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This season is mostly a continuation of the last season. My attempts to start a few varieties that I haven't grown have been unsuccessful thus far. To kick things off here's two of my red Rocoto plants side by side: Rocoto Red plant #1 and #3 I'm working towards figuring out why the plant on...

With Spring officially arriving I have kicked off the season a couple of seeds from a Red Rocoto pod that found its way to me. The seeds are currently soaking in distilled water after being dipped in H2O2 solution for a few minutes. Many of the plants from previous season remain. The vast...

I've noticed for some time since one of the more recent forum upgrades that HTML entities are not being displayed. A couple of examples: Jalapeño Limón I'm probably not the only person who has noticed ntilde and oacute being displayed where they should not. When I initially...

Purple flower and first purple pod on plant Reverse view I grew a couple of these last season to find they were not a match for Fluorescent Purple. The leaves were predominantly green with some purpling. The pods were not elongated, tapering to a point and pendant as the depicted in the...

It's time for my first grow log. Season Starts Capsicum Annuum:Aci Sivri Ebony Fire NotFluorescent NotPurple Goat's Weed Jalapeño Not Mild Capsicum Baccatum:Aji Amarillo Aji Cristal Aji Omnicolor Bishop's Hat Brazilian Starfish Capsicum Chinense:Beni Highlands Bahamian Goat Pepper Habanero...

I grew a yellow tomato purchased from Bunnings last season. The fruit turned orange and did not match the bright yellow photo on the Floriana Tomato Yellow tag. There's two of them in the garden again as the plant turned a productive monster. I hope to have some yellow C. Chinense pods to work...

I'm curious about the foliage of Orange Habanero plants. The Orange Habanero plants I've grown from 3 sources produced leaves that were less crinkly than the some of the other Capsicum Chinense varieties I grew. Does anyone have a good photo of the foliage of a healthy Orange Habanero plant to...

I thought it was time for my own thread. Today I harvested my ripe Habanero and Jalapeño pods. Mr Habanero Face The majority of Habanero pods are unfortunately runts. Mr Jalapeño Face The Jalapeño pod sizes are much more consistent.

I need help identifying an egg cluster on the back of a Rocoto leaf. They appear too tightly packed and well ordered to be ladybird eggs. Is anyone able to confirm my thoughts looking at the photo below? Egg cluster on the back of a Rocoto leaf

I need some help identifying the cause of white splotches on my Aji Amarillo leaves. It begins with a few sparse spots on the leaves: On one of the worse affected leaves the majority of the leaf surface is affected: Aphids on the plant were treated with Malathion. The leaves were...