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Peppermania Mystery seeds - What did you get?
- Thread starter hornilla
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All six of mine came up and I've now transplanted two up. One of them is a pubescens, but who knows what kind...
The other has similar growth habits to my other chinenses (squat and broad leafed), but that may/may not mean anything.
The other has similar growth habits to my other chinenses (squat and broad leafed), but that may/may not mean anything.
PaulG
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Orange Rocoto from Beth at PM (one of her mystery seed packets).
Unfortunately the 2/4 that sprouted sprouted in the same cell, and the
second one right next to the first. I planted them half a cell apart,
but the darn things seem to migrate!
Here's the second one right next to the first. Dang.
And here's the survivor. I'm hopeful I can keep this one going. it's one I'd like to try
to overwinter:
Unfortunately the 2/4 that sprouted sprouted in the same cell, and the
second one right next to the first. I planted them half a cell apart,
but the darn things seem to migrate!
Here's the second one right next to the first. Dang.
And here's the survivor. I'm hopeful I can keep this one going. it's one I'd like to try
to overwinter:
Okay, BC, noted that no confirmation on the black seed (code name 'man-am' ) just yet. I'll attempt to grow them to find out.
The 'mystery pack' thing is fun, I'll check germination of the others with cups. I love to test stuff. But I'm serious, if they sprout, they may have to grow in the 'wilderness.' My garden space is already overmaxxed, so I can't grow much that is unknown. My wife-unit already thinks I'm pepper crazy and way overboard already...
Ohh, so its not just me then!
Mystery pepper unit 1 of 6 is at the 3 o'clock position.
Looks chinense (and smells strong when I rub on it) to me.
Looks chinense (and smells strong when I rub on it) to me.
Just a quick update on a couple of mine...
Mystery pube
And my biggest ??? plant from Beth (lower left)
Mystery pube
And my biggest ??? plant from Beth (lower left)
This are my two Mystery seeds. The left one is #2, the right one #1.
As you can see, #2 is much bigger yet. #2 seems to have some problems. I think i gave it to much water, like all my plants. But since i stopped giving them that much water, most look fine again. Only Mystery #2 and both of my Trinidad Scorpions have problems. The interesting thing is, that this Mystery #2 looks pretty similar in every way to my Trinidad Scorpions. So maybe it is one? I will see.
Eephus Man, yours look pretty good!
How about the others? I'm curious, what we all will get.
As you can see, #2 is much bigger yet. #2 seems to have some problems. I think i gave it to much water, like all my plants. But since i stopped giving them that much water, most look fine again. Only Mystery #2 and both of my Trinidad Scorpions have problems. The interesting thing is, that this Mystery #2 looks pretty similar in every way to my Trinidad Scorpions. So maybe it is one? I will see.
Eephus Man, yours look pretty good!
How about the others? I'm curious, what we all will get.
Figured it was time for a pictorial update...
This one was thrown in a small pot on the deck. It is to date, my largest plant besides my pubescent sp., which is also a mystery pepper.
Little one in the planter box. Chinense?
Raised bed, slot #11. Some aphid damage.
Raised bed, slot #13. Baccatum?
And an end cap.
This one was thrown in a small pot on the deck. It is to date, my largest plant besides my pubescent sp., which is also a mystery pepper.
Little one in the planter box. Chinense?
Raised bed, slot #11. Some aphid damage.
Raised bed, slot #13. Baccatum?
And an end cap.
Thank you, hornilla. I started the mystery pepper "batch" sometime around the 3rd of January, I believe. I'd know exactly, but my record keeping was lost with my old hard drive.
These are pictures of my two mystery plants.
#1
#2
#2 is my biggest plant and is growing great. #1 does not look very good. I hope it will keep growing.
I In my last update i wrote #1 looks like my Trinidad Scorpions. Now the look different. So i think, it's something else. It looks a bit like my Aji Limo Rojo now. But i guess (and hope) it's some totally different variety.
#1
#2
#2 is my biggest plant and is growing great. #1 does not look very good. I hope it will keep growing.
I In my last update i wrote #1 looks like my Trinidad Scorpions. Now the look different. So i think, it's something else. It looks a bit like my Aji Limo Rojo now. But i guess (and hope) it's some totally different variety.
These are pictures of my two mystery plants.
#1
#2
#2 is my biggest plant and is growing great. #1 does not look very good. I hope it will keep growing.
I In my last update i wrote #1 looks like my Trinidad Scorpions. Now the look different. So i think, it's something else. It looks a bit like my Aji Limo Rojo now. But i guess (and hope) it's some totally different variety.
#1 is a chinense and #2 is a baccatum I believe. If I were to guess at all I would say that #1 is a Peruvian White hab just because my plants that grow white pods tend to have those chlorosis-like problems with early growth like you're having. My Fatalii Whites had the same problem this year and fixed themselves. Back off on the watering a bit and it should recover. Good luck!
I had this problems with a lot of plants because of to much watering. I already backed it off and nearly all the other plants are fine again. #1 still has problems, but i keep trying to find the right dose of water.
Peruvian White Hab would be great. I already though of buying some seeds.
Thank you!
#2 looks like a baccatum to me as well. Hard to say just yet, though!
I'll post updates to mine here soon, as its been a couple of weeks. My potted mysteries are doing fantastically and I should have fruit set soon on my big boy, I think. The raised bed plants are suffering, and I don't know why. We'll see how that goes...
I'll post updates to mine here soon, as its been a couple of weeks. My potted mysteries are doing fantastically and I should have fruit set soon on my big boy, I think. The raised bed plants are suffering, and I don't know why. We'll see how that goes...
Just some pictures of my mystery plants again.
#1 still has yellow leaves. To me it looks like they start yellow and get green within some time. I have no idea why. But it's still alive and growing. It's around 16 cm high now.
#2 is still my biggest plant. The first flowers already show up, even if they are not open yet. And it starts to build a crown, as you can see on the first picture. The plant is about 35 cm high now.
#1 still has yellow leaves. To me it looks like they start yellow and get green within some time. I have no idea why. But it's still alive and growing. It's around 16 cm high now.
#2 is still my biggest plant. The first flowers already show up, even if they are not open yet. And it starts to build a crown, as you can see on the first picture. The plant is about 35 cm high now.