>Some pods can be hotter than others for a wide variety of reasons. > I deliberately use some of these 'tricks of >the trade' to rile up my plants. Hot nights (above 74 F) are reported >to yield hotter peppers. Lack of shade combined with high humidity puts >a real stress on the plants! >^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >-Jim C >http://www.wildpepper.com Jim, High humidity? I thought that lack of shade and dry heat would make my peppers hotter. If high humidity will do it then I am in luck as our temps have been around 90 degrees and extremely high humidity! I have got 'maters on and peppers on my cayennes and blossoms on the habs, super chiles, jalapenos. Looking forward to salsa! Linda