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PaulG 2020

Zippy said:
That is quite the list. You're going to have to do some serious organizing of your seed trays. 
I try to be careful with labeling, etc. So far so good.
 
I was surprised how late your JA mushrooms were in the season. I had never seen a red variety until you posted and wondered if the lateness was because they pack more heat? I had the yellow ones and did a test both in a pot and in the ground. The pot ripened up about 5 days sooner which in my short season is important. The ground grew a larger plant, heavier bearing and with larger pods. Their size was impressive, they came out a little larger than golf balls. They were hot enough for me.
 
Do you give second attempts for some of your peppers Paul? 
Not sure what you mean here, Zippy. Do you mean replacement
seeding if some don't germinate, or trying one out a second season?
 
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The Mushroom is from an original red variety, with medium small
pods. In 2017, my neighbor grew some of that seed out, and one
of the plants produced brown pods. These plants came from that
plant's seed. I was hoping for the brown pods, but got the giant
reds instead. Excellent flavor and mild heat. Will grow again next
season for sure. Maybe one on a big container, and one in a
3-gallon can to put in the greenhouse or garage to finish off in
the Fall.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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PaulG said:
The Mushroom is from an original red variety, with medium small
pods. In 2017, my neighbor grew some of that seed out, and one
of the plants produced brown pods. These plants came from that
plant's seed. I was hoping for the brown pods, but got the giant
reds instead. Excellent flavor and mild heat. Will grow again next
season for sure. Maybe one on a big container, and one in a
3-gallon can to put in the greenhouse or garage to finish off in
the Fall.
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 I meant if you had an off season would you try certain varieties again in the hopes they might taste differently? 
 
Zippy said:
I meant if you had an off season would you try certain varieties again in the hopes they might taste differently?
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To be honest, my tastebuds suck. Things taste pleasant
or not with respect to hot peppers. Even with ones to hot
to taste much, grinding them into powder levels the playing
field. But, to answer your question, I have had pods taste
great one season, nice and juicy with mellow heat, and
then be dry tasteless heat the next. Inca Lost comes to
mind.

If you have space and resources, I say try it again. Climate
and weather play a definite role in pod shape, color and heat.
 
Devv said:
Been on the road for the last 2 weeks and missed your opening Paul. Looks like a really nice list ;)
 
Good luck this season; and don't forget the weather swap!
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Hope you enjoyed your visit east, Scott!
Welcome back to TX!
 
You haven't missed much, my friend! More spinning
wheels than anything else.  I'm a little skeered when
I think it's only five-and-a-half weeks   :shocked:  until time
to start germinating chinense and other long-season
varieties. Egads  :doh:
 
As for the weather swap, if things keep going the way
they are, we will have the same weather  :rofl:
 
Been doing some reading on my favorite pepper classification
site, infernochili. This is their english language page, the rest
are in Finnish! Written in 2006.
 
I mention this, because it's got me interested in the more
'primitive' species again. So, am thinking about dusting off
my c. rhomboidium, and c. galapagoense, and tepin (c. annum
var. glabriusculum) pods and trying to germinate some seed
this coming season   :crazy:  to go along with the c. chacoense
and chiltepin (also c, annuum var glabriusculum).
 
So, question 
is, what to trade out? Dang.
 
Also, have decided the c. chacoense is not a var. Exile. According
to above, the Exile variety has no calyx teeth. Mine have 5 teeth,
albeit short, pointy ones.. So I don't know what particular variety
of c. chacoense I have.
 
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