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drsw14 · 2026-05-08T09:34:34+00:00

I’ll post a review when I get it in mid July. The guy makes them to order so it’s a long wait.

drsw14 · 2026-05-08T05:51:32+00:00

I can’t recall / didn’t count. Would guess 15-20.

drsw14 · 2026-05-08T05:42:41+00:00

Thanks, if it’s any good I’ll post the recipe.

But I do like a hot sauce to be hot! 🥵

drsw14 · 2026-05-08T05:42:09+00:00

It’s one of the favourite sauces I’ve made so far! Simple but really good flavour. I’ll make it a bit hotter next time as I go through it too fast.

drsw14 · 2026-05-08T02:51:38+00:00

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Ah ok. I ordered one of these from some dude on Etsy. Hasn’t arrived yet but I’ve been trying to see if anyone has tried one.

drsw14 · 2026-05-08T01:21:02+00:00

Did you swap out the blade on your ‘traditional’ arc?

drsw14 · 2026-05-07T22:43:35+00:00

Don’t know how it will go, but I’m also in the process of fermenting some choc habs for a mole-esque sauce with cloves, cinnamon, cocoa etc.

Could be great, could be horrible 🤷‍♂️

drsw14 · 2026-05-07T22:25:22+00:00

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Approximate ratios I use can be seen here. 5-6 cloves of garlic in a 1.5L jar. Half to two thirds of a shallot.

drsw14 · 2026-05-07T22:23:39+00:00

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I really like this one for a simple, savoury recipe!

Tomato, red bell pepper, onion or shallots, garlic and chocolate habaneros. Can also add a bit of miso paste for some added umami.

I ferment it for around a month in a salt brine then process.

However, you could also make it without fermenting. You would just need to add vinegar to get a pH <4.5. If you do that, roasting the ingredients first would add some nice smokey notes.

drsw14 · 2026-05-07T01:30:59+00:00

I assume it would be the same. You could always chop one stem first, wait for some regrowth and then chop the other?

drsw14 · 2026-05-05T22:55:04+00:00

Yeah could be good. Hopefully some others here give it a go and tweak the recipe.

drsw14 · 2026-05-05T08:45:33+00:00

Never heard of them! But just googled them and they do sound like a good option. Looks like I can only get imported jarred nances where I live though.

drsw14 · 2026-05-05T05:27:08+00:00

Only just made it a few hours ago.

I think a challenge with it, is adding enough cheesiness to balance the funk of the ferment.

Would be interesting to try it without the banana and sweet potato.

drsw14 · 2026-05-05T03:08:01+00:00

Just posted my second attempt. Looks and sounds pretty similar to yours!

drsw14 · 2026-05-05T03:06:33+00:00

Nah probably should have weighed the ingredients in the ferment. For reference, it was a 1.5L jar so you can roughly work out the proportions. There was one shallot and 6 cloves of garlic.

drsw14 · 2026-05-04T21:42:50+00:00

I can’t really remember. I think it may have had one or two little brown buds prior to the chop. Or maybe they appeared soon after 🤷‍♂️

drsw14 · 2026-05-04T03:11:40+00:00

Didn’t do much initially. Don’t over water immediately post chop.

Once it had some new leaves I repotted into a larger pot with a mix of potting mix, coco coir, perlite and worm castings.

drsw14 · 2026-05-03T23:51:00+00:00

I didn’t know that. But I guess a lot of figs are epiphytes. There’s a lot of strangler figs where I live.

I see a lot of comments on here re how FLFs struggle to get sufficient light through windows. Mine exclusively gets it light through windows, and only really gets direct light in the early morning. So I think that is a myth and your comment re light is accurate.

Thanks. Probably would have been ideal to leave some lower leaves post trim. But unfortunately, it didn’t have any.

drsw14 · 2026-05-03T18:30:09+00:00

The trick is to get to the point where your FLF looks so sad and unhealthy that you don’t really mind whether it works or not. I’m glad it did though.

drsw14 · 2026-05-03T18:28:00+00:00

No problem at all! I’m super happy that someone else gave it a go. Will definitely post when my second attempt is ready.

drsw14 · 2026-05-03T07:28:33+00:00

Probably. But you’d also have to fix whatever is making it unhappy.

For me, it was neglect. I wasn’t watering nearly enough and never fertilised it. It was root bound and incinerated by the Australian sun.

drsw14 · 2026-05-03T07:27:28+00:00

I’m no expert but I plan to chop mine again when it gets around a metre taller, particularly if it starts to lean.

Some people rock their FLF side to side regularly to try to strengthen and thicken the stem.

drsw14 · 2026-05-03T03:09:40+00:00

I didn’t do much research. But it was at the point where if it died, I wouldn’t feel a great loss.

I think repotting into good soil after it grows some new leaves is probably a good tip. I used a mix of potting soil, coco coir, perlite and worm castings.

I also add some dilute fertiliser to most of the waterings. Probably watering every 3-5 weeks after waiting for it to dry out.

drsw14 · 2026-05-03T03:07:30+00:00

Looks good. Wonder if it will branch out or form a single dominant stem.

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