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even though having been to (and lived in) the top world metropolises nothing prepares you for mexico city, it definitely lives up to its reputation! despite the talk about it being a dangerous place, atmosphere is very lively and people unbelievably friendly. made some time to visit local...

this birgit's locoto bush (or small tree, rather) is up to 2m tall and is full of ripening pods. i have searched info about the bolivian variety to no avail, so it remains a mystery who birgit is and why they are called locotos (term normally used for capsicum pubescens in bolivia) while the...

here's a pic i took when the plant started branching, will publish a pic from the whole plant when i get a chance.

here's a bonda man jacques (left, martinique) v madame jeanette (suriname) comparison, both pods yet to mature. only difference is that the BMJ has a rougher more pebbled skin, else they look very much alike so far... my BMJs look slightly less pointy than potawie's, anybody cultivated these two...

it starts off as a completely black little ball (thus fisheye i suppose). after a few days it becomes purpleish, even unripe it looks rather tasty...

looks like whatever the external agent was was successfully flushed out through the leaves by your re-watering operation. glad to hear you managed to limit the damage. your case is probably the ultimate pepper gardener horror story :(

i also tried to get seeds from brian a couple of times and only got back elaborated email responses, maybe chris' copy&pasted ones...

hello tori, sorry for your loss. the suddenness probably suggests some external agent, else symptoms could fit bacterial wilt or damping off. where are you based in spain? it is a good idea to get it tested so that you are prepared in future years, local farmer cooperativas may point you in the...

on 2nd thoughts, p2p is not much different from photocopying the interlibrary loaned copy...

i do miss interlibrary loan services... morally reprehensible or not, that book is available in p2p networks (e.g. edonkey). good source full of techy stuff, probably not for the accidental gardener though. there's plenty of capsicum info available in spanish, try: http://www.world-pepper.org/

6 moths into the season and it is time for a quick recap. out of 37 chilli plants, almost all bar 3 have already flowered with over half of them having set (at least) some pods. 3 varieties have already matured, namely the buena mulata (delicious!), putaparió and poblano. as usual, pubescens (no...

potawie, that pod looks evil. what is the volume of the container you have it in? i am also growing madamme jeanette's so it'll be interesting to compare. i wonder what does bonda man jacques actually mean, sounds like creole of some sort...

the most often attributed bonda man jacques' origin is the martinique island (also found references to the neighbouring guadelopue and st lucía, so one may assume this chinense pepper is well spread all over that caribbean archipelago). notice the little stow away hiding inside the flower...

i was mesmerised the first time i saw pictures of this brazilian olho de peixe (fisheye) chilli, cultivated by cleômenes caminha, one of most knowledgeable chilli pepper gardeners i have come across. in his own words, he describes the variety as a "shrub plant up to 1.80m tall. dark green leaves...

seeds hit spain today, many many thanks margarida & andrés for your kindness!

i have grown chao tian jiao (朝天椒, "facing heaven"), awesome variety for the kitchen in szechuan cuisine (indispensable for kung pao!) and else. very prolific variety. got the seeds in yokohama's chinatown. here's some pics

hi talas, simojovel de allende, capital of the municipio, is 660m above mean sea level. have checked out the map and have a mountain range with peaks up to 2000-2500m. turns out i am also growing the guatemalan coban chilli this year, rather similar plants. found these pics in the local...

here's the chilito de simojovel, a chilli from chiapas. it is an annuum yet a somewhat pubescent variety. simojovel is a municipio in the highlands, north of san cristóbal de las casas, famous for ámbar production. used in the local cuisine to season tamales and re-fried frijoles. turns out that...

hi there, i keep track of crop data, here's the log for those varieties i grew last year. environmental conditions apply, yet it may give a rough order of magnitude for the maturing period. unfortunately, scorpions didn't have enough time to mature. took quite a while for nagas to lift off yet...

hello PRF, nice looking plants! it would appear they are on full load. once you pick up the pods, the plant should restart flowering, blooming fertiliser will help then.