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  Nigel, any updates?

  The plant was looking absolutely fantastic for a while.  It was growing like a tree, was loaded with pods and flowers, and the leaves had turned a darker shade of green.  Unfortunately, the wind and heavy rain knocked it over during the monsoon.  It still lives, but it doesn't stand up...

Same here.  Not a single pod off one of my superhots, or, come to think of it, any chinense varieties.  Bad seeds and forgetfulness made me start too late this year.  At least my chiltepins are loaded!

Noodles

I can use a needle, but cannot make anything impressive.   Do you like movies about gladiators?

Thorburn

  They can become a pretty large bush if cultivated properly.  Container size is the biggest factor in how big a pepper plant can be.

We found a plant a year or two ago, over at Harlow Gardens, I believe.  I really know very little about the ancestry of this one.  The pods aren't nearly as hot or flavorful as the Sonora natives, but the plant's visual beauty makes up for it!

These lovely plants are finally flowering!  Worth the wait!    

Don't most chinense varieties take about 90 days or so to ripen?   Pods will also ripen off the plant once picked if you get them close enough to ripening naturally, sunlight speeds this up.   Good luck, ob

Finally an update about this plant worth sharing!   I have four Cayenne x BC plants, and one of them has set pods.   The flowers are quite beautiful, white with purple tipped petals.   As you can see, the pods themselves are erect and black [insert penis joke here] (I know, its technically a...

Both root binding and nutrient deficiency are usually marked by yellowed leaves rather than healthy green ones.  ConMan, what do the leaves look like, are they wrinkled, etc.?   Pictures always help.   This may also be an issue with watering.

Lemon zest goes great in chili oil.   Just sayin'

In case you hadn't read this somewhere before, 7 pots have their name because they supposedly have enough heat to spice seven pots of chili or stew, though I know of some people on this forum that would use seven chiles for a single pot!

They do look like annuum, strongly resembling cayenne.  I have not heard of this variety before, but google image search gives me lots of different-looking peppers all called Kashmiri.  Perhaps instead of one specific variety, Kashmiri refers to any species from the Kashmir region?  Just my two...

Honestly, the antennae don't look to me like a mosquito's, and the legs are not bent enough at the ends.

I believe 31 this year, assuming all of the seedlings survive.   What is the worst experience you have had with capsaicin?

This sounds like a sauce Nigel would like...

If people say they are selling seeds, they are usually selling seeds.  Some sellers will include the dried pods with the seeds but more often than not you will just get seeds.   If you want the peppers themselves, shop around for whole dried or fresh pods.   I hope I answered your question well...

I have found these around my hoop house, particularly on my chiltepin plants. What are these guys, what do they do, should I worry about them? They are quite small, maybe the size of a pencil lead, perhaps a bit smaller.