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Maybe this is just incidental, but I notice the same thing with my apocalypse reds. The first flowers have a green tinge to the petals & they all fall off. Later in the season, the flower petals are white & will set fruit...

Awe broer. Welkom :welcome:

Welcome, fellow ZA'er :welcome:

Sweet paprika is my favourite. I add slices to my pickled jalapenos or just add it, chopped, to any cooked dish.

It's called tomato sauce in South Africa, ketchup if you're getting it from Burger King. A 3 on the hotness scale would be good, not so hot your face melts off, but just enough heat. lol

Welkom :welcome:

Cross pollination is only important for plants you want to save seeds from. I would move those 5m/10m away from other plants. If you're not saving seeds, it doesn't matter. I have 16 plants of various cultivars right next to each other on a stand, and really not bothered about cross pollination...

Massive necro, but did any seeds germinate of the pods from mala market?

My go-to for all seeds is a few drops of Dip & Root (4-Indole-3-Butyric Acid & 1-Naphty-Acetic Acid) in the soak. I've managed to get some 15 year old birdseye seeds to germinate. Granted, those seeds were from a pod I found at the back of the fridge, that my dad grew before he passed on.

Welcome, fellow Capetonian. Pity about the baboons, they're tenacious pests. What are you currently growing?

Congrats :) Good to hear that was the problem.

I use a local product called Ludwig's insecticide for aphids, they're usually gone after the first application. It contains garlic oil, canola oil & pyrethrum. So if you can find something similar, it should work well. A natural predator would be ladybugs if you want to go that route.

I hope you're not being too gentle. lol. I finally got my Chinense to produce 3 pods. I've noticed the style is shorter than the stamen, so I stuck a finger in a few open flowers & gave it a light rub.

:welcome: from South Africa. One thing I don't see in your pics is a fan. Without bees, either air movement or some other pollination method is needed. I've noticed with my only chinense, the bees don't visit at all or maybe I just don't see them as often since the flowers are light green & not...

:welcome: from Cape Town, South Africa. Are the Irish still so nice as I remember? lol. I spent some time in Swords & Stamullen many years ago.

How about cold drying it in the fridge? I know it works for thin-skinned peppers like birdseye, I found a few crispy ones that I forgot about & discovered after a month. I didn't try any of them & decided to just keep them for the seeds, so I wouldn't know whether it makes a difference in flavour.

Pepper geek & Chillichump are my 2 favourites

Chillichump & the pepper geek have some good vids on growing & making sauces & preserves., etc

:welcome: from South Africa. Someday I hope to have another holiday in Malaysia & visit my bff. I only spent some time in KL & Penang when I was there a good few years ago.