hello

[swisschili]

Since many years I grow peppers, and this winter I want to get into the culture of "wild" capsicums.I Have only experience with "tepins".
I received some seed of c. schottianum I planted them and wait and see if this is as difficult as that!  

I'm looking for others seeds....
bye

[Volitans]

Great!

C. schottianum is vary rare indeed!

Please keep us informed on how your project advances.

Greetings to Switzerland! - I just visited there on last April:



Picture from a little above top of the Eiger towards South.

[Aji Inferno]

Since many years I grow peppers, and this winter I want to get into the culture of "wild" capsicums.I Have only experience with "tepins".
I received some seed of c. schottianum I planted them and wait and see if this is as difficult as that!  

I'm looking for others seeds....
bye

Schottianum is what many people here would be more than willing to grow! What kinds of seeds would you need?

Tommi

[swisschili]

hello Volitans ,hello Aji inferno

ouhlala... I will have even more pressure, I hope that at least some seeds will give something and that I could bring the plant up to maturation .So expect and hope ...  :wink:
I received these 3 seeds in a french tomatoforum

I therefore looking for "wild"sorts rather easy for debuter, if there is!
Do you think that  c.chacoense, galapagoense or flexuosum are too difficult? I will rely on your experience...

[JartsaP]

At least galapagoense is extremely slow to grow. After two years I killed mine (left it to the greenhouse, frost took care of the rest), because I didn't have the patience to wait for a few more years to see if it's going to set flowers and fruit.

[Aji Inferno]

hello Volitans ,hello Aji inferno

ouhlala... I will have even more pressure, I hope that at least some seeds will give something and that I could bring the plant up to maturation .So expect and hope ...  :wink:
I received these 3 seeds in a french tomatoforum

I therefore looking for "wild"sorts rather easy for debuter, if there is!
Do you think that  c.chacoense, galapagoense or flexuosum are too difficult? I will rely on your experience...

Chacoense, Tepin, wild Baccatums, Rhomboideum and a certain version of Cardenasii are easy to grow. Chacoense probably the easiest of the lot. Tovari and Flexuosum are also kind of easy, but can be tricky to get to set fruit. Galapagoense and most eximium/cardenasiis I've tried are difficult - they may not produce any fruit at all. Galapagoense sometimes not even flowers.

[Fatalii]

I don't find C. galapagoense difficult at all compared to C. flexuosum for example which is very non-prolific and it's hard to get seeds from it.

Still I wouldn't say C. galapagoense is prolific..
Really enjoyed growing in hydroponic a system.

I'm just germinating new batch for the next season, plenty of wild ones this time!
Mostly because they're perfect to grow as bonsais!

[swisschili]

thanks ,i noticed all your experiences.
A question ,you grow rather in pots with soil or hydroponics??

My plants are all in soil ,in pots in the greenhouse and in autumn 20 of them came into the house

[Fatalii]

When the goal is to have as much yield as possible, or in case of wild chiles, seeds, I prefer hydroponics as it's much faster and gives much better results.

For ornamental (bonsai!! \/) growing, soil is a good option.

[cmpman1974]

I found C. Flexusoum to be quite prolific.  I was suprised.  I am overwintering my plant and am not sure if it will survive.  I had maybe 100 ripe pods on C. Flexuosum.

I've never gotten many off a C. Galapagoense plant, but the ones I started were never real healthy.  I'm going to try again this year, but start earlier.  7-8 months lead time is not an issue for this variety.  

I have struggled badly with C. Eximium.  I have no idea why.

Nevertheless, I'll keep trying.  It's exciting.

Chris

[Fatalii]

Yes, Mats Pettersson said the same.. his flexuosum was VERY prolific.

But there are at least two different flexus spreading amongst the chileheads, one with the yellow spots on the flowers and one with green spots.
So I wonder if that's the reason...

I guess you had also one plant of C. flexuosum?

Just germinating few different flexuosum, interesting to see what comes out of them...

[cmpman1974]

Jukka,

I believe my C. Flexuosum has the green spots.  I did only have one plant of this species outside.  I'd like to grow the other strain if I can find seeds someday (GRIF.....).  Mine is PI 631...   I look forward to starting seeds from this years' pods to see what happens.  

I may start a few inside early to experiment.  It gives me something to do over the cold winter. I just wish I had some sunny windows in my house.  Oh well.

Chris

Yes, Mats Pettersson said the same.. his flexuosum was VERY prolific.

But there are at least two different flexus spreading amongst the chileheads, one with the yellow spots on the flowers and one with green spots.
So I wonder if that's the reason...

I guess you had also one plant of C. flexuosum?

Just germinating few different flexuosum, interesting to see what comes out of them...