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I am after some interesting tomatoes to do some breeding work with.  I am willing to pay.   I am looking for:      A yellow micro dwarf (such as Micro Gemma) or any colour micro dwarf other than red    Variegated leaf such as or  http://www.tradewindsfruit.com/variegated-tomato-seeds    'Stick'...

I keep hearing how C pubescens is the most cold tolerant capsicum species.  Just how tolerant is it?   We had a frost the other night where the temp went down to about -4C (~24 F), my C pubescens appears to be the hardest hit and has lost most of its leaves.  I have a few C annuum and C baccatum...

Does anyone count how many pods they got from a seed grown plant in one season?  If so, would you be so kind as to share the variety name and the number of pods please?    I know that different growing conditions will alter this number, but I have seen seed sellers list the same variety with...

Why do people prune their chilli plants prior to overwintering?  Is it simply to make them easier to handle and due to the fact that space is an issue?  Or is there more to it?   I have overwintered a few plants, some several times, I never bothered (or knew) to prune and it seemed to work. ...

Winter is on its way in Australia.  I plan to eat fresh as much as possible, but there are some things I probably won't get through and would hate to waste them.  We have already had two frosts with more to come, so I need to pick all of my chillies and thought dehydrating them is the way to...

What are your thoughts on space chillies?  I um under the impression that 10 varieties have been released.  Which are the most productive?  Which are the tastiest?  Are they worth growing other than as a novelty?   This year I grew Hangjiao #5 Helix Nebula.  They were reasonably productive and...

I am growing a few chilies that were refusing to set any fruit.  Any ideas on what I can do?   I have a Trinidad scorpion Butch T that is 3 years old, it has hundreds of flowers that I thought were dropping.  On the weekend I had a closer look.  All the flowers up top are dropping but some that...

I have recently moved to an area that has short dry summers.  Normally the summers are not overly hot, but this summer is an exception.    Many of the plants I have this year are yet to provide any ripe pods at all, and autumn is just around the corner so I am worried that I may not get any ripe...

This is probably a stupid question, but when are chillis at their hottest, when they are still unripe and green, or when they are fully ripe (whatever colour that may be), or does it vary from variety to variety?   I know that the taste tends to change, and some have higher sugar content when...

I see a few varieties around with "peach" in the title.  I assume this is due to colouration of the pods.  Are there any which taste and smell similar to peach?  I assume they exist as there are some very fruity varieties.  Are there any which taste of peach and are mild heat?   I should have...

I used to have a perennial basil, I am not sure what type it was but assume it was an interspecific hybrid as it would flower but never set seed.  It was ok but did not really taste like sweet basil.  It grew for a few years and I lost it recently when moving house.  I have been looking for...

I like limes and I like chillis and I really lime and chilli.  Are there any chilli, hot or mild, that taste of lime?   There are several chillis that smell and taste of lemon, there are several others that are meant to have 'citrus qualities' to them.  But are there any that smell or taste of...

I grew tomatoes when I was a child, I had a short growing season so did a little breeding work to try and make a shorter season tomato plant.  I made reasonable progress over the years all things considered.    Back then I was rather taken by tomato seedlings with three cotyledons so used them...

I have only recently got into growing chilli seriously and need to know where can I get chilli seeds in Australia?  I think I can legally import some species (C baccatum and C pubescens and a few others) but not others.  There are so many thieves on ebay selling seeds of things that do not exist...