excited about this year's garden. I have started 8 different types of peppers so far. However, I decided I wanted to try some new to me. I found a company called Peppers of the World. I ordered Poblano, Chocolate Poblano, Cayenne, a red cherry, sweet banana and long blackish one that I can't think of the name off hand. I love growing peppers. You and your lovely wife have gotten me addicted. Thank you.

[@schmitar]

When i was a kid my mom used to crushed a pepper with the back of a spoon and rub it all over my mouth everytime i talk back to her. thanks to her i'm now addicted to spicy foods, everytime i cook something she always complain cuz my food is too spicy for her 😂

[@Beakachuwu]

Child abuse :(

[@marthathompson2012]

😂😂😂😂

[@donhorak9417]

If your dogs are always eating the chicken droppings all your property (it happens), put some cayenne powder in the chickens' food and the dogs will not snack on the bird poop! So far, I haven't seen any problem with the eggs I gather.

[@tammyohlsson7966]

Thanks, going to give this a try!

[@deshgouri]

So interesting! 😮🙌 In Indian culture, chilis are tied on a string (like a short garland) along with a lemon, used to ward-off evil. Sort of ... the evil eye symbol in India. You'll often see such a garland tied to a fancy new tractor or a shiny new car! I'm not sure if city bred Indians would even know this fact. I'm from a village from the south of India, from a long line of chili farmers. Love your videos! ❤

[@PepperGeek]

Wow that's fascinating, thank you for sharing that!

[@rowebil00]

When will you be starting to grow indoors?

[@PepperGeek]

Might start a couple plants extra early in mid-February, but most will be planted in late March and early April

[@TheBaconWizard]

Super excited this year, I have almost 20 young Flexuosum seedlings with their 2nd pair of true leaves, which is quite the improvement on last year when I failed to germinate ANY of this species.

[@harlykwinlo4083]

We had a storage unit and there was a rat infestation. Someone, or several someones, were storing food in units. I have this awesome cayenne pepper i got from the "indian/asian/hispanic" aisle of a savings grocery store. I think this HUGE bag of cayenne was like $3 or something ridiculous. And omg its HOT unlike the McCormack brands. We spread this chili pepper around the perimeter, and we had a squeaker free unit that smelled good compared to the other units.

[@PepperGeek]

That’s awesome haha, glad it worked for you

[@marthathompson2012]

That’s a great idea!

[@shermans6454]

Fun and weird facts for sure. Thanks for sharing.

[@King_of_Stinky]

Got some Chiltepins for the coming season, we’ll be seeing here if these ancestral peppers can grow in the CT climate!

[@ChrisV_313]

I tried to grow some last season in Alberta, Canada and while they created a giant, bushy plant, I barely got any fruits :( the ones I did get were great!

[@noob19087]

I grew some here in Finland in my greenhouse a few years ago. The harvest was meager, but they were some nice peppers. Then again, I'm a much better gardener now than I was then, so it may have been a simple skill issue.

[@preamor6902]

I've grown them several times over the last 25 years or so in southern PA and one time held them over winter and had them produce a second crop the following summer.

[@51rwyatt]

Great video, super interesting

[@PepperGeek]

Appreciate that, glad you enjoyed it!

[@DanJonesShow]

Fact. Bears eat peppers. Bears...Peppers... Battlestar Galactica

[@Wagner-p7e]

NON-homosexual guys eat🌶🫑too.

[@Bigdeezly911]

Micheal!!

[@PepperGeek]

Imitation is the most sincere form of flattery.

[@ExplodingPsyche]

I don't understand one thing that was said in this thread. What do bears and peppers have to do with Battlestar Galactica, what do homosexuals have to do with eating chilis, who is Micheal, and what was being imitated?

[@Bigdeezly911]

@ you would have had to watch the office to get the reference.

[@lasaldude]

One the best pepper facts I know. shares the same info with Potatoes and Tomatoes and thats the fact before 500 years ago. Most the the world didn't have them in their cuisine or knew they existed. No tomatoes in Italian food. No peppers in Asian and Indian-Asian food. The irish would have never had a potato famine without potatoes.

[@R3LI2UI]

I've been raising them using Aquaponics, my peppers love the process and produce really well!

[@abagailrhea3932]

Hot peppers have small amount of nicotine in them

[@geokirwin]

U guys are amazing I truly appreciate your advice Keep it up I would love to see you get your ebook in print.

[@northyland1157]

Weird fact: I am still getting peppers in January! They are not top quality with the cold and lack of sunlight. But the anaheim, serronos and jalapenos go in my salad every day! Its been a warm winter.

