WiriWiri

Ashen · Jul 14, 2016

My WiriWiri is loaded down with pods and I am starting to wonder if I should be pruning off some. First time growing a wiri wiri, so not sure if they are supposed to be this prolific .

Anyone with experience growing them ?

moruga welder · Jul 14, 2016

i wouldn't , enjoy the bountiful harvest ! :onfire:

The_NorthEast_ChileMan · Jul 14, 2016

loaded down with pods and I am starting to wonder if I should be pruning off some.

Wiri Wiri ripens through orange to red and is considered long season.> https://www.chileplants.com/search.aspx?ProductCode=CHIWIW

My answer is "depends".... If you want a bunch of full size ripe fruit start pulling blooms now as those will not ripen before your average first frost date. If you're bringing the plant in you might want to wait a few more weeks but unless you have grow lights that's about it IMO. YMMV

Ashen · Jul 15, 2016

thanks. It is a nice problem to have actually. I will think on this. First time growing but I love the taste of wiri wiris and I might just invest in some lights to keep it going.

solid7 · Jul 15, 2016

That's don't look like wiri wiri that you have there. The pods are the wrong shape.

seasmoke · Jul 15, 2016

That looks like one cool pepper, the wiri wiri I know is round and pea sized though.

Ashen · Jul 15, 2016

I thought the same thing too , but apparently they can vary in shape to oblong .

http://thehotpepper.com/topic/51148-the-ma-wiri-wiri-from-guyana-delicious/

https://www.cayennediane.com/peppers/wiri-wiri/

solid7 · Jul 16, 2016

But the ones you have there are way more oblong than anything that I've come across yet. (or read about) I've been growing these for seasons now. Yes, the get some slight variation, but I'm not sure if yours fall within that.

Not trying to be a jerk, just saying. If you want some "for sure" Wiri Wiri seeds for next season, send me a PM.

Ashen · Jul 16, 2016

I will know when I taste them, thanks for the offer. I might take you up on it , if these don't taste like wiri wiri.

Jackson13 · Jul 20, 2016

Here is a pic of mine from last year. Mine were from a friend on the C2C pepper forum and said they were from the seed bank.

http://imgur.com/a/0WJtG

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Ashen · Jul 21, 2016

I ate one yesterday off a plant I gave to a friend. Definitely tastes like a wiri wiri so no complaints there. Fairly hot too, somewhat hotter than wiriwiri pods I have had in the past. Weird part was at one point the roof of my mouth went numb,

I have never had that happen even with super hots. It had a very long linger too, could still feel a bit of tingle 20 mins after. They may be a bit pointy headed but I am happy so that is all that matters.

solid7 · Jul 21, 2016

It had a very long linger too, could still feel a bit of tingle 20 mins after.

That alone says that it probably isn't a wiri wiri. But...

I am happy so that is all that matters.

There you go.

Ashen · Jul 21, 2016

Well I am satisfied it is wiri wiri.. Taste is right, and wiriwiri taste is distinctive . The heat on them can vary widely from what I have read, and that one was hitting at top of range for sure. It wasn't a 20 minute hard burn just a pleasant linger of flavour and tingle, in fact it was a slow build over about a min or so then fell off to that that background hum after about 3-4 mins.