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🌶x🌶=🌶? Making new ones & enjoying the wonder of wild capsicum http://youtube.com/ChilliCrosser #hybrid #plantbreeding #chilli #chili #pepper #wild #capsicum
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C.galapagoense underway 🌶️🌱
January 27, 2026 at 8:12 PM
C.galapagoense underway 🌶️🌱
Wild capsicum seedlings appearing. C.lanceolatum native to southern Mexico, Guatemala & Honduras. C.cardenasii native to Bolivia 🌱🌶️
January 15, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Wild capsicum seedlings appearing. C.lanceolatum native to southern Mexico, Guatemala & Honduras. C.cardenasii native to Bolivia 🌱🌶️
C.galapagoense from older seed, 28 days to emerge is pretty good for this species even on fresh seed stock 🌱🌶️
December 31, 2025 at 5:20 PM
C.galapagoense from older seed, 28 days to emerge is pretty good for this species even on fresh seed stock 🌱🌶️
Attempt to introduce C.eximium into my C.baccatum var. pendulum x C.tovarii hybrid. That’d be 3 clades, not just 3 species, in the same mix. I’ll almost certainly need to see the flowers on this one to confirm. Trichomes very dominant from the two wilds in this probable F1. 🌶️🌱
December 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Attempt to introduce C.eximium into my C.baccatum var. pendulum x C.tovarii hybrid. That’d be 3 clades, not just 3 species, in the same mix. I’ll almost certainly need to see the flowers on this one to confirm. Trichomes very dominant from the two wilds in this probable F1. 🌶️🌱
Probably C.baccatum var. pendulum x C.eximium F1, early traits looking good. Non-pungent trait in the mix for added interest. 🌶️🌱
December 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Probably C.baccatum var. pendulum x C.eximium F1, early traits looking good. Non-pungent trait in the mix for added interest. 🌶️🌱
More C.tovarii last week 🌱🌶️
September 7, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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 🌱🌶️
September 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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 🌶️🌱
August 25, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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. 🌶️🌱
August 24, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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 🌶️🌱
August 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
First ripe C.tovarii berry of the year, many more to come 🌶️🌱
Wild capsicum berries, some gradually starting to turn, others will take months yet 🌶️🌱
August 16, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Wild capsicum berries, some gradually starting to turn, others will take months yet 🌶️🌱
C.lanceolatum 🌶️🌱
August 16, 2025 at 9:06 AM
C.lanceolatum 🌶️🌱
Photo-bombed by blurry insect C.rhomboideum 🌱🌶️
August 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Photo-bombed by blurry insect C.rhomboideum 🌱🌶️
C.lanceolatum 🌱🌶️
August 3, 2025 at 12:59 PM
C.lanceolatum 🌱🌶️
C.baccatum var. pendulum 🌱🌶️
August 3, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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 🌶️🌱
July 27, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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
July 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
After the 🐝🌶️🌱 CAP 1530 C.eximium
Reasons to grow the wonderful C.tovarii, volume 72 🌶️🌱
July 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Reasons to grow the wonderful C.tovarii, volume 72 🌶️🌱
CAP 1530 C.eximium now setting berries 🌶️🌱
July 17, 2025 at 6:37 PM
CAP 1530 C.eximium now setting berries 🌶️🌱
Looking like a good year for C.tovarii berries 🌶️🌱
July 9, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Looking like a good year for C.tovarii berries 🌶️🌱
CAP 1530 C.eximium 🌱🌶️
July 6, 2025 at 12:27 PM
CAP 1530 C.eximium 🌱🌶️
My C.rabenii x C.tovarii F1 hybrid starting to flower again, year 3 for this plant 🌶️🌱
June 28, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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 🌶️🌱
June 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
C.tovarii setting berries nicely for another year 🌶️🌱
Wake up time in wild Capsicum land 🌱🌶️
April 5, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Wake up time in wild Capsicum land 🌱🌶️