Hi guys,
dls,
I ground some both ways you mentioned. The pic shown of the powder is the stuff I ground with the seeds in it figuring I'd use it in chili, summer sausage, and pizza. But then i got to thinnking I might want some seedless and less potent powder on hand so I knocked all the seeds out.
GLH,
Whether you want to split the peppers in half and totally devain and deseed is really all personal prefrenece. Before undertaking this project I did a search and read lots of stuff on them and there are a lot of people that do just what you said.
I know one thing, these were the hottest japs I've ever grown or tasted. I don't know if it did me much good to deseed the second batch of powder. It must have been the extra hot summer that made them that way.
I also know that Miracle Grow worked wonders on quantity and size. Did it have anything to do with the heat factor????