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I planted some seeds last sunday and the first seedlings are coming up a week later.   I didn't use any special treatment of the seeds, just used the molcajete to gently crack the dry pods open and then seeds straight to moist soil.          

  Sure, just message me your address and I can send some pods.       Pequin and tepin are very similar and the names are used interchangeably with many people.    Short version is the chiltepín is usually small and round with distinct small leaves.   The chile pequin is a more domesticated...

Sounds good, I'll send em out today or tomorrow.

No sign of life yet. I thought i would have something by now.

I've got plenty of wild collected texas chiltepín seeds if you need any. 

Life and babies have gotten in the way of growing these scotch bonnets. the seeds are around 5 years old now and stored at room temperature.   I put about a hundred in soil to germinate. Fingers crossed some will grow into healthy bushes.     

Did you ever find these?

I just made some tacos and put one fresh tepín in each.   When I bite into the intact pepper I get an instant jolt of ripe tepín flavor. Then the sides of my tongue start to feel some heat and the back of my throat. My sinuses start to open up and my eyes tear a bit. Then about 30 seconds later...

Here is a plant in my backyard today growing along a small Loquat tree. I picked a 100 or more peppers today off the backyard plants. I grew these backyard plants from wild collected seeds.   The peppers in the round white container came off of the wild plants a couple days ago. Thanks for...

Here's some older photos of the plants about 5 years ago.        

Let's trade some wild collected chiltepín seeds.   I have some that were picked from very old plants in the colorado river valley near east Austin. Elevation about 450'   In the wild here they grow under nurse trees like Hackberries. If conditions are right they will climb 10' or more. When ripe...

Is there going to be a 2018 contest?! I'm starting some scotch bonnets today.

Your plants are really thriving Trident. I'm hooked on the flavor of the yellow bonnets, i'm glad to see you are growing out all the different ones. I'd like to see how my grand cayman yellow bonnets would do in your garden.

The pepper garden got sidetracked when my tray of seedlings got washed out by a big rain. I started over with another 20 or so yellow scotch bonnets but they are only a few weeks old now.    I'll get some pics up once they get some size on them.    I googled the trenton famers market and they do...

I can't wait to grow them out... i've been looking for a real scotch bonnet for a few years now. The red scotch bonnets I've grown didn't have the same pungent aroma like these yellow ones. Thanks Jamison, i'm glad to see they look like a scotch bonnet should. I thought those pods I used for...