[@mtnjak]

Speaking of peppers, I'm enjoying a batch of Monkey Face hot sauce today in my chili for lunch. I use your Fresno recipe as the base for most of my sauces now. The roasted peppers add great flavor and Monkey Face has become my new favorite pepper, grown for the first time last season. I will say that while I don't condone holding my kids over a fire pit of roasting hot chilies, whenever I'm searing my peppers over the stove while making sauce I've inadvertently enacted punishment on surprised family members as they entered the kitchen. Oops! I'll need to keep some masks handy for unsuspecting visitors from now on!

[@CrinkleCrumbs]

I wonder if someone could ever make a grape flavored pepper

[@kelliott7864]

I'm team bird theory. The ancestral pepper berries were very small and current bird dispersal is not relevant on a grand scale.

[@JPPW43]

Doesn't surprise me about the Aztec. They had some crazy practices. They also bread chihuahua's for sacrifice and food.

[@Wagner-p7e]

Ohh😱Chi-wah-wah !!

[@PepperGeek]

Yeah, there are some darker sides of ancient Mesoamerica 😅

[@BecomingaGreenstalker]

Cool info!

[@ndbg46881]

I'm trying a new sweet pepper variety called Red Impact and it is a Lamuyo type pepper. What the heck is that? I'm an old lady gardener and a quick google search didn't tell me what/where this type of pepper came from. Can you help?

[@vickiblack-uh7gh]

peppers have more vitamin c than oranges

[@rob-oe4wr]

Can peppers be grown indoors, a house, or do they require sunshine.

[@PepperGeek]

They’ll grow indoors but they do better with grow lights than window light

[@MiguelY22]

There are fossils of peppers? Interesting

[@fritagonia]

Wow crazy that peppers were cultivated more than 7 000 years ago! One of the first crops we learned to domesticate. And to think about the fact that peppers have been around for more than 50+ millions years ago is just uninmaginable! ☺

[@PepperGeek]

It’s wild! Kind of hard to wrap your head around

[@jimfoxvog]

Chili peppers had a discipline function with my son. I said "Don't bite it. It's hot!" but did not physically try to stop him from eating the pretty red fruit. A natural consequence teaching obedience.

[@CartersGardens]

Cayenne helps with heart health

[@PepperPaul714]

Just found your channel... I'm a pepper eater with a KZbin channel myself 👊🏽✌🏽

[@nannybannany]

So I agree the child punishment seems excessive but then again I've seen some kids... also this is EXACTLY what police (and average people) use with pepper spray (against other humans or dogs, bears, etc).

[@demeech74]

Veggie ??? fruit

[@PepperGeek]

😜

[@marthathompson2012]

Culinary definition vs biological definition

[@themunchieman5696]

My favorite is when the spice trade was happening they didn't know what peppers were so they named it pepper from Chile "Chile pepper"

[@Wagner-p7e]

Wuz that actor Ernest Borgnine on the left & Elon Musk on the right in that Outer Space pepper pix??

[@SomeD00d]

It's not like plants know birds exists soo

[@julesbrunton1728]

Soo...what?

[@SomeD00d]

@julesbrunton1728 soo they probably didnt use birds to evolve, first part of the video. So it's more likely the capcasin was developed to combat fungal infections first and it just happened that birds don't react to it.

[@DonPandemoniac]

Some plants release a volatile chemical compound when they are attacked, this then attracts the natural predators of what is eating them. Plants are amazingly adaptive.

[@SomeD00d]

@@DonPandemoniac and they also use red light (the light reflected off green leaves) to avoid other plants

[@nannybannany]

I mean.... some plants adapted and can "eat" insects and other small creatures. They don't really know those exist either but here we are with carnivorous plants anyway.

[@MichaelRei99]

Commenting about what people did to discipline their children thousands of years ago is silly. Especially when today’s lack of discipline has produced a generation of snowflakes.

[@matthewkennedy9980]

Commenting on a friendly chili pepper discussion and calling people snowflakes just shows how much of a “snowflake”you are. Lighten up and enjoy the pepper facts. Everything doesn’t need your political opinion. Good parents would never let their kids be so rude.

[@TylerSmithMusic1]

@@matthewkennedy9980very well said.

[@Zenithx3]

So your argument is that he shouldn't talk about ancient Aztec practices because of current parenting habits. Genius.

[@julesbrunton1728]

Lamest comment on the internet

[@cowsagainstcapitalism347]

Only snowflakes use the term snowflake unironically. Cry harder.

[@FrontRowSection8]

Evolve or where they Created? 🌳 you do the math…

[@GourdGourd]

what math

[@zunedog31]

Believing in creationism in 2025 hahahaha

[@btagg2024]

Creationist here. I just can't believe all of this amazing earth came from nothing.

[@janitokleynhans5574]

Created for sure.

[@jameskelly5216]

The math says they evolved.

[@KSwapTheWorld69]

I have my super hots from last year but they haven't fruited yet... 🫤