I'm about a month late on this, and to my knowledge it doesn't pertain to a member here.
I visited a farmers' market in Jacksonville FL on my way back from vacation early July. Once there, I noticed this little place full of plants and pointed to with signs labeled with things such as "plants" and "exotics". I admired all of the greenery, noticing multiple pepper plants before I found the woman who was running the place. When I pointed out the plant I wanted, she warned me they were hot and proceeded to point out a pequin (I think) tree or two she had. I'm not exaggerating by calling it a tree. It was probably 6 feet tall and almost as wide at some points. She said something to the effect of "if you like hot peppers, take as many off of that plant as you want. My husband sprinkles them on his eggs but I can't handle them. Don't be shy now, if nobody takes them, they just fall all over the floor because there are too many to harvest", so I got quite a few of those (not too many since I was in a bit of a hurry, but enough to get some seeds that have now germinated). On my way out buying the plant (for $5 less than the sticker price!), she pulled a couple pods off of the plant across from it, a red pheno of the same pepper. She threw those in the pot so I could "save seeds and grow both colors". All in all she was just super kind and I think I envy her hospitality and generosity a bit. She also had killer prices on full grown plants (a ghost and hab in a 5ish gal pot both putting out pods for $25!). Forum members or not, it seems, ppatb.
