I thought I mentioned before I was mixed up when I called it a Tepin? Pretty sure it's a Pequin. I wasn't sure at the time, but mine has always kicked out oval pods. These seeds for mine came from a wild one in Uvalde, Texas.. Which I also keep forgetting starts with a 'U' and not a 'H'.
I even went back and looked at the messages from when I first got them and Jeanette also was calling them Pequin. Not sure where I got confused but I didn't really understand the differences well before either and read enough on it to stew my brain a little. Now that I have a Cap. Tepin, I still don't see much difference, except in the pods.. Eventually I'll get it.
Here's the smaller Uvalde Pequin.. Just brought it in last night. This is the one that got bit off by the rabbit in it's first season. It's also no stranger to the pruners. There's at least a couple of clones of it floating around here. Hard to believe this is almost 3 years old now.. Still waiting to see a wild one growing around the neighborhood, with as many as the birds take. I lost count of how many handfuls of these I picked this year, but it was more than a couple. The one I don't trim is too hard to get in a picture, gangly thing. They are both due for a winter cut.
Fiberpots > Plastic.. Pretty sure I've never repotted this. It's coming though.
Besides Cap Tepin, I plan to expand on the wilds a little this year, hopefully adding the Galapagos wild Frutescens that Bhuter gifted me, and I have to look to see what others I actually have. I know I've had a few offers and wants, but I also remember turning a few down because I just wasn't going to grow them right away. I thought I wanted to grow Wiri-Wiri, but it's a Chinense.. Isn't there a Frutescens that looks similar to that? Or maybe I'm just thinking of another species altogether. I also hear the pods on those Wiri-Wiri aren't deciduous, anyone grown an exception to that?
Thanks for clarifying that, CF. Whatever it is, it certainly was my most
productive
annuum v Glabriusculum last season. I will probably grow
it again next season. Didn't this year because I grew 16 wild varieties.
What a crazy idea
It's cool to know that this is an accession
from a wild Texas Pequin. It's a nice companion for the wild Seguin,
Texas Chiltepin (small red , oval berries) Devv snagged for me last season.
They are very similar to the Chiltepin Rojo from CPI. Easy to confuse the
pequin/chiltepin. In my growing experience, the pequins have bigger fruit.
If you are looking for something similar to a Wiri-Wiri, not chinense, I
might suggest a Tolito from Guatemala. Pretty sure it's a
frutescens,
after what
@Pr0digal_son said earlier in this thread.
It's just as prolific as the Wiri-Wiri. The berries from both are dense and
hard to pick off the calyx. I have mine in the greenhouse to get more
fully ripe, and will have tons of seeds if you are interested in some. These
came from
@wiriwiri last season. (Sandy is responsible
for many of the wilds I grew this season (mil grácias, girlfriend!)
I'll go grab a pic of the bush to add to this post.
This is the canopy. As you can see they are almost all ripe. This
plant is 27" tall and 36" wide in a 3-gallon pot. The berries are more
elongated than the Wiri-Wiri ones, which are round.
This gives you an idea of the size of the berries. I will probably be
picking these soon, but I may leave them longer if I use the space
heater in the greenhouse. In any case, I will save you seeds, CF.
Here's a Wiri-Wiri for comparison.