NZChili and the Volunteer Gardens

Hi there, been awhile since I posted..but I have been continuing to grow peppers every year.
 
The last couple of years I have had some pretty solid hauls..I have been encouraging Volunteers and want peppers to just grow themselves..so at the end of the season I throw all the old pods around the grow beds and just let them all sprout themselves next year. I selectively weed out the weeds and leave all the pepper sprouts to battle it out. Survival of the fittest.
 
Pretty much the plants in pots i purposely grew from seed, and the ones in the garden are all volunteers. The Volunteer's all originate from a gnarly brown bhutler pheno which I have continued growing for the last few years..
 
in no particular order..here are some images of how things are shaping up.
 

 

 

[nzchili]

I picked a few rocotos to give to some of the guys at work.

 

 
I also removed/ threw away this many that had been eaten by something

 
I have a pretty big bush of Aji Verde.

 
here are some of the bhutlah pheno that iv been growing for years

 

 

 
random photos from garden

 

 
here is what I believe to be the cross between the bhutlah and the wild bird pepper 

 

[PaulG]

Lots to like there!

 

[karoo]

Lots to like there!

What's not to like?
Even giving back to nature it's share.
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[fairyfoam48]

That bhutlah x possible thai cross looks prolific, will be interesting to see if it produces super hot pods.
 
 
How do you keep growing the same pheno? overwintering or cuttings?

 

[nzchili]

That bhutlah x possible thai cross looks prolific, will be interesting to see if it produces super hot pods.
 
How do you keep growing the same pheno? overwintering or cuttings?

Neither. I dont intentionally overwinter anything that isnt in a pot. I only discard/bury pods from the correct pheno into the growing beds.
I end up with a few crosses and other random plants but a good proportion come out true and I only discard those/bury those ones .
If a particularly interesting comes along Id grow it out in pots. Might grow this cross out . We will see

 

[Datil]

Amazing grow, simple and lush!
Those bhuts look killer.
 
 

 

[PaulG]

I'd give my left nutcracker to have
a climate like yours, Jacques! Being
able to naturalize peppers is just
awesome!
 
"I also removed/ threw away this many
that had been eaten by something"
 
If you have to have rodents, ChiliHead
Rats are the best kind