ChilliCrosser

Tasty peppers but those look like Jamaican Yellow Mushrooms to me as they are a C.annuum species rather than C.chinense. Tons of mislabelled plants and seeds out there from sellers. bsky.app/profile/chil...

More C.tovarii last week 🌱🌶️

Second from left, a possible candidate F2 selection from my Mini Stripey Starfish project which is an interspecific spin-off from my main project. C.flexuosum to the left, Biquinho to the right for scale. More F2s next year for other flavour and colour options but a good fallback 🌱🌶️

Five in a row but not red yet, CAP 1530 C.eximium 🌶️🌱

Not a serious attempt as I only did a single manual cross per pollen batch. However, just for fun and home grower science, defrosted pollen samples I collected around 4 years ago. 🌶️🌱

First ripe C.tovarii berry of the year, many more to come 🌶️🌱

I was thinking

Wild capsicum berries, some gradually starting to turn, others will take months yet 🌶️🌱

C.lanceolatum 🌶️🌱

Yes and I’m in the process of making other new stripey things using it.

The burn profile is different to cayenne (C.annuum) and C.baccatum such as this are usually less aggressive.

Photo-bombed by blurry insect C.rhomboideum 🌱🌶️

C.lanceolatum 🌱🌶️

C.baccatum var. pendulum 🌱🌶️

I never compost my failed overwinters until the end of the new season. Why? Combination of laziness and having seen miracles. Stand them all in a tray to catch water in a semi-shady part of the garden. I’ll get a cutting at least. C.galapagonese late-July and back to life 🌶️🌱

After the 🐝🌶️🌱 CAP 1530 C.eximium

Reasons to grow the wonderful C.tovarii, volume 72 🌶️🌱

CAP 1530 C.eximium now setting berries 🌶️🌱

The small early ones often don’t have seeds but you’ll get some bigger ones soon enough.

Definitely true for C.flexuosum, I get high germ rates on mine. Fresh, well harvested and dried and then well stored makea a big difference.

Yes, it’s a wonderful plant, lots of nice traits. To note for your username, no embryo rescue required for this one. Though anything with C.tovarii in can be frustrating to germinate reliably.

Berries now setting, now for the looooong wait for ripening versus UK outdoor season 🌶️🌱

One of my absolute favourite wilds to grow, except for it being one of the hardest to germinate reliably.

Looking like a good year for C.tovarii berries 🌶️🌱

If the goal was to get some purple into C.chinense flowers I’d go with C.rabenii and skip some complications. Not as deep a purple though.

I’ve crossed them with C.cardenasii and C.pubescens, both those are easy. I’ve not personally crossed with C.baccatum but I know people that have, bit of a lower hit rate. To my knowledge they won’t cross directly with C.chinense, you’d have to go via C.baccatum.

Ignore the non-standard C.frutescens, I only had Cabai Burung Ungu flowering at the time. It’s much more colourful than a regular C.frutescens.

CAP 1530 C.eximium 🌱🌶️

My C.rabenii x C.tovarii F1 hybrid starting to flower again, year 3 for this plant 🌶️🌱

C.tovarii setting berries nicely for another year 🌶️🌱

Wake up time in wild Capsicum land 🌱🌶️