Wild, Indeed, Community Thread

Just getting this started so I can get a url.
I will post more about this in a couple of days.

Happy New Year, 2021!

 

[PaulG]

One of the c. Galapagoense has opened up
a third flower. Lots more buds coming out.

Trying to get a shot of the stamens. You can see the
out-of-focus style and stigma in front of the anthers.

 

[Downriver]

Plants look awesome @PaulG!

 

[PaulG]

Plants look awesome @PaulG!

Thanks, DR. Just plugging away, hoping they
stay healthy until I can get them out to the
greenhouse in March or April.

 

[PaulG]

The flowers on the volunteer Cappuccino Chiltepin
have ridiculously long style and stigma. One might
say they were well-hung.

 

[PaulG]

Awhile back I showed some yellow Pequin berries picked on Jan. 17.
After a bit more drying, I took a look at the seeds. Perhaps there are a
few that would have a chance at germinating.

 

[Anders]

So interesting thread! I grow one named Amashito, which I guess is a C. annuum var. Glabriusculum ? I mainly grow it since I have heard it has really good cold tolerance, so I thought it would be interesting to see how it performed outside in the Norwegian summer. And maybe cross is with some of my tasty chinense, and see what turns out. But I don't know if Glabriusculum is harder to cross with chinense ?

 

[PaulG]

So interesting thread! I grow one named Amashito, which I guess is a C. annuum var. Glabriusculum ? I mainly grow it since I have heard it has really good cold tolerance, so I thought it would be interesting to see how it performed outside in the Norwegian summer. And maybe cross is with some of my tasty chinense, and see what turns out. But I don't know if Glabriusculum is harder to cross with chinense ?

Thanks for checking into the 'Wild' Thread, @Anders,
I hope you will be a regular participant. Amashito is a
new one for me. Will have to check that out.

@semillas la Palma sells a c. chacoense variety, CAP 524,
that purportedly will flower and set fruit even in cooler
climates. Have you tried that one? I am giving it a whirl this
time around.

BTW, I love your pup. I'll bet he's a real good buddy.

edit: I looked it up on croationseeds and fatali.net. Very interesting.
I am going to try to grow a wild Glabriusculum from Uvalde, Texas
that had very similar berries to those in the pictures. Does your plant
produce the long berries?

 

[ahayastani]

Amashito is a
new one for me. Will have to check that out.

Paper with some basic info.

 

[Anders]

Thanks for checking into the 'Wild' Thread, @Anders,
I hope you will be a regular participant. Amashito is a
new one for me. Will have to check that out.

@semillas la Palma sells a c. chacoense variety, CAP 524,
that purportedly will flower and set fruit even in cooler
climates. Have you tried that one? I am giving it a whirl this
time around.

BTW, I love your pup. I'll bet he's a real good buddy.

edit: I looked it up on croationseeds and fatali.net. Very interesting.
I am going to try to grow a wild Glabriusculum from Uvalde, Texas
that had very similar berries to those in the pictures. Does your plant
produce the long berries?

I will sure follow this thread with interest, and maybe show some updates on my Glabriusculum as well? It's still at the seedling stage, so I can't tell much about it. But I got it from Fatalii.net, so it looks like it's an elonged version. The temperature here in Norway can change a lot. Cold nights down to 7 celsius / 44,6 Fahrenheit at night, and then up to 33 celsius / 90 Fahrenheit during the day. In a greenhouse, the temperature can get too high. But at the same time, the average temperature is too low to really grow peppers outside a greenhouse.

This will be an experiment, and will be grown outside the greenhouse!

 

[PaulG]

It would be great to see updates on the Amashito,
this thread is only good if lots of people share their
wild adventures. You are welcome at any time!

What size pot are you using? A 12-16 liter pot would
be easy to move into the greenhouse at night if it
gets too chilly, and would grow a decent sized plant.
A smaller pot would even work. I have grown wilds in
6-8 liter pots and they can get large in those.

 

[PaulG]

C. flexuosum seedlings after about 2 weeks. The big plant sprouted after the
small one. Both look kind of peaked, but the addition of some nutrients two
days ago should green them up a bit.

 

[ChilliCrosser]

C. flexuosum seedlings after about 2 weeks. The big plant sprouted after the
small one. Both look kind of peaked, but the addition of some nutrients two
days ago should green them up at.

Looking good @PaulG , mine aren't in my AeroGardens so growing much slower.

I just had my third C.Flexuosum emerge today. Started on 26th November 2021, a mere 66 days ago! What's the rush?

 

[PaulG]

Looking good @PaulG , mine aren't in my AeroGardens so growing much slower.

I just had my third C.Flexuosum emerge today. Started on 26th November 2021, a mere 66 days ago! What's the rush?

I was very surprised by the quick germination of
the flexuosums in the AeroGarden. Dirt seeds
never sprouted, so I chucked them since I have
at least one good plant going forward. I want to
grow two so they will flower and set berries.

 

[PaulG]

A Red Tepin from @Pr0digal_son up in the AeroGarden
26 days in. Half the time the dirt seed took!

Yesterday


Today

 

[CaneDog]

What temperature is your AG running @PaulG ?

 

[PaulG]

What temperature is your AG running @PaulG ?

Hey, CD, the water bath is 73.5˚F, and the
air temperature on the deck is 80.5 ˚F with
the lights on from around 1PM for 16 hours.

Both of these probably fluctuate as the room
temperature changes.

 

[Sulsa]

The flowers on the volunteer Cappuccino Chiltepin
have ridiculously long style and stigma. One might
say they were well-hung.

Hung like a donkey!
Quite intimidating actually... especially considering the style and stigma are the feminine parts...

 

[MarcV]

The difference between male and female used to be clear, but these days I'm not so sure anymore...

 

[PaulG]

Nineteen-day-old c. Flexuosum from @Pr0digal_son.
Transplanted from AeroGarden to double cup today.

 

[PaulG]

Washed out image of the volunteer purple flower c. Chacoense.
I waited too long to get the nice purple color