Geez_2015

[Geez 282]

The season 2015 is already finished for me. There came the winter, snow and frost.
But calendar year continues, and I can to sum up the results. I had about hundred varieties this year. Some turned out more successfully, some less. I want to show some varieties which especially were pleasant to me.

 

Chilito de Simojovel \ PI 566812 (C. annuum var glabriusculum):


Yellow Fire \ PI 260501 (C. chinense) :


Brasileira Marimbondo (C. chinense):


Rompedor \ PI260471 (C. chinense):


PI 260523 (C. chinense):


PI 215734 (C. chinense):


Chiclayo (C. chinense):


CGN 23251 (C. chinense):


CGN 22163 Long (C. chinense):

Thank for attention

[Vincer 4,770]

Great peppers and great pictures!!!

 

Congratulazioni!!!

 

Ciao

Vincenzo

[joefish 4,894]

Wow, Gala, congratulations!!!!

 

It's an impressive cultivation.

The CGN 22163 Long and the Brasileira Marimbondo look really great.

 

How long is the outdoor time in your place?

 

 

cheers,

 

Peppe

[Laelia 4,640]

I agree, both peppers and pictures are wonderful

Did you like them for their looks or their flavour?

[Toolshed 4,341]

good job and welcome!

where exactly you live in Russia? it's such a huge country....

[Alexrm 5,005]

Wow!

[Umberm 5,044]

Great results and unusually varieties! Very nice growing!

[Hellas 5,545]

Beautiful plants and fruits, congratulations

[Lonewolf 18,212]

Very nice varieties, especially the one in the last photos and PI215734

[Geez 282]

Grazie a tutti !

Did you like them for their looks or their flavour?

CGN 22163 Long (C. chinense) of course more beautiful, than tasty. However I won't tell that its taste bad. Average... Though sometimes I think that it so because when you see this, you expect much more. At the first tasting it doesn't meet expectations. Later it starts to like more.
Brasileira Marimbondo (C. chinense) has very good taste. Like all the others. In my opinion only Chiclayo (C. chinense) has the mediocre flavor.

 

where exactly you live in Russia? it's such a huge country....

I live in the Orenburg region. It's very far from Italy... In Orenburg is a geographical border between Europe and Asia.

The climate here is sharply continental. Winters are very cold and summers very hot.

 

How long is the outdoor time in your place?

Summer is very short here. In the most favorable years, I can plant the peppers outdoors in mid-may, but need to cover them until the first decade of June. And in the middle of September already there are frosts.

[aria 1]

Very nice!

[Toolshed 4,341]

wow you have a very short season out there.

hope to see you in the 2016 growings to appreciate how your results develop!

 

Dario

[luca1973 1,504]

Ciao Geez,

The season is at least 1.5 months shorter than northern Italy, but it's a beautiful cultivation, congratulations great job!!!!

Luca

[Geez 282]

Ciao e grazie for your comments, that are important to me.
Yes, the season is short. But if you want you can adapt to any circumstances. So, in reality, it's not that difficult.
Great difficulties give only C. pubescens. Their harvest depends on the weather more than from the efforts.
Last year in early July was cold spell. And it gave chance for the mass flowering and formation of fruits. Almost all the fruits are ripe and I have harvested more than 3 kg from two plants.
In this season the result was only 23 rocotos with four plants. And yet I'm happy.


C.chinense I sow now... If they will be developed by May normally, then there shouldn't be problems. and much depends on the choice of varieties.
I like the low varieties that have a short cycle. High varieties (especially superhots) do not have time to produce fruit. This year I've had problems with them.
7pot Bubblegum gave very few fruits, and Jays Peach Ghost Scorpion - absolutely nothing.
C.baccatum and C.annuum are more easy to grow.
But I had three varieties C.annuum, which grew long time, almost as C.chinense. Monkey Face (C. annuum), Kitchenpepper Peach (C. annuum) and Cantina (C. annuum).

[Laelia 4,640]

The yellow one is stunning! What's its name, please?

[Geez 282]

The yellow one is stunning! What's its name, please?

Don't know. I received the seeds as "Yellow Rocoto from Bolivia"

Photos of past years.

And my culinary experiments...

Rocoto relleno

 

Rocoto marinated

 

[joefish 4,894]

Great!

 

In the last photo, did you hash the rocotos with a chopper and then marinated them with vinegar??

[Geez 282]

In the last photo, did you hash the rocotos with a chopper and then marinated them with vinegar??

Thanks,

In the last photo is a sweet (and spiced) marmalade. Rocotos, kiwifruits and lemon crushed and cooked with sugar.

[Geez 282]

This season I had few plants that made me doubt.
The purpose of this acquisition was the intent to better know the characteristics of Capsicum frutescens. But the result of this experiment is the opposite.
The situation is complicated by the fact that photos of these cultivars on the Internet is absent , and information is contradictory.
I'm asking the community about intellectual assistance.
So, the first cultivar...
I received the seeds as PI 260490 (C. frutescens) from Bolivia.
But ars-grin says it's Capsicum chinense from Bolivia.
And thechileman.org too.
And my plant is not similar in full measure.

