HORT 2043 Study Guide - Final Guide: Pepper Spray, Bell Pepper, Scoville Scale
30 Nov 2018
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Peppers: peppers are america"s 2nd favorite vegetable next to tomatoes, should be a grower"s favorite crop, easy to grow organically, many varieties, colors, and flavors to choose from, peppers are not related to black pepper. Includes pimientos are a sub-group: anaheim group, most are mild pungent, some non. 22 times as hot as the habanero, nearly 300 times spicier than everyday jalapeno: 2,480,000 scoville units. The difference is in the taste: fresh (true) vine ripe, grow yourself or buy local, most are picked mature green, ethylene gas. Tomato history: originated in south america, taken to italy, thomas jefferson (horticulturist, originally called a love apple . Tomato nutrition value: loaded with nutrients and antioxidants, lycopene (red, believed to benefit the heart, vitamin c, vitamin a, variety dependent. Irrigate: crop rotation (very important, nightshade family (solanaceae potatoes, eggplant, peppers, rotate with non-nightshade crop every 3+ years, growth habit, determinate (bush)
