contest Ají Charapita Growdown Throwdown 2024

[bpiela]

Can I be in without voting?

 

[Pepper-Guru]

Tie breaker!!!!

 

[jgundo]

POLL CLOSED!

Ok here we go, what's the pick?

 

[The Hot Pepper]

 

[Pepper-Guru]

Drum roll please! ……

And now! The moment you’ve all been waiting for!

Thehotpepper Mystery Growdown Throwdown 2024 poll choices were:

And the REAL moment you’ve all been waiting for!

The official tie breaker of Thehotpepper Mystery Growdown Throwdown 2024 will be! …..

AJI CHARAPITA !!!!!!!!!



This will be the most challenging Growdown Throwdown in Thehotpepper history! Enjoy them and may I suggest?….Hiring some help picking them!

Kings Loot Runner Up 2023 Care Package going out to our seed liaison @Crazy Monkey . It will contain 14 packs, with 6 dried berries in each. It would be really cool if I could convince you to attempt germinating all seeds contained in the berries so I can gauge an estimated germination rate on them. Get with @Crazy Monkey and get your SASE to him ASAP. Let’s see who’s got the skills to pay the bills! After all, this will be the “mOsT eXpEnSiVe GrOwDoWn In ThE wOrLd”

 

[The Hot Pepper]

Poll edited
Do you have what it takes to be crowned the Growdown Throwdown King or Queen in 2024?

 

[jgundo]

Drum roll please! ……

And now! The moment you’ve all been waiting for!

Thehotpepper Mystery Growdown Throwdown 2024 poll choices were:

And the REAL moment you’ve all been waiting for!

The official tie breaker of Thehotpepper Mystery Growdown Throwdown 2024 will be! …..

AJI CHARAPITA !!!!!!!!!



This will be the most challenging Growdown Throwdown in Thehotpepper history! Enjoy them and may I suggest?….Hiring some help picking them!

Kings Loot Runner Up 2023 Care Package going out to our seed liaison @Crazy Monkey . It will contain 14 packs, with 6 dried berries in each. It would be really cool if I could convince you to attempt germinating all seeds contained in the berries so I can gauge an estimated germination rate on them. Get with @Crazy Monkey and get your SASE to him ASAP. Let’s see who’s got the skills to pay the bills! After all, this will be the “mOsT eXpEnSiVe GrOwDoWn In ThE wOrLd”

Can you please post an updated set of rules?

 

[The Hot Pepper]

What rules? You mean like every poll option being the same pepper, those rules?

 

[jgundo]

No rules for the grow... this will be my first time doing this.

 

[jgundo]

This year we are doing a Mystery Polling for the Growdown Throwdown 2024. Suggested by the boss @The Hot Pepper.

Only I will know what the multiple choices are.

Rules are the same as always:
1: If you vote, you must grow and show (no free lunch) and you must agree to the SASE requirement to enter.
2: Seeds are obtained by sending SASE to our volunteer seed liaison. (to be determined)
3: Since we are well into January, start them as soon as you get them.
4: Grow them all, however you want, but chose ONLY ONE plant to enter into the competition. Any cultivation method you please, but once you weigh the first harvest off your chosen plant, that's your forever plant, until the end. All weight entries are to be made from that plant the entire season.
5: You must participate and supply the other competitors with proof of life. Photos of each harvest and it's weight.
6: At the end of the year, all totals will be tallied up and the competitor with the MOST WEIGHT off a SINGLE PLANT in a SINGLE SEASON Wins.
7: The Growdown King is to be showered with gifts by all the losers.

Pretty simple right?

Here's a photo of the 4 pepper choices. Redacted of course.

Found them

 

[The Hot Pepper]

See post #1

 

[The Hot Pepper]

Can I be in without voting?

Yes!

Great turnout!

 

[Crazy Monkey]

Everybody message me and I'll get you my address for the SASBE's and I'll turn them around ad fast as I can. I'll also figure out how to get them overseas.

 

[Bou]

Drum roll please! ……

And now! The moment you’ve all been waiting for!

Thehotpepper Mystery Growdown Throwdown 2024 poll choices were:

And the REAL moment you’ve all been waiting for!

The official tie breaker of Thehotpepper Mystery Growdown Throwdown 2024 will be! …..

AJI CHARAPITA !!!!!!!!!



This will be the most challenging Growdown Throwdown in Thehotpepper history! Enjoy them and may I suggest?….Hiring some help picking them!

Kings Loot Runner Up 2023 Care Package going out to our seed liaison @Crazy Monkey . It will contain 14 packs, with 6 dried berries in each. It would be really cool if I could convince you to attempt germinating all seeds contained in the berries so I can gauge an estimated germination rate on them. Get with @Crazy Monkey and get your SASE to him ASAP. Let’s see who’s got the skills to pay the bills! After all, this will be the “mOsT eXpEnSiVe GrOwDoWn In ThE wOrLd”

I knew it!!

https://thehotpepper.com/threads/aji-charapita-growdown-throwdown-2024.77444/post-1781314

 

[Pepper-Guru]

But man.... ain't she a beauty?

That's all part of his evil plan. If you can't beat em, make em suffer picking Aji Charapita

That's actually not the first time you guys have mentioned Aji Charapita. It just so happens that I could supply those for next year if we actually decide on it. There is still a lot of bad Aji Charapita floating around out there and I need to freshen this inventory up anyway.

I found these just outside of the Belen Market there in Iquitos. Every single little street food stall or stand has these or the Red version, with lime wedges, as the two main condiments on every table:

If we decide on them, I have loads of isolated seed stock.

Now we just gotta hope they germinate

 

[The Hot Pepper]

Here's me stressed over the sham of a poll before going to bed last night because I wouldn't be able to close the poll to more voters if someone broke the tie:

And here's @Pepper-Guru

 

[Crazy Monkey]

But man.... ain't she a beauty?

Now we just gotta hope they germinate

I grew a couple of plants with seeds from Baker Creek a few years ago. The following season I had about a dozen volunteers pop up in one of the pots from fallen pods..

 

[Pepper-Guru]

I grew a couple of plants with seeds from Baker Creek a few years ago. The following season I had about a dozen volunteers pop up in one of the pots from fallen pods..

Will be interesting seeing your opinion of their line vs these once we get growing.

 

[MarcV]

I already had this feeling that all choices would be pointing to the same variety!

Too bad though for me... the aji charapita is one that I would not have a problem with adding it to my current grow list oh well... I should have voted...

 

[MarcV]

Yes!

Great turnout!

I can still join the party then?