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bonda man jacques

A big thanks Talas:cool: Will keep in touch.
Also some great info on the islands, cheers.

Good luck with your season and hope it is a bumper crop.
 
For some reason this plant is a late bloomer but is now becoming a monster with dozens of pods. I'll try to take a close-up shot when they begin to ripen.

 
here's a bonda man jacques (left, martinique) v madame jeanette (suriname) comparison, both pods yet to mature. only difference is that the BMJ has a rougher more pebbled skin, else they look very much alike so far... my BMJs look slightly less pointy than potawie's, anybody cultivated these two before?

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My martinique's look much like the pics above but my BMJ is much darker green and more pointy. My Guadaloupe habs are very pale as well.
 
Well this morning I found a big broken bonda branch:( I'll have to see if I can get some of the large pods to ripen

 
Sorry to hear about your broken branch Potawie..on such a lovely plant,lets hope you can preserve the pods,did the dam same thing the other day to one of my tomato plants and snapped a whole stem full of toms and spent all day today rearranging my garden to stop my clumsiness :)
 
I got 2 ripe pods so far from my broken branch. I should've done the pods in a bag trick but I just hung the whole branch.


I put 3 modified tomato cages around this one to prevent further breakage. Its just loaded with pods now.
 
I picked a few ripe ma Jacques pods yesterday and I found this strange one mixed in with the rest. I think I'll save some seeds from it and see what happens next year. I still haven't tried a pod yet but I'm sure they are hot and will be sampling one soon.
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This plant is really producing, and is definitely one of my most productive first year plants. I still havent sampled it though:oops: Most have been going in the freezer.

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POTAWIE said:
This plant is really producing, and is definitely one of my most productive first year plants. I still havent sampled it though:oops: Most have been going in the freezer.

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Potawie that is one nice plant I had those couples of year they are heavy producers every year & very hot.Question is that barrel you have plant in it?:lol:
 
POTAWIE would it be possible to get a few seeds from that beautiful monster? I may have some seeds to trade if you're interested.

I love this site!!!
 
Ya, the plant is in a half barrel(old pickled pepper barrel)
I should have plenty of seeds very soon Patrick, send me a PM and I'll add you to my growing seed exchange list.
 
POTAWIE said:
Ya, the plant is in a half barrel(old pickled pepper barrel)
I should have plenty of seeds very soon Patrick, send me a PM and I'll add you to my growing seed exchange list.
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Done and thank you very much.
 
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