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Well as a comparison I found... Hot Lemon - yellow pods, largest pods, least heat, got to be 1 foot tall, produced no pods last month and producing about 6 now. Lemon drop - yellow pods, pod size in between other two, hotter, got to be only 6 inches tall, produced 2 or 3 pods last month and...

Fantastic! :rolleyes: How do you get to the pods on the back plants without trampling the ones in front?

That was funny! I thought he was gonna pull his jaw off.

What's this got to do with the price of chilies in New Mexico???

Yep, the pods look just like my Tabscos. Didn't know they grow in Burma.

Hydroponics - adding a new hobby to your growing hobby.

That's terrible! Did it get sick? :)

Just a quick update on my yellowjackets... I never saw them in my garden before. Since they cleaned out my tomato worms, I haven't seen them again. They must be living in a neighbor's yard and just came over cause they smelled(?) the caterpillars. Works for me.

Ackkkk! Looks almost like the tomato worms I had. Quick, get some yellowjackets! Like something out of "Aliens" huh? :) But how much damage will the caterpillars do before the larvae kill them? Maybe better to squish them quick. If you kill them (without squishing them...I dunno cut them in...

Purty peppers! What is the color progression? Does it go purple to red or red to purple?

Don't worry, all. They are just slooowww growers. I started my Morich and Dorsets back in January and am just getting my first pod.

Yes, these aren't bees. Bees are great pollinators and should be encouraged in the garden. Yellow jackets are in the wasp family (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowjacket). Unlike bees who can only sting once and then die, yellow jackets can sting as many times as they want as well as bite with...

So once you get to the F2, F3, F4, etc. generations, what do you cross them with? Others of the same generation or keep crossing them with F1s? ie: Plant A x Plant B F1 x F1 F2 x F1 F3 x f1

How does it taste on pasta? ;)

So to sum it all up: DNA testing has not been done so everyone is just taking their best guess.