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C.tovarii
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Hey Chris, when you say your biggest problem is that the branches get woody so fast, is that an issue due to attempts at training it or something else?cmpman1974 said:
Great looking grow Prodigal_Son, big thanks and attaboys for the seed exchang, grows, pics & info!
Tovarii is one of the rare species that has alluded me once more this year I was gifted some seeds of it, but none grew, last year I grew 4 galapagoense for the first time out of 4 tries so I know its just a matter of time, but finding a vendor that has them will take some time, Judy at pepperlover.com doesn't have any, but she does have several other nice wild species I did look at what rainbow seeds had, but They are out of stock of the Tovarii, so I'm stuck now. So I will have to look else where, I do have plenty of the galapagoense which I'm growing again and all 4 made it, that I had overwintered. I have 3 eximium plants and seeds, but don't know which variety it is so I do have some seed that I can trade and play with.
John's photo's have me lusting to grow not just the Tovarii, but Lanceolatum, Flexuosum, and others that he has amazingly been able to grow. I can't wait to see what all he is growing this year, and his great photo's.
John's photo's have me lusting to grow not just the Tovarii, but Lanceolatum, Flexuosum, and others that he has amazingly been able to grow. I can't wait to see what all he is growing this year, and his great photo's.
I am not trading or shipping any seeds currently. I have a plant setting flowers now so I will have more seeds to trade this winter. I sent a few hundred of these around the USA,S.America,ad Europe last fall and winter. There should be a lot of seed floating around at the end of this year.germanico said:
Thank you. I will speak for Chris since we talk about wild chiles almost daily,and he doesn't use THP very often these days.Brutaldiver said:
A lot of wild capsicum,especially tovarii get very woody stems,not just the trunks but even the upper limbs. The tovarii gets very brittle and breaks easily When this happens. If you have ever grown clematis,they get brittle lower branching like those.
When Chris and a lot of the folks growing these first started 5-10 years ago,the lines floating around weren't very good and they weren't very prolific and poor if not nil germ rates. That has changed over the last few years and hopefully this plant gets into more gardens. It is a gem! Hope this helped.
I'm trying to donate a nice portion of these to Stefan (Meatfreak) so that he can supply some of these (and other rares) via tasty-peppers.nl. Though I'll only be able to supply if I get a good harvest so keep andere eye on the forum.wildseed57 said:
Rares are fun but are not often tasty.
I never quite understood the difference between the designation of "semi-wild" versus "wild", but that aside I feel i've heard of at least a few of them being great tasting.
There are some that taste good/nice, but most of them are not even close to the taste of cultivated varieties. But on the other hand, that's probably the reason why they were cultivated in the first place.
Wilds are found in remote areas without the cultivation by people.
Semi-wilds are Wilds that are being grown/cultivated by people as a food source.
Than you have the rare wilds. Simply wilds that are a bit less wide spread and are harder to come by.
Edit: Don't always believe reviewers (they seem to want to keep the donater happy) and understand that taste is very subsceptible.
Wilds are found in remote areas without the cultivation by people.
Semi-wilds are Wilds that are being grown/cultivated by people as a food source.
Than you have the rare wilds. Simply wilds that are a bit less wide spread and are harder to come by.
Edit: Don't always believe reviewers (they seem to want to keep the donater happy) and understand that taste is very subsceptible.
There are only a few true wilds that are in our gardening circles. There are a lot that get labeled as "wild" but really are landrace varieties and not a true wild.Spicy Mushroom said:
Was curious how that plant did. I think tovarii would hold up to your conditions better than other wilds. The sun isn't as rough on them.stc3248 said:
I'll have to keep my eyes open so I can buy, trade or get some gifted again, I noticed that I have some more wilds pop up, but the names are now gone, I'll know just what they are when they get older and produce a flower or two.
My Tovarri plant is finally doing good . Struggled with the transition from hydro to soil like no other ( seeds from the Dr P-son ) . Nothing like his gems but damn proud of it none the less .
IMG_3790.JPG by James Hill, on Flickr
Thank you JB
IMG_3790.JPG by James Hill, on FlickrThank you JB
Starting again with this beauty. Photos are progress from Feb. 2 until March 2. Plant is 7 weeks from seed sowing.
Very nice John, I planted twenty seeds of C. tovarii, I gave them and 4 lanceolatum seeds a good soak in a plant hormone mix to break seed dormancy. With in 2 weeks 3 of my lanceolatums had popped so I planted them, but one never came up right now I have one healthy lance and one sickly one, but not any of the tovarii seeds have popped yet, I did put them in a seed starter when I planted the lanceolatums because the seeds looked plump and shinny like they might germinate at any time. I have no idea how old the seeds were so I'm hoping I will get a few sprouts. All of my pepper seeds that are in the seed starter are kept at 80F. and all of them except for some Eximium and the Tovarii seeds have all popped up. The lanceolatum seedlings are the smallest and slowest growing plants compared to C. chacoense or C. eximiums.
