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!
I will post more about this in a couple of days.
Happy New Year, 2021!
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glog Wild, Indeed, Community Thread
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I haven't started many new wilds recently, I've mainly just been maintaining my old overwinters, but I started some Tovarii and Galapagoense seeds 3 or 4 months back. We had a storm Tuesday and power was out for 48 hours leading to sub 50F / 10C household and seed temperatures. Within 24 hours of the heat coming back on, up popped this little galapagoense at day 90 after planting. Amazing how these guys can take so long sometimes and still be viable. Now I'm hoping to see a Tovarii sprout after 120 days!
The fuzzy little guy photobombing on the left is a a brown rocoto.
The fuzzy little guy photobombing on the left is a a brown rocoto.
Just realised I never came back on this. It never set any pods at all - guess I need to grow some new seed out and get it a dance partner for next year.
Florida wild bird producing some nice little pods now and showing no sign of slowing for winter
Nice! It's surprising how well some of the wild varieties do with late season production. Lanceolatum stand out as one that will produce very late in the season and even sometimes in the cold of my garage while overwintering. I have a Chilpaya Tuxtlas in my garage right now that is covered in little red pods that set late in the season.
There is atleast one that is equal to or even more tolerant of the cold than C.flexuosum. And many like you say do surprisingly well in a low lit,freezing cold garage for 8 months.
Indoor young C.rhomboideum being overly keen
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90 days from sowing to helmet head, Rabenii x Tovarii F2. With careful selection I should be able to make something that produces viable seeds but takes eternity-1 to germinate. Has to be a market for it 
I do have a couple of more mature F2s for this that I’ve kept ticking over in small pots. Plan to release them outside once weather allows to stretch their roots and see what I get.
I do have a couple of more mature F2s for this that I’ve kept ticking over in small pots. Plan to release them outside once weather allows to stretch their roots and see what I get.
Great work. The fact that there are people trying these experiments is good in general for people that are true hobbyists with goals. I am of the same mentality that there is little or no value from crop wild relatives from this genus other than to push citizen science which I have given up on at this point. Not even any good as rootstock in my opinion. I know C.flexuosum was one people cited but with just a limited knowledge of genetics seems like you are asking for small berries.
And there’s always a market in this realm. With the exchange rates ranging from 8:1 up to 3900:1 in South American countries there is opportunity for select individuals. I always felt that people can do whatever they want, but not profiting from my work. I am not sure if you share your stuff or even care about those those things. I could see it being frustrating doing something you are passionate about and having clowns profit from it.
And there’s always a market in this realm. With the exchange rates ranging from 8:1 up to 3900:1 in South American countries there is opportunity for select individuals. I always felt that people can do whatever they want, but not profiting from my work. I am not sure if you share your stuff or even care about those those things. I could see it being frustrating doing something you are passionate about and having clowns profit from it.
I do what I do for me rather than for other peoples reasons. Bit of enjoyment, fun and learning. If sharing information about it helps some broader knowledge base or citizen science then bonus.
I’d be doing a whole different set of things if I wanted to do something commercial
I’d be doing a whole different set of things if I wanted to do something commercial
Wilds and wild hybrids waking up in the greenhouse
C.rhomboideum
C.tovarii
C.rabenii x C.tovarii F1 year 3
C.baccatum x C.tovarii F1 year 2
Same goes for the C.flexuosum that stay outdoors all year round
How is everyone else doing with wilds this year?
C.rhomboideum
C.tovarii
C.rabenii x C.tovarii F1 year 3
C.baccatum x C.tovarii F1 year 2
Same goes for the C.flexuosum that stay outdoors all year round
How is everyone else doing with wilds this year?
Impressive, almost looks like images from an orchard.
Too quiet around here, luckily we’re starting some flowering.
Fourth year tovarii
Mix of flexuosum variations, some from intraspecific crosses I made a couple of years ago.
Left for dead lanceolatum coming back
Fourth year tovarii
Mix of flexuosum variations, some from intraspecific crosses I made a couple of years ago.
Left for dead lanceolatum coming back
CAP 1530 C.eximium
C.tovarii already loaded, lots of season left
C.tovarii already loaded, lots of season left
I usually post photos in my glog, but for this thread I can make an exception 
I love wilds because they're a challenge to grow. And I especially love their plant habits and flowers.
Unfortunately, this year C. flexuosum died early, while C. galapagoense, C. tovarii, C. rhomboideum, C. eximium, and C. cardenasii are still small and in the vegetative stage.
Here are some pics of the other wilds from this year, except for a couple from last year.
Chiltepin cappuccino
Rocopica
some different flowers of C. rabenii
C. baccatum var. baccatum
Purple flowered baccatum (C. baccatum x C. rabenii, probably)
C. chacoense
C. lanceolatum
C. lanceolatum pod with 50 seeds
They are truly plants for lovers of the Capsicum genus
I love wilds because they're a challenge to grow. And I especially love their plant habits and flowers.
Unfortunately, this year C. flexuosum died early, while C. galapagoense, C. tovarii, C. rhomboideum, C. eximium, and C. cardenasii are still small and in the vegetative stage.
Here are some pics of the other wilds from this year, except for a couple from last year.
Chiltepin cappuccino
Rocopica
some different flowers of C. rabenii
C. baccatum var. baccatum
Purple flowered baccatum (C. baccatum x C. rabenii, probably)
C. chacoense
C. lanceolatum
C. lanceolatum pod with 50 seeds
They are truly plants for lovers of the Capsicum genus
Continuing recovery on my C.lanceolatum
CAP 1530 now setting berries
Year 3 C.rabenii x C.tovarii F1 looking as great as ever and setting berries, which of course will need luck to be ripe by end of my outdoor season…..again. Tons of F2 seeds required please.
Year 2 own domesticated C.baccatum hybrid x C.tovarii F1 slowly recovering from winter. No buds yet, same story as above.
CAP 1530 now setting berries
Year 3 C.rabenii x C.tovarii F1 looking as great as ever and setting berries, which of course will need luck to be ripe by end of my outdoor season…..again. Tons of F2 seeds required please.
Year 2 own domesticated C.baccatum hybrid x C.tovarii F1 slowly recovering from winter. No buds yet, same story as above.
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