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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.
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Happy New Year, 2021!
 
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C. Eximium coming back to life
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1 of 2 C. Rhomboideum I have growing, this one I grew extensively in a solo cup for the first year. Just got some fresh soil on her roots.
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C. Tovarii
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CGN 20497 C. Cardenasii
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C. Rhomboideum #2
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For the most part in starting out with growing any type of Wilds is Patience and I mean you have to have alot of it.
 
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My little contribution.

Amashito Wild
(Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum)

From Fatalii.net: "This tough, rare wild chili pepper is very easy to grow. It gives great yields of small pods which have very Tepin-like heat and unique aroma. Actually works quite nicely as a dried powder. The plant is very tolerable against both heat and cold. It does not tolerate against frost though. If you are looking for a all around, easy-to-grow tough chili plant and are little bit interested in wild chilis, this one is surely for you!"​

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Very cool to see a new wild variety in these pages,
@Anders. Very nice looking plant. Was there any
mention of It’s source location? SW USA or Mexico?
I will be looking forward to seeing more about this one!

edit: Did a little more digging and found this. Maybe
@ahayastani is familiar with this one since it is endemic
in Chiapas.
 
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PaulG said:
Did a little more digging and found this. Maybe
@ahayastani is familiar with this one since it is endemic
in Chiapas.
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Amashito is not grown where I live. Most Mexicans associate amashito with the state of Tabasco. The Chiapas area referred to in that publication is the border zone (North Chiapas) with Tabasco. I'm near the coast in the south.
 
PaulG said:
Very cool to see a new wild variety in these pages,
@Anders. Very nice looking plant. Was there any
mention of It’s source location? SW USA or Mexico?
I will be looking forward to seeing more about this one!

edit: Did a little more digging and found this. Maybe
@ahayastani is familiar with this one since it is endemic
in Chiapas.
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I know very little about it. But I have always seen that my annuums do a lot better in the cold Norwegian summer with very cold nights. So my idea was to cross it with my best-tasting chinense and see what comes out :)

I have a lot of space to grow outside here in Norway, but greenhouses are really expensive, so I would love to have some good varieties to grow outside of a greenhouse. And I just love experimenting, learning, and seeing what mother nature gives.
 
The article I linked in post #628 states a concern that germ
plasm from some of the morphological types are becoming
scarce due to pressures on the environment. For me, the
attraction to growing wild varieties is the opportunity to con-
serve some of the wild varieties. The annuum v Glabriusculum
is a fascinating branch of the chili family tree to me, I guess
since they are the grandaddy of all the other chili types. Per-
haps it merits a grow log thread of it's own, there are so many
varieties. That research I linked to is really an interesting read,
highly recommend it..
 
PaulG said:
The article I linked in post #628 states a concern that germ
plasm from some of the morphological types are becoming
scarce due to pressures on the environment. For me, the
attraction to growing wild varieties is the opportunity to con-
serve some of the wild varieties. The annuum v Glabriusculum
is a fascinating branch of the chili family tree to me, I guess
since they are the grandaddy of all the other chili types. Per-
haps it merits a grow log thread of it's own, there are so many
varieties. That research I linked to is really an interesting read,
highly recommend it..
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Thanks for the link! Really interesting. I would be happy to share some seeds after the season if anyone else wants to grow this one next season to preserve the genetics. (not my stupid cross, but the actual Amashito)

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Here is the picture on fatalii website. I'm not sure which of the cultivars listed in the report this one is closest to? Elonged and red. could be nr5 "Amashito grande"?

Here is some pictures from someone else who has grown them:
www.spicemad.com

Amashito Wild

Known also as Mashito and Amash, Amashito Wild is a variety from Mexico which produces Pequin-like chillies and is great for spicing up Mexican foods.
www.spicemad.com www.spicemad.com
 
Pics of the OWs just moved out to the greenhouse.
All in 3-gallon containers.

Cumari annuum, 2nd year...........................Chiltepin Rojo CPI, 4th year.
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c. chacoense, purple flower, 2nd year.........Chiltepin Rojo Seguin, 2nd year.
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Pequin Rojo, Chihuahua, 2nd year.
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@Sulsa - Both the overwinters in the 3-gallon containers,
and the 2021 volunteers in the #2NCs have exceeded my
expectations so far. An amazing amount of growth for both
sets of plants.

Transplanted one of @Pr0digal_son's Red Tepins.
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This plant was topped once.
 
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