 

Leaves and stems are very hairy.
The flower is not white, not green, without green areas. This color can be called dirty-cream-white.
Anthers dark, filaments purple, pistil and stigma light.
The position of the flower is down. But the angle is not acute.
The fruits also remain in the lower position. The fruit does not come off easily from peduncle.





What is it? C. frutescens, chinense or interspecific hybrid?
Your comments, please...

[Lonewolf 18,212]

Very interesting and well documented!

In my opinion this is an interspecific hybrid between C.chinense and C.annuum.

C.frutescens should not be involved because soft fruits (typical of that species) is a dominant characteristics and should be always present in its hybrids (a least in the first generations).

[Geez 282]

Thank you very much!
You may be right about that.
Indeed, the fruits were not soft, as is typical of C.frutescens.
Although another C.frutescens, Lotah Bih, produced the fruits that were not soft too. Maybe I had bad cultivation conditions.
I'm not satisfied with this plant this year. The productivity was very low, only a few fruits and I didn't try out them. Will leave in the second year for further study.

[Geez 282]

This is an unknown cultivar labeled as CAP 206 (Capsicum sp.).
According to ethno-botanik.org is CAP 206 Capsicum frutescens L. , 1954.
But in those years the taxonomy of peppers often contained errors.
This is my result.
The plant has grown for the season to 40-50cm.
The leaves are small, more yellow than usual.
Flowers have 5 (sometimes 6) petals. The tips of petals the greenish and center of a flower slightly greenish also. Anthers dark, filaments purple, pistil purple and stigma light.
The position of the flower is down. But the angle is not acute. (80°-90°)
The position of the fruits is up. At early stages color of fruits black (anthocyanin). Final color is red.
The fruit does not come off easily from peduncle and not soft.




The last photo is made today
The taste is not typical for Capsicum chinense. But there's some tiny nuance which I cannot identify, and slightly sourish. Sufficiently sharp.

[Umberm 5,044]

This is an unknown cultivar labeled as CAP 206 (Capsicum sp.).

According to ethno-botanik.org is CAP 206 Capsicum frutescens L. , 1954.

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The position of the flower is down. But the angle is not acute. (80°-90°)

...

The fruit does not come off easily from peduncle and not soft.

 

 

 

 

And so it isn't a C.frutescens, I think.

 

Costriction ring is very marked ... C. chinense I think is more likely.

Anyway intersting post, beautiful plant, beautiful pictures!

[Geez 282]

Thank you very much for your comment!
I thought it C. chinense too.
But the ring constriction is the only symptom of C. chinense...
One flower in the node. Absolutely no typical flavor for C. chinense.
And the green tips of the petals of a flower?
It is difficult to connect all the symptoms together and make a conclusion.
Okay, I'm going to keep watching this cultivar, and may notice new characteristics.

I don't understand why this this cultivar (as and others) have known for more than 50 years, but information isn't present. And I can't compare my plants with others.

This is another plant, whose species I don't know...
Unknown cultivar labeled as CAP 205 (C. sp.)
According to ethno-botanik.org it is a Capsicum frutescens L., 1952.
But it's not C. frutescens, I don't see any species characters.
Flowers pure white, two (or more) in the node. Petiole drooping, arched.
Perfectly obvious characteristics, typical for C. chinense. But there is no constriction ring, not the typical flavor for C. chinense.





An interspecific hybrid between C. annuum and C. chinense?

[Rapace 9,624]

Congratulations, very interesting growing and documentation

 

Every year we make a statistics about preferred varieties by Pepperriends, take a look to this topic http://www.pepperfriends.com/forum/topic/13415-elenco-varieta-2015/

Would you like to partecipate too ? It' s not too late and I would be very happy to add your cultivars to the list .

 

This is an unknown cultivar labeled as CAP 206 (Capsicum sp.).
According to ethno-botanik.org is CAP 206 Capsicum frutescens L. , 1954.
But in those years the taxonomy of peppers often contained errors.
This is my result.
The plant has grown for the season to 40-50cm.
The leaves are small, more yellow than usual.
Flowers have 5 (sometimes 6) petals. The tips of petals the greenish and center of a flower slightly greenish also. Anthers dark, filaments purple, pistil purple and stigma light.
The position of the flower is down. But the angle is not acute. (80°-90°)
The position of the fruits is up. At early stages color of fruits black (anthocyanin). Final color is red.
The fruit does not come off easily from peduncle and not soft.

The taste is not typical for Capsicum chinense. But there's some tiny nuance which I cannot identify, and slightly sourish. Sufficiently sharp.

 

From the pictures and description you made I see there features of Capsicum chinense, Capsicum annuum and Capsicum frutescens too.

How many plants did you grow about this variety ? Same characters in all plants ?

 

Unknown cultivar labeled as CAP 205 (C. sp.)
According to ethno-botanik.org it is a Capsicum frutescens L., 1952.
But it's not C. frutescens, I don't see any species characters.
Flowers pure white, two (or more) in the node. Petiole drooping, arched.
Perfectly obvious characteristics, typical for C. chinense. But there is no constriction ring, not the typical flavor for C. chinense.

An interspecific hybrid between C. annuum and C. chinense?

 

Yes, it seems something mixing both C.annuum and C.chinense characters.