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After 13 days most Wild varieties germinated. Have sowed the second and Final batch of Hybrids and Brazilian seeds today. I scrapped some varieties from the list and below my final list Wild species 20 x C.cardenasii CAP 1530* C.cardenasii 904750136* C.cardenasii CGN 20497* Ulupica...

My 2011 season has started. Sowed 19 different Wild species incl. Trepadeira do Werner. Another batch of Hybrids and Brazilian species in 2 weeks Cleaned out the growbox Watered the RW cubes C.flexuosum's Wild species C.cardenasii CAP 1530* C.cardenasii 904750136* C.cardenasii CGN...

C.flexuosum crossing project http://wildchilli.eu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=521

Added some more species to list :roll: , some interesting Wild Hybrids. Wild Hybrids UC, Davis "Tepin from Peru" X Wild Brazil UC, Davis "Tepin from Peru" X Mariwiri Locato X Cgn19198#2 UC, Davis "Tepin from Peru" "Mariwiri" Duke Pequin X Naga Morich CGN19198#2 Brazilian species Pimenta de...

Happy New Year! Bought me a new propagator with integrated heating system. I used a heating mat in my old one which was to small to heat up the entire propagator completely. I got it on sail and paid €30 and wasn't to happy with the low power output but I'm surprised that the temperature in the...

Those temperatures can be rally destructive to flowering plants. It's very likely that flowers will drop and not set fruit. Last year we had temps up to 35 degreesC which caused mayor flower drop on my plants. Good luck

Article about Duke Pequin C.frutescens http://www.wildchilli.eu/index.php/cfrutescens-duke-pequin

Well within 3 weeks you should see some signs of life, but longer periods/shorter are possible.

Hi Mikko, I have had good succes with C.lanceolatum and ulupica but I must say that the shell of C.lanceolatum can be very tough to crack. You might want to soak them overnight prior to sowing to get more chance on success. Keep temps around 29 degrees and everything should be fine Good luck lee

Hi Mike, Great pictures. The last pictures shows some frost damage on the stem but the pods seems to be doing fine. thanks!

Thanks all. It will be an interesting year Hi Judy, I grew it this year and it's indeed not the fastest one. I harvested the pods from CAP1491 last week! while being inside for about 8 weeks now. Hi Chris, They are not the same as the USDA accession but I'm not sure if it's C.flexuosum...

Hi Mikko, Have been busy :-). But I'm not gone.. Will check in soon. Merry X-mas

Hi Mikko, Good to see you here on THP. Merry X-mas

It's the time of the year to get my list for 2011 sorted. I will grow some Brazilian species as well. I'm very interested in the Trepadeira do Werner which was recently collected in the wild somewhere in Brazil. It seems that it's growing habits resembles a climber/vine. The Brazilian species...

I think the seeds will be good as long as they are dry enough. All seeds at genebanks are being stored in freezers http://www.wildchilli.eu/index.php/excursion-cgn

Short article http://wildchilli.eu/index.php/excursion-cgn

C.eximium C.flexuosum CAP 1491

C.lanceolatum 2009 front back C.rhomboideum 2009

Last few days we had some nightfrost with temperatures down to -6C. Daytime temps. are about 0.5C Some evidence of the frost Plant dropped some leaves due to the lack of sun but overall the plant looks good. Fruits are still maturing :). Translucent pods, you can even see the black seeds

C.rhomboideum 2009 Trimmed some leaves Wired some branches