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People are still growing it, though it has gotten a lot less popular. From my experience, it has a pretty bitter soapy taste.

7. Cumin? 1. PeriPeri?

If you do it correctly, well over 50% of the time. Closer to 80-90% for me. You have to properly emasculate it at the correct time to achieve that.

Literally germinated the day after.

Very likely a Chinense with the multiple buds per node, corolla color, and constricted calyx. It does have a general "Bhut" shape. Leaves also look Chinensey. Probably a Bhut of some kind.

The Rocopica I have should be a Rocopica x Rocoto, so a backcross, though I have no clue what specific varieties Jukka used

I got some CGN19198 seeds from 3 different sources, Semillas, HRSeeds, and a trade with a person from Germany. They all look slightly different as seeds. I planted them in my Aerogarden about 3 weeks ago. I'm just wondering if anyone else has tried this and what their germination times were

What color were the flowers?

what peppers did you grow last year? They do look like a Chinense, but they have the bonnet/bell look and they have anthocyanins which ripen to red...

Did you buy them from ebay or etsy? Pretty popular scam. They are peppers, but probably sweet bells.

Wow, a bit more anticlimactic than I expected, but still neat

Lemon Drops are very susceptible to sunburn. Though I never had flowers get sunburnt. There are also purple Capsicum Baccatums, so it could be a cross, but that is very unlikely

The hottest landraces seem to come from either South Asia with the Naga Morich and Bhut Jolokia or Trinidad with the 7 Pot Peppers and the Trinidad Scorpions.   I don't know if it because the 7 Pot Dogulah is bitter, but I found it to be extremely pungent and not pleasant at all. Far worse than...