glog 1st time Growing Zimbabwe Bird🌶️

I've started a few seeds, I got from Amazon.

I've seen some call Zimbabwe
Anuum and some people say they are
fructescens
That doesn't matter too much.
I'm going to try to grow them up to fruit and save seeds for sharing and collecting pollen for breeding.
Also I want to hear from people that have grown Zimbabwe Bird Peppers. Any advice on growing these is much appreciated.
Maybe help confirm that I have an actual Zim .
Because I got the seeds from Amazon


Here's my 2 babies

I might need help growing them
I will be posting pics of the grow process.
Thanks

 

[HerbCasa]

Yeah but No
The point of poking

Holes in my soil and all that
Was to try to get them to survive until I see roots out the bottom.
Remember?

I'm hoping they fill out the pot so I can transplant them into a bigger pot

Then I can finish using this pot that is on its last limbs.

I will take your advice on using new soil but,

If I'm going to do that ,
I will use another seed and a different Pot

Stay tuned

 

[HerbCasa]

I decided to eliminate the Periwinkle
But I am keeping the other weed.

I heard rocks used as mulch works for insect repellent.

Well..

It helped in the plant's recovery

Now It doesn't look so bad.
I think the rocks fixed it.

I don't know anything
bout this nice weed


No New Seeds

 

[Englander]

Hi Guy's

I've still got all four Zimbabwe bird chillies on my kitchen window sill.........one in 2 litre pot two in 1 litre pot's and the runt in 1/litre pot.

All have "Y"d and have buds but different sized "Y"s

2 litre pot currently the specimen I'll keep........quiet a large "Y"

About to flower

1 litre pot and large "Y"

1 litre pot but much smaller "Y"

The runt in 1/2 litre pot again a small " Y"

 

[Englander]

Hi Guy's

7th October .....................

First Zimbabwe bird chilli flower

 

[Englander]

Hi Guy's

I've now got 3 of the 4 Zimbabwe bird chillies in flower

The little Runt has buds but no flowers yet ..................

Nothing remarkable or unusual in the above ..........however this leads me to the reason for today's post two of the plant's have pure white flowers the third is white with purple edges

Two plant's have these beautiful Pure white flowers which I'm assuming is the colour they should be ?

The third plant has these gorgeous purple edged flowers but I'm pretty sure it shouldn't !

Any ideas ? Accidental cross ? Natural variation ?

I'd welcome input

Looks like I'm going to have to keep a close eye on this oddity.............

 

[Downriver]

Any ideas ? Accidental cross ? Natural variation ?

I've seen the Zimbabwe Bird Pepper described as an Annuum, and I've seen it described as a Frutescens.

Annuum flowers are typically white, Frutescens flowers are typically purple-tinged.

That's all I got.

 

[ahayastani]

I heard rocks used as mulch works for insect repellent.

If I use rocks as "mulch", my plants would be toasted. Rocks take up heat, I only use it with a Pachypodium.

 

[RobStar]

This is annuum var glabriusculum. Capsicum frutescens has small greenish flowers similar to chinense.
The flavour and heat are very similar to frutescens. The texture is somewhat different when ripe though: frutescens are mushy with small seeds and annuum var glabriusculum are thinner-fleshed with large hard seeds.
I used to grow frutescens but found that annuum var glabriusculum is better suited to my climate (temperate) as frutescens is more a subtropical taxon.

 

[Bou]

This is annuum var glabriusculum. Capsicum frutescens has small greenish flowers similar to chinense.
The flavour and heat are very similar to frutescens. The texture is somewhat different when ripe though: frutescens are mushy with small seeds and annuum var glabriusculum are thinner-fleshed with large hard seeds.
I used to grow frutescens but found that annuum var glabriusculum is better suited to my climate (temperate) as frutescens is more a subtropical taxon.

Hey @RobStar, I'm going to hijack this thread for a second (sorry @HerbCasa): to your knowledge, would you associate these flowers (small and greenish) to Capsicum frutescens? Not sure what I have here as it was supposed to be a C. chinense. Might also be a cross, IDK...

Flower size comparison :

 

[RobStar]

Hey @Bou that fits in the range of chinense. I wouldn't be concerned, it looks about right.
Capsicum frutescens flowers are really small and the petal margins are somewhat rolled inwards (the petals look like little boats). When you see them you will instantly know!

 

[Bou]

Hey @Bou that fits in the range of chinense. I wouldn't be concerned, it looks about right.
Capsicum frutescens flowers are really small and the petal margins are somewhat rolled inwards (the petals look like little boats). When you see them you will instantly know!

Ok, so only smaller than the average C chinense flowers! Thanks a lot

 

[HerbCasa]

 

[Englander]

Hi Guy's

Some of my Zim birds are going to new homes on Monday

I just noticed the 3 with pure white flowers are all producing upward pointing pod's

But the one with purple edges on the flower's are down facing............

I'm assuming the purple tinge plant is a cross...................

Interesting but I'll probably let it go simply due to space limitations....

 

[HerbCasa]

Thanks for sharing
We want to see ZIMBABWE peppers

Mine isn't doing much

It is alive

 

[HerbCasa]

I was able to switch the plants into a similar sized pot with different soil and I took the rocksoft.


The plants are barely photogenic and still pests damaged.

Rough Looking

I will give them some liquid fertilizer and hopefully they grow some more

 

[HerbCasa]

The Zimbabwes are still growing little by little.

Doing a little better as I continue to nurture them by bringing them indoors and now they are back outside

 

[Englander]

Hi Guy's

My original Zimbabwe bird chilli was going great gun's on my kitchen window sill until it was became infested by little critters finally just binned it

3rd of January 2025 resowed from my original Simpson seeds...............fast forward to today................

Zimbabwe bird chilli the next generation coming along nicely

A few are ear marked for friends and I'll probably keep a couple to play with possibly a small kratky hydroponic and a soil one.

 

[Englander]

Hi Guy's

Today I "kratkyfied" one of my Zimbabwe bird chillies it's in a 3" net pot plan is to eventually move it into a 5 litre kratky bucket

It will be interesting to compare the development between this fella and the potted Zims.......

 

[HerbCasa]

@Englander
Thanks for showing the new plants and projects.

I have been seeing a lot of new growth on my Zimbabwe pepper plants.

Nice new leaves

This specimen definitely interesting to compare.

Thanks again for keeping us posted

 

[Englander]

Hi Guy's

All this years spare Zims are in new homes all on window legdes I keep getting updates

The single Zim I kept and transferred into kratky hydroponics is a bit behind its brothers and sisters who are all indoors most have tons of buds a a few flowers !

However I'm not worried as the transfer to kratky probably upset it a little plus it's been outside in the greenhouse for a month or more now .......day time highs 25 oC - 28oC but night temps of 4oC -7oC

My Zim now in a 5 litre kratky in a 3" net pot this will be it's final home.

It doesn't have a mass of roots yet a only few air roots but I'm expecting it to go crazy soon !

How's your Zims doing.........