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In the only season that I grew a number of baccatum varieties (2017), I did grow aji cito, aji pineapple, aji lemon drop and a couple of other ones. I don't remember a lot of it but I too had read that aji cito was one of the hottest baccatums. But my experience was that the lemon drop was...

Some of the sauces from the UK based Chilli Mash co. recently became available here in Belgium. I found some of them interesting enough to give a try and have to say that I like them. I tried the reaper, ghost and scotch bonnet sauces. The bonnet sauce is great. Taste wise, the bonnet sauce is a...

Hmmm... easier to find than I thought... 🤔 https://www.vreeken.nl/202750-mexicaanse-ananas-pinuela

Very interesting 🙂 I guess I won't find these plants here, let alone the fruits. They do seem to produce more seeds than a regular pineapple, in which I usually find at most one seed per segment. Never tried growing pineapple from seed. I heard they take quite some time to germinate...

I looked those varieties up. They are apparently called wild pineapples. I noticed they produce some kind of berries. Are these edible? 🤔 They don't seem to create a crown like a "regular" pineapple does...

Some good news from Semillas that I just read on their facebook page... Text translated with google translate:

That must certainly work!

Nice 7pot flower 🙂

In the mean time I already assembled a list of possible varieties to grow out in the 2026 season. It's of course still way too early (🤔) and the list is already too long, but here it is nevertheless... Not in order of preference... Aji Margariteño Bad Brains Baker Creek Scotch Bonnet Chocolate...

I still needed to disclose what this actually was/is ☺️. Well... here it is! It's a WHP II scotch bonnet. Justin from WHP raves about this variety and I have long been wanting to give it a try... And here's another quick look at my current plants... The Humble Servants Homestead (HSH) scotch...

Very colorful. I love the orange!

Do you use them as an ingredient in a meal?