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Butch talks Ghost Pepper with NBC

redhotsite — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 05:42:07 +0000

The Bhut Jolokia Ghost Pepper is gaining more popularity and coming more and more into mainstream media. So much so that the local Los Angeles affiliate NBC4 recently did a segment on the pepper and how it’s being grown locally in Ventura County.

See the segment on NBC’s site, Butch talks about the pepper with NBC4 reporter Jennifer Bjorklund.

Butch on NBC4 talking about Ghost Peppers

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LA Times Article – Market Watch: Super-hot Bhut Jolokia chiles

redhotsite — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 03:12:37 +0000

The LA Times recently did an article about finding fresh Bhut Jolokia Ghost Peppers at the local Santa Monica Farmers Market.

Guinness World Records certified the Bhut Jolokia as the world’s hottest, and chileheads and gardeners scrambled to obtain seeds, plants and pods, which originally were scarce here. Last year, Butch and Burma Baselice, who run a spicy foods business called Red Hot Foods in Santa Paula, started 12,000 Bhut Jolokia plants to grow at five locations in Ventura County. They had some plants left over last spring, and it was getting late in the season for planting, so they gave them to Phil McGrath of Camarillo-based McGrath Family Farm, with the agreement that they would share the harvest.

Read the entire article here.

Or download a pdf here.

Harvest of Bhut Jolokia Ghost Peppers

redhotsite — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 05:57:39 +0000

We have had a pretty good season of growing our Bhut Jolokia Ghost Peppers and as of this writing (mid-Nov.) we have harvested over 2000 pounds of fresh peppers. It’s great that the climate here in Ventura County allows us to have such a long growing season.

We are currently still harvesting peppers, as the heat of our Indian Summer this season gave us additional growth. At the same time we are making Ghost Pepper Mash, available in 40lb pails, 1gal jugs, as well as quart and pint jars. For a limited time we also offer for sale fresh Bhut Jolokia Peppers.

Here are some pictures we would like to share, showing our peppers this season.

Jolokia Season 2010	Ripe Jolokia Peppers	Lots of Ghost Peppers	More Peppers!
Some of the Harvest	Jolokia Harvest 2010	Bhut Jolokia Ghost Peppers	In the Kettle
Time to make the Mash	Even some Chocolate Jolokias	Pails of Mash	Jolokia Mash is now available

Ventura Street Fair July 2010

redhotsite — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:48:22 +0000

The 4th of July Ventura California Street Fair was a huge hit yet again this year. Here are some pictures from this year’s event.

4th of July Street Fair	Red Hot Foods Booth	Ghost Pepper Plants - Sold!	Ghost Salsa - HOT Seller!
Ghost Pepper Plants	Extreme Heat	Ghost Pepper Sauces	Jolokia Ghost Pepper Products

Watch our Bhut Jolokia Ghost Peppers Grow!

redhotsite — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 19:10:12 +0000

Here is a photo gallery of our Bhut Jolokia Ghost Peppers. Follow along as we watch them grow, starting at harvesting the seeds, germinating at the nursery, then on to the fields. We will be adding photos as the season goes on, so check back soon.

Harvesting Jolokia Seeds	Drying Bhut Jolokia Pods	Harvesting Jolokia Seeds	Collecting Ghost Seeds
1st 5000 Jolokia Plants	The pepper nursery	Lots of seeds starting	In the greenhouse
Jolokia Seedlings	More Ghost Pepper Seedlings	Bhut Jolokia Seedlings	Got Jolokia?
We've Got Jolokia	Trays of Ghost Pepper	Bhut Jolokia Seedlings	Ghost Pepper Babies
Trays of Seedlings
2nd Batch of Jolokia
Germinating More Seeds	5000 More Seeds	2nd Batch	World's Hottest Peppers
Getting ready to plant
Ghost Peppers 21 days	Batch #1 45 days	Batch #1 45 days	Batch #2 45 days
Planting Jolokia Peppers	Batch #1 mid-May	Started March 1	1st 5000 plants
Picking up	Ready to go	75 days	Ready to plant
Ready to plant 2	Van load of peppers	Planting location 1	Location 1 rows
Lots of work	Planting Jolokias	Farmer Chris	Location 1
Location 1	Jake	4000 planted	Testing drip
Tim	Prepping Loc2	Loc 2 Ready	Location 2
Ghost Peppers	Location 2 planted	Jolokia Peppers planted
August Updates	Growing Nicely	Ghost Pepper Plants	Peppers coming out
Jolokia Flowers	Location 2	Location 2 Rows	Location 2 More
Location 3	Ghost Plants Growing	Jolokia Peppers Grow	Jolokia Peppers
Location 4: Peppers	More Ghost Peppers	Bhut Jolokia Peppers	Plants are filling in
Checking plants	Jolokia Plants	Location 5	More Jolokia Plants
Plant Inspector	Ghost Plants Forever	Jolokia Peppers Ripen	In the Greenhouse
More in the Greenhouse	Tim maintaining	Butch Spraying	Butch
September Update	Sent in from Valencia, CA

Update: The harvesting of our Bhut Jolokia Ghost Peppers have begun! Check out how our season went (click here).