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Pequin or what?

Oziam

Oziam

My son-in-law supplies me with tons of fresh pequin chillis as he has a loaded plant most of the time,
I thought I would harvest the seeds and plant one so I did, it seems to be coming along nicely. Last night he came
over and had a look at the progress and was surprised to see such large leaves on it, he said his plant has leaves about a third the size and a different shape,
he asked me if i was sure I had planted the right seed. I assured him it was one from the chilli he gave me.

I am wondering if anyone else has grown one of these and if it looked the same.

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Pic of the actual fruit it came from.

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He has no other chilli plants so I know it couldn't be crossed with something else.
 
Oziam said:
He has no other chilli plants so I know it couldn't be crossed with something else.
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If you didn't mix up your seeds, a cross would have been my other guess! That is definitely not a Pequin.

Are you positively 100% sure you didn't mix up any seeds or are any of his neighbours growing chillies?
 
That looks nothing like my piquins. Mine have much smaller leaves and are more like a bush.

A quick google search and here is a picture of what piquins look like.
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gasificada said:
Are you positively 100% sure you didn't mix up any seeds or are any of his neighbours growing chillies?
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Well that was my first thought, but I ONLY had those seeds drying at the time, I planted 3 seeds seperately and got three plants that one and two others that looked totally different way smaller and pointier leaves, I ditched them thinking they were the weaker two and really only wanted one plant anyway. It seems I probably ditched the two genuine pequin and kept the freak. His direct neighbours don't grow chilli?????
Should be interesting when it fruits!
 
I would bet my entire seed collection that those are tabascos, notice how they have not got stems on them? Bet they are very juicey too AND tabascos produce like mad!

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so, guess i am going to destroy all the nay sayers, according to what i have those are pequins. i am currently growing them, of course i just started mine and they are only a 1/2 inch in height.

here is where i got my seeds:

http://www.melissas.com/Products/Products/Dried-Pequin-Chiles.aspx

so, unless someone has issue with the tens of millions of pounds that don enrique produces in way of pequins, i am guessing that your peppers, like mine are pequins.now, there are several variations of pequins including long pequin, but i think you can rest assured that what you have are a variety of pequin.

happy growing.
 
Burning Colon said:
so, guess i am going to destroy all the nay sayers, according to what i have those are pequins. i am currently growing them, of course i just started mine and they are only a 1/2 inch in height.

here is where i got my seeds:

http://www.melissas.com/Products/Products/Dried-Pequin-Chiles.aspx

so, unless someone has issue with the tens of millions of pounds that don enrique produces in way of pequins, i am guessing that your peppers, like mine are pequins.now, there are several variations of pequins including long pequin, but i think you can rest assured that what you have are a variety of pequin.

happy growing.
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I'm not saying the pods aren't Pequin, I'm saying that the plant doesn't look like one! ;)

Oziam said:
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To me, the leaves on that plant look way too big to be a Pequin.

Just to put things into perspective, would I be right in guessing that that's a 25cm diameter pot, Oziam?
 
Ok you have my interest now BC! Still say they are tabascos though!

*runs and hides*

Edit: If i were to be sent a couple of these pods i would glady do a side by side taste test? :D
 
Novacastrian said:
Ok you have my interest now BC! Still say they are tabascos though!

*runs and hides*

Edit: If i were to be sent a couple of these pods i would glady do a side by side taste test? :D
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Or you both could send me pods and I'll taste them both hehehe


I can never get tabascos to produce they never germ well for me and the ones that do produce so late that I only get a handful of pods.
 
GAS yep a 25cm pot it is!

NOVA pm me your addy and I will gladly send you some pods, all I know is they are pretty hot little buggers, first time I used em I had burnies on my hand for a day, felt like I dipped my hand in boiling water! Once bitten...
 
Alright! Ima say they are tabascos anyway! Nah just kiddin i will be honest, lucky i still have a tabasco producing at my ma's house. Pm coming :D
 
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