⌘ Spicegeist 2013 ⌘

JoynersHotPeppers · Jan 17, 2013

Great work thus far, we are only expecting rain from this storm...think I'd rather snow at this point.

Spicegeist · Jan 17, 2013

The snow is awesome, although I barely made it home on these slippery roads.

Some more of my 2011 crosses:

Sonoran Chiltepin (Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum) x 7 Pot Barrackpore (C. chinense) F1:

CAP 501 (C. chacoense) x Bhut (most likely, but potentially another C. chinense) F1:

Choco Bhut x Douglah F1:

And my only C. frutescens so far, Donne Sali from Wayright:

Mostly, here's how things look right now:

Mezo · Jan 17, 2013

C. galapagoenses, hairy little things eh, i had a girlfriend with a top lip like that once, i say once.

Good luck with your thirteen, oops there you go ive gone a cursed it by saying thirteen. :confused:

Mezo.

howardsaz9 · Jan 17, 2013

Nice looking plants, we are just getting the snow right now.. hopefully not too much..

Spicegeist · Jan 17, 2013

Mezo said:
C. galapagoenses, hairy little things eh, i had a girlfriend with a top lip like that once, i say once.

Good luck with your thirteen, oops there you go ive gone a cursed it by saying thirteen.

Mezo.

It's okay, there are more not in that shot

howardsnm1 said:
Nice looking plants, we are just getting the snow right now.. hopefully not too much..

Thanks, yeah, it'll melt before you know it anyway...

millworkman · Jan 17, 2013

Have you smelt the Galaps yet?

Spicegeist · Jan 17, 2013

millworkman said:
Have you smelt the Galaps yet?

Indeed I have! I kept brushing up against the large one there to get a shot of another plant and it smelled like paint... in a good way :drunk:

I find my chacoense crosses have a very distinctive odor, especially noticeable when I water them after they get dry...

Pr0digal_son · Jan 17, 2013

Nice looking plants Charles! I am curious to see the chaco x bhut. I notice my c.pubes giving off an odor.

Spicegeist · Jan 17, 2013

I have at least 3 of these, maybe 5 laying around the house, they all don't look identical so I really don't know what's going on. Some look like a regular chacoense, others definitely a cross... all grown from seed from the same pod. The first one which ripened off that plant, and I believe I pollinated it with a bhut, but not 100% sure...

RedtailForester · Jan 17, 2013

Very nice looking fuzzy babies Charles!

Pr0digal_son said:
I notice my c.pubes giving off an odor.

Try regular showers! :rofl:

Spicegeist · Jan 17, 2013

RedtailForester said:
Very nice looking fuzzy babies Charles!

Thanks Dan! Last year my galapas didn't do much for me, I had one plant and it barely gave me a few fruits and then it spontaneously died on me mid way through the winter. I really hope these will yield for me...

TheShadowOfX · Jan 17, 2013

Can't believe how furry those things are.

gasificada · Jan 17, 2013

Oh man, this is gonna be such an awesome glog to follow, Charles! :cool:

Nice list and super keen to see how some of those crosses are gonna turn out! Are some of them the ones you were keeping a secret?

I have actually been trying to cross CAP 501 with Bhut myself... so far though, still no luck (although I did manage to get a special Annuum x Chaco to take though and *possibly* a second

). Seeing as I can see the results from yours though, I might have to start trying to cross it with another Chinense now. You can see the Chinense in there, can't you?

So inspired right now I might just have to start one or two of my new crosses now instead of waiting for next season.......

RedtailForester · Jan 17, 2013

I wasn't planning on planting any of my Galapa seeds but you inspired me to throw a couple in the trays. Dang it. . . . .I think I may have a problem. :banghead:

Spicegeist · Jan 17, 2013

TheShadowOfX said:
Can't believe how furry those things are.

I know, they're really great. C. praetermissum, cumari pollux at least, is also very furry and a robust grower, easier to take care of than galapas for sure.

gasificada said:
Oh man, this is gonna be such an awesome glog to follow, Charles! Nice list and super keen to see how some of those crosses are gonna turn out! Are some of them the ones you were keeping a secret?

I have actually been trying to cross CAP 501 with Bhut myself... so far though, still no luck (although I did manage to get a special Annuum x Chaco to take though and *possibly* a second ). Seeing as I can see the results from yours though, I might have to start trying to cross it with another Chinense now. You can see the Chinense in there, can't you?

So inspired right now I might just have to start one or two of my new crosses now instead of waiting for next season.......

Thanks Jonny, I really was not expecting that cross to happen, but it did, definitely with a chinense. I overwintered the parent CAP 501 and it looks like it'll survive, so I'll make some more controlled crosses now that I know it is capable. If they're flowering, may as well right? I can send you some seed of whatever I manage to keep alive too later on down the road.

RedtailForester said:
I wasn't planning on planting any of my Galapa seeds but you inspired me to throw a couple in the trays. Dang it. . . . .I think I may have a problem.

If I can just get these to flower, fruit and ripen before the season is over I'll be happy. The year I get a healthy mature galapagoense and a solid harvest I'll be a happy man...

pepperproblem · Jan 17, 2013

Nice pics and plants Spicy.

Portuge · Jan 17, 2013

This one is gonna be a great one to follow, interesting crosses. Looking forward to watchin your plants grow...

roper2008 · Jan 17, 2013

We might get 1/2" tonight, but it doesn't feel cold enough for it. I don't think we will get any snow.

Spicegeist · Jan 17, 2013

roper2008 said:
We might get 1/2" tonight, but it doesn't feel cold enough for it. I don't think we will get any snow.

I heard you were supposed get some out there... this has been a crazy winter...