[drew51]

Originally Posted by tam91

I think Hot Lemon and Lemon Drop are the same. And I have a bunch of them.

Originally Posted by tam91

I made a lovely pepper jelly from them, but I'd like to dry the rest and try making powder.

How do make the powder? Can I use my dehydrator? Whole? Cut them up? Remove seeds?

Thanks!

Yes, you can use your dehydrator, and any and all of the above.
At first I cut them, but then the plant really started producing. Like 60 or so, so I dried the seeds. I just cut the top off. Dried some whole also. When drying whole you want them almost dry, not completely brittle. At least this is what I saw in recipes, in some tex-mex recipes it was noted if whole peppers are completely dry, throw them away.
I also froze some as the plant produced well over 100 peppers. Amazing! I made two different hot sauces too. My only complaint is the pepper loses heat when cooked. Whereas cayenne does not, well the ones I grew anyway. So if using for heat and not flavor, add powder after cooking.