Thanks,
The leaves of this pequin look almost like velour. It is an interesting plant I could bonsai.

The issue is that the peppers are so timy could be hard to harvest or use. They started dark green almost black and now are turning into orange / red.

I will have to post photos of what I bought as a 'Bhuta Jolokia' [sic] but today I looked at the peppers and way too small. Not even sure if it is a C chinense. Wonder what is the easiest way to upload / attach photos here...
Anyway thanks for your help.

I just got a bunch of caribbean scotch bonnet shaped chocolate brown peppers at a haitian store. They are hot and smell great. Will save and sow the seeds. Maybe sow seeds now.

I get a lot of peppers at ethnic sores and most germinate readily. Some have some purple spots but I wonder if it is a temporary color before full ripeness

thanks for your input

stefano

Thanks,
I did not receive the notification. I checked some Tabasco plants at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and look just like it.


I wonder what I bought as Pequin Wild Mexican, has really small leaves and  many many peppers. Never seen a chile with such small leaves.

thanks
stefano

Hi
I have been growing some peppers in pots on my roof.
Some from seeds from imported caribbean peppers and some small plants I bought at the farmers' market...

I am confused about some ID. I wish someone could help me ID, as I wonder if the tag was wrong and some seeds sprouted from a mix of seeds.

I bought this as Pequin wild Mexican. is it right?
the leaves are really small so are the peppers

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=6922301&l=9d248d6cd1&id=631078065


and
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=6922302&l=14efcaccb3&id=631078065


Then I wander if these are Tabasco as I suspect.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=6922303&l=7e37599a23&id=631078065

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=6922316&l=3021767e14&id=631078065

and these I have no idea.
might be cayenne red peppers i had sprinkled on some plant pots with to keep squirrels away

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=6922317&l=b664b6909a&id=631078065


I hope someone can help me...
so far my favorites are mostly C chinenses and a Hot Lemon [is it C. baccatum?]
wish I could embed the images from a FB album, anyway these links are accessible even if you do not have an account. the images are one after the other so if you click on the first one you can go easily to the next with a mouse click or cursor arrows

best

Do you grow it under lights? did the pods mature?

Here I bouht a few plants from the farmer's markt. I like the taste of Habs and Scotties a lot - I like the fruity taste. I bought a Tobago Seasoning plant to get the taste without the heat... But getting used to the heat. I started with peppers as a remedy for squirrels digging my plants.

Anyway I bought these peppper if you can help me to identify.

Mostly they are from the Caribbean. Jamaica, Trinidad, DR. The mexicans call them habaneros and teh west indians call tehm scotch bonnets or scotties. I know tehre are different cultivars but all are chinenses after all .

Also got a few Ajicitos Not hot . What are these? I am trying to include some photos...

But I like the habanero/ scottie taste a lot better.

I am looking for manzanos as well.

here are some photos if you cant help me identify. public link on facebook. you can comment and befriend me

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=236505&id=631078065&l=9a813e9f0d

are these scotch bonnets? imported from Jamaica http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=5899278&l=ebcc5eff7f&id=631078065
and these called Ajicito? what are these? http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=6018329&l=f391feceeb&id=631078065

box of peppers from Jamaica http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=6018330&l=6935cf0cd2&id=631078065
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=6018332&l=8c3690eec5&id=631078065
and
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=6018333&l=c2310914b7&id=631078065

and these from the Dominican Republic http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=5898578&l=36728b05fc&id=631078065

all in flatbush brooklyn ny. They all germinated from seed. The yellow ones were the hottest ones.

stefano

zengarden too expensive and large - I have some shelves with fluorescents.

Some I am trying in SH in net pots with hydroton in a half plastic bottle.
Others in soil. Put some plants on the roof and fire escape in 6" / 15 cm pots, want them to grow before I cut them to make bonchis.

Mostly Habanero/Scotch Bonnets with a few Pequin, Thai red/orange, Tabasco, jamaican Brown and a Baccatum and 2 Purple.

what do you think? the Hab/Scotties could yield as bonchis?

thanks
stefano

Thanks!
should I prune after flowering? I want to get some chilies so I am wondering if I prune too much I would prune the branches about to bloom.

I have bought some heirloom starter plants at a marked and I sowed seeds of hot peppers imported from Jamaica and the Dominican Republic at some WI market in Brooklyn. Red / Orange / Yellow peppers some Scotch Bonnet shaped some Habanero shaped. Wonder if tehy all come from the same plants and have different shapes.

shpuld I wai to pune them until they are 30/ 50 cm tall? will overwinter on my windowsill and uner fluorescent lights.

stefano
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Hi
I subscibed to the forums with my RSS reader but then it shows only the posts in Finnish. Any way to subscribe to teh posts in English only?
stefano

Would 1 or 2 l containers be ok? I want to grow plants indoor as well. Chocolate brown, Habaneros, Thai hot etc.

Hi
I fell in love with chilies after looking at this site. I live in Brooklyn NY and I have limied space for growing. Fire escape in the summer and 2 southern windows and some shelves with fluorescent tubes.

I bought 5 seedlings at the farmers market. Thai red, Pretty in Purple, Chococolate brown, Peruvian Purple.

I do not have so much space and I like the Bonchi idea.
I was wondering though if I grew these in small pots could they survive and produce a small harvest.
I do not have the room to let them grow 1.5/2 meters aso I was thinking of keeping them in 4 to 8 " pots [10 to 20 cm].

I know the stem would not be to thick but that would not matter much.

anyway do you have any tips?

I would like to keep the plants under 30 / 40 cm tall . should I prune the roots if they fill the pot?

thanks
stefano