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Good to see you here. Spent a little time at Fort Irwin, California myself. California is definitely a different atmosphere than what I'm used to here in North Carolina. At any rate, good to have you aboard. First you start a garden and then the next thing you know you will be crossing peppers...

Hello from North Carolina and nice to meet another chili head. I'm also a hybridizing nut and have created several different beautiful and good tasting chili. My food is my art and my art is good for my soul so to speak. It is what gives me some contentment to say the least as I look out over a...

Nice to meet you and yes... things are changing fast. Sitting here looking at some Biker Billy x Black Cubans and not only do I know they are going to be dark as heck, but I know the heat is going to be extreme for a jalapeno. Guess you can guess I love hybridizing and growing out jalapeno type...

Welcome from North Carolina. I was stationed at Fort Sam Houston, Texas and worked at both Brooks Army Medical Center and the Akyrod Blood Donor center years ago. Any chance your a veteran? Either way, miss that place for the food and the atmosphere both. Nice beautiful botanical garden there as...

100% of the proceeds for any sale goes to Disabled American Veterans for the chili seed listed on my ebay page. If you want to feel good this holiday and come away with some very nice genetics please consider a donation. https://www.ebay.com/itm/275558521018

My personal favorite for flavor is the humble poblano with its mild heat and great flavor that virtually anyone can eat and enjoy. That is why the poblano features in so many of my hybrids. Next in line is the common jalapeno. There is a reason, in my mind at least, that those two are some of...

I am running a fund raiser where 100% of the proceeds will go to Disabled American Veterans on my listings. It is my first time with Ebay fundraising so some money will be donated directly by Ebay and the rest will be donated directly by myself. Anyone who purchases the seed shown will 100% be...

What is new about this for me is not the emasculation process. But rather the way I slice into the straw making a seat for the peduncle to sit with opposite sides clamped down tight. It does take a little more time and patience, but I like it for my platinum crosses.

Believe it or not, this simple marking system has evolved quite a bit over the years. My latest minor additions make a world of difference for me personally when dealing with very small Capsicum flowers. I hope it helps someone here.

Who understands that selections make a difference in their grow out from one generation to the next? Who understands a cross can evolve even if relatively stable and well past the 8th filial generation?

Why is it that some vendors give credit to the friend of the hybridizer rather than the hybridizer?

I have seen a reference where a Peter Merle is responsible for the Brown Jalapeno and acquired them from an unknown source. Looking around on the web I see many different phenotypes of Brown Jalapeno. I am interested in your Brown Jalapeno as I have heard you may have been one of the first to...

A better question might be , How many hybridizers have you actually seen make a single documented cross? My bet is that you could count them all on one hand. Making a cross by hand... it is something many will claim but few will be able to prove.

You pose a very interesting question. To answer that even in part, I would have to explain that many hybrids such as Wartryx, C3P0, etc. are the result of insects so the real ancestry is not really known. When you see vendors selling hybrids with a known ancestry and an unknown hybridizer...

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Grow some seeds from the suspected hybrid. If you get a lot of diversity then you likely have a cross. If however you get very little diversity... you could still have a cross. A hybrid between two different jalapeno for instance will not have as much variability as a hybrid between a poblano...

100's of plants sown at the f2 wouldn't even touch the tip of possibilities hidden in a good cross, but it would provide you with enough golden magic to make some darn sweet selections. I try to sow a full seed tray and plant seed like grass. When they spring up, I would often start to cull for...

It is a myth that simply progressing along the generations makes for a stable and true breeding pepper. What is true? The more homozygous the pepper is the more true breeding it is. It is entirely possible to select for an unstable phenotype every generation and thus never reach a stable...