When I started renting the property there were a few peppers growing wat seemed to be wild here. Attached are some photos. There are two that I think self seeded last year sometime, they produced heavily and I forgot about them, they have come back to life with the wet season and are flowering and budding again, with plenty of new growth, these are in the ground with no attention at all, in the shadows of a pine forest.
The other one with few leaves self seeded in one of my raised beds I use for seedlings, we throw any seeds from the kitchen in the bed and just wait for the seedlings to pop up, whatever they may be. It also prodiced heavily a few months back. I never fed it and it had very few leaves left by the end of producing all those fruit. I have just left it and its giving me a steady supply of small, fiery hot peppers. A couple more also self seeded, I cut them right back after the crop to see what would happen, one almost died the other is in the photo and has new growth after 3 weeks or so and is throwing out more flowers again.
Sorry about photos, phone camera is poor...I have a feeling they are all the same chili, small, and hot, any help to identify would be great.
One thing to note is the two that are just growing in the ground totally free of inteference are the much happier.
About 4ft tall and relatively happy, sure it would pump out a load more pods if I actually fed it, but want to see what it can do just using the natural resources.
Around 5ft tall and seems pretty happy.
Very few leaves and the ones it has dont look great, not surprising as its had no love, but keeps on putting out these fiery little darlings.
Cut this one back, new growth and flowers a few weeks later.
The other one with few leaves self seeded in one of my raised beds I use for seedlings, we throw any seeds from the kitchen in the bed and just wait for the seedlings to pop up, whatever they may be. It also prodiced heavily a few months back. I never fed it and it had very few leaves left by the end of producing all those fruit. I have just left it and its giving me a steady supply of small, fiery hot peppers. A couple more also self seeded, I cut them right back after the crop to see what would happen, one almost died the other is in the photo and has new growth after 3 weeks or so and is throwing out more flowers again.
Sorry about photos, phone camera is poor...I have a feeling they are all the same chili, small, and hot, any help to identify would be great.
One thing to note is the two that are just growing in the ground totally free of inteference are the much happier.
About 4ft tall and relatively happy, sure it would pump out a load more pods if I actually fed it, but want to see what it can do just using the natural resources.
Around 5ft tall and seems pretty happy.
Very few leaves and the ones it has dont look great, not surprising as its had no love, but keeps on putting out these fiery little darlings.
Cut this one back, new growth and flowers a few weeks later.
