favorite Wild Varieties-What is your favorite

Hi Portuge, awesome glog and I can see that you are the specialist for wild chillies on this forum! Any suggestions/tips on growing Galapagoense. I have had two failed attemps and I just don't seem to be getting it right?
 
PeriPeri said:
Hi Portuge, awesome glog and I can see that you are the specialist for wild chillies on this forum! Any suggestions/tips on growing Galapagoense. I have had two failed attemps and I just don't seem to be getting it right?
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patience and just go with the flow just pay attention to what the wilds want they will lt you know. wilds can be specific and start early as possible
 
Nightshade said:
patience and just go with the flow just pay attention to what the wilds want they will lt you know. wilds can be specific and start early as possible
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Thanks Nightshade! I can't even get the Galapagoense to germinate to see what they want... what temperature should I germinate and how much moisture do they like?
 
many of wilds like varying moisture levels and long germ times don't give up on them I keep mine at 80 drop to 70 then back up to 85. they take months to germ sometimes mine took 5.
 
Nightshade said:
many of wilds like varying moisture levels and long germ times don't give up on them I keep mine at 80 drop to 70 then back up to 85. they take months to germ sometimes mine took 5.
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5 Months???
 
PeriPeri said:
Hi Portuge, awesome glog and I can see that you are the specialist for wild chillies on this forum! Any suggestions/tips on growing Galapagoense. I have had two failed attemps and I just don't seem to be getting it right?
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Hey Peri, hows a going? Thanks for the compliments, as for the C. Galapagoense I have to say the fresher the seeds are from pods are your best bet... I had sown three seeds of C. Galapagoense with a soil temperature @ 77-80 degrees... Well as for the moisture, i let the soil dry out a bit before watering again... So out of the three i had sown only two sprouted for me, im happy with the results i got...
 
Portuge said:
Hey Peri, hows a going? Thanks for the compliments, as for the C. Galapagoense I have to say the fresher the seeds are from pods are your best bet... I had sown three seeds of C. Galapagoense with a soil temperature @ 77-80 degrees... Well as for the moisture, i let the soil dry out a bit before watering again... So out of the three i had sown only two sprouted for me, im happy with the results i got...
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Hey Portuge, thanks for the tips! This helps tremendously. I am just getting into wild chillies this season and the Galapagoense has me stumped lol But your info is a great help - thanks again!
 
Hey guys,I don't know a lot about wild peppers,
but someone is sending me some :
C. Annuum var. Gabruisculum "Tio"
C. Chacoense "C04392"
C. Eximium "C01225"

Anyone know something of them?
And why are the begining with "cgn" and have numbers?
Why don't wild varieties have names?

I'm still new at wild varieties,thanks :)
 
Because its there accession number to classify them in a government Seedbank database kind of like prisoner ID number and some do have names such as chiltepin aka capsicum annuum var glabriusculum
 
Hi Lourens, Don't worry about your bad luck with the galapagoense, I have tried four times and failed four times, mainly because I gave my other pepper seedlings all the attention when they popped, and got tired of waiting and finally dumped the containers into a larger one that had peppers growing in it. I usually do that with any cup that doesn't show life after three or four months.  As I'm growing some other rare types to get fresh seeds and to restock my seed supply, so I plan on starting them the first week of Dec. that way I can get a jump on them and plan to get some seed starter to soak them in first. Hopefully since they will have their own mini green house they will come up for me.  Usually I just get two or three seeds to start with that are good, so I just don't have much luck with getting them to pop, this time though I was given 5 seeds that all look good, so maybe I will have a better chance at getting them to come up.  I will keep them in their green house and just move it outside when spring comes. The best luck I have had is with C. eximium C.cardenasii, C. praetermissum and C. chacoense and one unknown species that might be C. exile.
 
Hey Chilli Whisperer, Some wild varieties just don't have names as they have no domestic use and were collected in the wild.  I'm not sure what the cgn means but the number is what they give it so that they can file them in the seed bank, every seed will have its own number even if it doesn't have a name.
 
wildseed57 said:
Hi Lourens, Don't worry about your bad luck with the galapagoense, I have tried four times and failed four times, mainly because I gave my other pepper seedlings all the attention when they popped, and got tired of waiting and finally dumped the containers into a larger one that had peppers growing in it. I usually do that with any cup that doesn't show life after three or four months.  As I'm growing some other rare types to get fresh seeds and to restock my seed supply, so I plan on starting them the first week of Dec. that way I can get a jump on them and plan to get some seed starter to soak them in first. Hopefully since they will have their own mini green house they will come up for me.  Usually I just get two or three seeds to start with that are good, so I just don't have much luck with getting them to pop, this time though I was given 5 seeds that all look good, so maybe I will have a better chance at getting them to come up.  I will keep them in their green house and just move it outside when spring comes. The best luck I have had is with C. eximium C.cardenasii, C. praetermissum and C. chacoense and one unknown species that might be C. exile.
 
Hey Chilli Whisperer, Some wild varieties just don't have names as they have no domestic use and were collected in the wild.  I'm not sure what the cgn means but the number is what they give it so that they can file them in the seed bank, every seed will have its own number even if it doesn't have a name.
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Hi G, Happy Thanksgiving my friend! - thank you for your reply. My ungerminated seeds go on the compost heap and quite often they then germinate lol - go figure! Your parcel is almost ready for posting, I had to wait for some bits... but I can tell you that the Reapers grow fast (luckily).
 
Got some capsicum flexousum seeds can't wait to grow them will be updating my germination system and starting a ton of seeds along with them!! Will keep you guys updated
 
Nightshade said:
Got some capsicum flexousum seeds can't wait to grow them will be updating my germination system and starting a ton of seeds along with them!! Will keep you guys updated
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You lucky guy... Yes do keep us posted about your Flexs
 
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