⌘ Spicegeist 2013 ⌘

roper2008 · Sep 13, 2013

I grew the Tarahumara from CCN last year. This year I purchased the Chintexle from CNN. They are all turning soft immediately upon ripening, are yours.

Devv · Sep 13, 2013

Nice pods there Charles!

And thanks again for the seeds!

Have a great weekend!

MGOLD86 · Sep 13, 2013

Lookin really awesome Charles. Got some gnarly lookin pods.

windchicken · Sep 18, 2013

This is Charles' answer to my request for a few seeds of Sonoran Chiltepin x Barrackpore 7 Pot (Just so you know, the small envelopes are filled with fresh pods of bird type chiles):

I tried some of the CAP 501 x Bhut (the Tabasco-looking pods in the lower right of the pik) right away...WOW! A botanical masterpiece! You are doing amazing things Charles! Keep up the good work, and thanks so much...I'm excitedly anticipating my bird pepper project of 2014, and you can be sure several of these varieties will figure prominently...

Thanks so much!

Portuge · Sep 19, 2013

Sweet package of goodies you received from Charles... Christmas came early for you Windchicken

Vegas_Chili · Sep 19, 2013

windchicken said:
This is Charles' answer to my request for a few seeds of Sonoran Chiltepin x Barrackpore 7 Pot (Just so you know, the small envelopes are filled with fresh pods of bird type chiles):

I tried some of the CAP 501 x Bhut (the Tabasco-looking pods in the lower right of the pik) right away...WOW! A botanical masterpiece! You are doing amazing things Charles! Keep up the good work, and thanks so much...I'm excitedly anticipating my bird pepper project of 2014, and you can be sure several of these varieties will figure prominently...

Thanks so much!

Nice goodies! I can't wait to start the tepin x barrackpore cross. I'm starting them in about 2 weeks when the electricity costs go down and I stop using the A/C.

I tasted Mike's cross (tepin x lemon drop) and I loved it and now I want to try these out. I have a tepin flowering right now and a peach bhut, and a choco bhut. So I'm gonna attempt to cross these out to see what will come out. Any findings I'll let you know and hopefully I have succes and share seed. Well see what happens

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, Walter

Pulpiteer · Sep 19, 2013

Very nice package of peppers Charles! I'm waiting for another pepper to ripen from the seeds you sent me, but I have to be honest, they scare me a little. They're pretty freakin hot.

Solem22 · Sep 20, 2013

You have got some crazy crosses growing. Everything looks awesome!

Spicegeist · Sep 26, 2013

I haven't been keeping track of things so well, but here are some (there were more) goodies I just got in the mail today from Pr0digal_son:

Thanks John!

JoynersHotPeppers · Sep 26, 2013

Nice assortment of goodies!

Spicegeist · Sep 26, 2013

roper2008 said:
I grew the Tarahumara from CCN last year. This year I purchased the Chintexle from CNN. They are all turning soft immediately upon ripening, are yours.

I got my Tarahumara from Native Seeds/SEARCH and they've been really great, probably my favorite chiltepin at the moment. The chintexle I'm growing were from Pepperproblem and they do seem to want to dry out, when off the plant they dry out pretty fast.
I should also mention I got some great stuff from standbyandfire and RedtailForester, just didn't snap the pics in time.

capsidadburn · Sep 26, 2013

Hey Charles, Just wanted to say I got the chance to taste fresh pods from your Bonda Ma Jacques x Yellow 7 cross. Gary sent me a few pods from one of his better plants. It was really nice! I deseeded in a hurry and did not glove which I usually don't. Paying for it too. I love how thick the flesh is with great heat. I'm looking forward to growing it with all the other crosses.

I'm a little bummed at the moment, I was supposed to be seeing Blondie and X tonight, but I hurt my back at work helping someone lift something. My wife went with a friend though.

Have a good weekend!
Mike

Spicegeist · Sep 26, 2013

Sorry about missing Blondie, hope you were able to enjoy the quiet time though.

Gary did a great job growing out those bonda x y7, I'm glad you enjoyed it too. It will be interesting to see how they stabilize eventually...

Portuge · Sep 30, 2013

Hey Charles, do you still need some growers to grow out your crosses? Im still interested...

Spicegeist · Oct 1, 2013

Portuge said:
Hey Charles, do you still need some growers to grow out your crosses? Im still interested...

Of course, let's talk.

Here's something I've been wondering about, the Leaf Curling Spider. I've been seeing quite a few of these, does anyone know the story of how they got from Australia to the US or do we also have a native species? Kind of interesting they survive here too if they aren't native.

illWill · Oct 1, 2013

This is awesome you are definitely raising my interest in crosses!

capsidadburn · Oct 1, 2013

Cool ripe looking spider Charles! Surely there is a native variety or two, I see a lot of them here too. I don't think the one's I've seen look like that.

Devv · Oct 1, 2013

Interesting spider, love the web it weaves. They eat the bad guys!

Have a great week!

windchicken · Oct 2, 2013

capsidadburn said:
Hey Charles, Just wanted to say I got the chance to taste fresh pods from your Bonda Ma Jacques x Yellow 7 cross. Gary sent me a few pods from one of his better plants. It was really nice! I deseeded in a hurry and did not glove which I usually don't. Paying for it too. I love how thick the flesh is with great heat. I'm looking forward to growing it with all the other crosses.

I'm a little bummed at the moment, I was supposed to be seeing Blondie and X tonight, but I hurt my back at work helping someone lift something. My wife went with a friend though.

Have a good weekend!
Mike

Mike and Charles,

I'm eating one of the fresh BMJxY7 pods with some tortilla chips as I type this, and I must say it's spanking me far worse than either of the parents could....Once again, Charles, you are a master of chile breeding! Thanks

Mike, I'm bummed that you hurt your back and missed the show...Back in the day we would have partied thru the pain, right? Wiser now....

Spicegeist · Oct 3, 2013

I grew some Chiltepin Amarillo from JoynernsHotPeppers, one plant produced pods like his and another plant must have mutated, it seems too similar to be a cross:

I thought the Indiana Pequin and the Duke Pequin were the same, but the Duke seems to have more elongated pods (bottom pic):

One Chiltepin Armac looks like it crossed with a serrano and the other looks more like a chiltepin, but not exactly round like the parent pods:

The two red pods in the middle are Chiltepin Hermosillo from two different plants (one is huge), the orange pods are the Chiltepin Amarillo mentioned above:

CGN 12020 (I think that's what it was), C. frutescens

Bhut Jolokia 'Guhahati'

Some nice placenta on the inside: