Recent content by TheWalkingPepper

It's not. The soil in the container is very different from the soil in the ground. There are many other factors that make it different. Soil compaction can change a lot of things. But I've honestly never seen any "ground" that looks remotely anything like what I have in my containers. Just being...

I have many many many plants that survive the winter. I used to think it was special and I'd save them but once I started getting more old plants than new varieties I quit doing that. Almost all of my multi-year trees are from ones that survived their first and/or second winter. They die back...

You should consider the shape of the container as well. The shape has more to say about how much water is available than the volume does. A little plant in a big pot is hard to keep alive without experience. But I wouldn't transplant the plant more than you have to. I personally use a variety...

The pic is out of focus so it's hard to see the texture. Those are most likely pubescens (rocoto) seeds, but just small. I have some Aji Oro seeds that are that small, though most in the bag are standard size. The other option is that a lot of times I get black seeds of annuums from people from...

So previous experiments have taught me that smoking peppers kinda ruins some of the flavors. Like the difference in baccatums can disappear, at least to me, under high heat. That's why when I dehydrate I use 90 degrees and I've really liked the improvement over going 120. But when the humility...

  The only new stuff I added were: Fidalga Roxa, Cheiro Roxa, CGN21500, Cabaca Roxa, Pimenta de Puma(all from puckerbutt) and Pimenta de Neyde, and Trinidad Perfume(from Refining Fire Chilies)

I figured I'd try out my new lens. I got lucky that each plant had one flower (bunch of pods though). "Now with working images" "Cheiro Roxa" Flower "CGN 21500" Flower   "Cabaca" flower

I figured I'd try out my new lens. I got lucky that each plant had one flower (bunch of pods though). "Cheiro Roxa" Flower <img>http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z471/thewalkingcrow/Peppers/IMG_2330.jpg</img>...

I sent them an email but I haven't heard back. I'm not the type to get angry over a mix up, I just want to know what I have. Cause I'm keeping what ever that creamy orange one is cause I think it looks pretty cool. They all taste baccatummy to me. I'll see about some pictures of the flowers...

I might've messed up my labels cause I didn't take the normal care I do due to injuries. But I ordered 5 varieties from Puckerbutt Seeds from the rare seeds collection and I have some oddities that I'm curious about.   This is supposed to be Cheiro Roxa, and all 3 plants I have look like this...

In the picture are the 3 that survived from last year. The left one which has an orange fruit on it and the middle one are Aji Oro. The middle one is the one that went from orange to bright red. The white bucket is a costa rican red and it's ALREADY larger than it got last year. The bottom 2 are...

I am now 100% sure it is the same plant. You can see where I pruned the main stem from last year about a half inch above the soil and then two thick main stems coming off right beneath the soil level. It is next to the other Aji Oro I grew last year and that one is just as bright orange as it...

I planted an Aji Oro, a rocoto, in a bucket last year and it made yellow almost orangish fruits that were really flavorful and extremely juicy. This year it's larger and red. Very red. It's a 2 year old plant that got frozen when the greenhouse failed and returned from the dead. The same...

Just because there isn't any bubbling doesn't mean the ferment isn't working. I've had some not bubble at all and I've had some that bubbled for just one day. I've also had some explosively bubble and that was a real problem. It ended up ruining it cause something got in it that wasn't supposed...

I ran across this the other day. http://www.chilepepperinstitute.org/content/files/impact_of_drought_stress.pdf The results are on around page 5 or the end of 4 if I remember right.