I bought 6 Butch-T plants from this guy - they just put out new fruit ? look like cayenne to me. TOTAL let down, it was the first super hot I had purchased.
FORTUNATELY I bought my Bhut Jolokia seeds from the Chile Pepper Institute.
I am new- but I learn quick - and I notice this guy has 'capsicum Chinese' on the ad - Now, CPI had Capsicum Annuum for Bhut Jolokia, I wrote New Mexico State university and notified them- they had already caught it but thanked me. Difference is - I don't think this guy would even realize it is Chinense.
I am just let down that I got burned, well- not as burned as I would have liked to be with the Butch-T's that are now apparently Thai Dragon -
I NOW see this Psilo... got on ebay says in the ad "grown from the seeds from outbackshacktraders" UGH ! I have already learned that place is a thieves den.
I wrote this though to say- I now get my plants from Refining Chiles and my seeds from NMU CPI - I grow my plants apart- and I DO use Ebay to sell, and I DO think there is a great potential / venue to reach a good market- BUT indeed- Ebay CAN be risky with unknowns.
Myself ? I'm not going to spam my nick - or sales, so I won't mention my username- but I plan to establish a VERY RELIABLE name - I've had success selling a little bit - but the ONE BIG LESSON I have learned is - to ONLY sell what I've made or if reselling, to KNOW it's an absolutely reliable proven source, like NMU CPI.
My NEXT STEP is to have some fun trying to hybrid - HA - this phony plant I got is probably a Frutescen - now that CAN be crossed with a Chinese according to me cross pollination chart... I DO WONDER - maybe I can make some good out of this.... I read Jim Duffy writing that it takes 7 generations for a new species to emerge, so, after 7 generations - I'll call this new one
"IGBOTO" -> I got burned on this one
Ugh- that Outbackshacktrader ebay picture/icon is most disturbing - some teenager doing a jump with an acoustic guitar - just makes me feel like I got ripped off by some teenager - "Hey larry, I just sell these cayenne plant seeds I got with my foodstamps from my one tiny bed room apartment placing tiny newspaper ads and people actually buy them - those suckers" What REALLY GETS ME ? is this guy is out there somewhere- without conscience- he just sits behind his machine and thinks the technology makes it anonymous meanwhile some people say outback made $150,000 before they left town.
I am SO glad to have found Vendor Vault.
I suppose I'll keep the plants and breed them so far away from Thai Dragon I won't recognize them to be reminded of this entire fiasco again.