Korean red peppers in Aerogarden?

[seagrayd]

Has anyone grown Korean red peppers in an Aerogarden? I am about to purchase my first Aerogarden Bounty. I would like to grow Korean red peppers to dry and grind to gochugaru. Has anyone done this before?

Also, has anyone dried fresh Korean red peppers and ground them into gochugaru (regardless of whether they were home grown). I buy korean red peppers whole and already dried but never know how old they are at the time of purchase. I’m hoping to taste the difference by starting from seeds. Thanks!

chris 

[Shawn]

I have not seen any posted that I can remember.  You will also want to check the height of these peppers as the hood only raises 24"

[seagrayd]

Thank you!

[mike]

Sorry, I meant to respond to this earlier, but I wanted to ask my friends wife who is from South Korea. She grows some Korean Gochugaru chilis that she says are necessary for her kimchi. Her kimchi is wonderful. She had a Gochugaru paste in her fridge that was kind of smoky tasting and less hot than a jalapeno. I can see how these are a prized pepper in Korea. She gets her seeds from Etsy She also said they come in differing heat levels.

As for growing them, many people grow them indoors under lights, but I've read comments on this being a larger plant. You can grow these on an AG. Pruning will probably be needed.

www.etsy.com/listing/168840522/kimchi-traditional-korean-variety-chile?ref=shop_home_active_11

[maskedsonnet]

Dec 21, 2021 1:04:30 GMT -5 seagrayd said:

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Also, has anyone dried fresh Korean red peppers and ground them into gochugaru (regardless of whether they were home grown). I buy korean red peppers whole and already dried but never know how old they are at the time of purchase. I’m hoping to taste the difference by starting from seeds. Thanks!

chris 

While I've never grown or processed Korean red peppers, I have grown many types of peppers and processed them in a number of ways. The taste is always far superior to anything I've been able to buy at a store - sauces, pickles, pastes, salsas, ground and dried for spice mixes - just about any way you can prepare a pepper, it's going to taste better if you grow and process it yourself, largely because the ingredients are fresher and you can adjust the recipe to fit your particular tastes instead of something that would appeal to a larger market. So I'm sure you'll be able to taste a difference if you decide to grow these yourself!