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Hello! I was very into growing peppers a few years ago and at the time wondered how the pepper taste has changed over the years. Wondering led me to find a vintage "red crushed pepper" jar on ebay that seems to be from about 1940(?). The jar was full! And has LOTS of seeds. Due to a large life...

I've grown quite a few low/no heat peppers and the best one I've tasted yet is the Murupi Doce. It has detectable heat but it's hardly there, would be great sliced onto salads (although they're also great to eat straight off the plant). It's sweet and chinensey flavoured. Most other low/no heats...

Interesting thread.   I'm also trying to germinate some very old seeds (50+ years at an estimate).     The seeds have been kept in an unknown condition for all this time, and they may even have been oven dried to begin with but it's fun to try :) I've got some in a paper towels and some in...

I crossed a chinense with an annum. The F1 produced pods no problem! However, after three years of overwintering I am yet to find a seed in the pods :( They backcrossed fine however. I'm in the process of crossing the backcrosses with the F1 to see if I can get anything to produce seeds (totally...

Here is the state of the annum-chinense micrograft. Interesting how the graft site has healed:

Been experimenting with grafting for the last couple seasons. Mostly I've been trying to plonk two plants onto one so I can have two varieties in one pot so saving space. My hypothesis is that if both sides are drawing from the same rootstock they will thrive equally, whereas two plants in one...

Hello!   I'm looking to buy or trade some Aji Margariteño seeds. Please look at my profile to see what I have for trade. I'm in the UK if that affects things.   I've been trying to grow as many low no heat chinense varieties as I can and this is one I think holds promise. I'm interested any...

Happened to me this year with a Brain Strain pod: Kinda freaked me out and the whole pod went in the bin.

JungleRain sells a lot of interesting crosses: http://junglerain.com.au/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=12&Itemid=65 As does this site: http://chili-pepper.ch/index.php/chili-sortenliste-foto There's a translate thingy on the page :) It's easy to find the crosses...

FYI I believe you can actually already purchase seeds for this cross: http://www.bh-froe.c...roducts_id=2801 Never grown it though.

Not to worry, thanks for replying anyway! :)

Hi j.t., just tried to send you a PM about a possible seed swap, but for some reason it said you can't receive any new messages?

Hi PaddyMc! Those first two varieties sound amazing (Aji Margariteño and Mako Akokosrade). I'd love to try them. I'm assuming that the SSE is the Seed Savers Exchange? Unfortunately I'm in the UK and they do not deliver to us. If you have spare seeds and are willing I could PM you a...

Didn't know what I was looking at there for a second Mezo! I almost panic quit my browser cos I was work :D They can smell the chillis! Would a chicken even flinch eating a superhot or can't they detect capsaicin at all? Those bags seem like a good idea... are they watertight?

Holy crap! Need to grab a pair of lab specs :mouthonfire: Glad the seeds made it to you. Let me know how you get on with germination. Ben.

Thanks for the info Balázs! :) I'll have to try pickling some. Mezo PM your address and I'll post them asap. The peppers are not hot hot, but still hot, much hotter than 500-1500 SHU. The cherry peppers you show seem more trapezoidal, mine were very round. I'll send you plenty of seeds...

Hi Mezo! Great thread :D You said you're half Hungarian, that's why you were looking for the Hungarian Hot Wax? Well I went on a holiday to Hungary a few years ago and bought these dried chillis in a market in Budapest : I managed to grow the seeds last year : POTAWIE thinks they were...

Here's my DIYed LED lamp (Johnny 5 imitator) : Made him to help my seedlings grow over winter. 1 x royal blue, 1 x blue, 1 x far red, 1 x red, 1 x cool white... all 3w leds. Mounted on an old computer heatsink with a DIYed LED driver. Ben.