June 5, 2015 | #1 |
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Chile Pequin
I had a Chile Pequin growing in a 5 gallon bucket for a few years. I would bring it indoors during winter. For some reason it died this spring. This was an awesome plant and it would be covered with some very hot little peppers. I recently saw some dried Chile Pequin in plastic bags at a Mexican grocery store. I was wondering if these would germinate. Has anyone tried this before? My original plant was from the wild given by a dear friend from San Antonio.
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June 5, 2015 | #2 |
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It depends on how they were dried(too high heat will kill them). I've had seed from dried japones and guajillos that were from the Walmart produce section germinate and grow fine. They sell them in large bags that have holes and well, if you pick up a bag, seeds fall out...
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June 5, 2015 | #3 |
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You should be able to leave the plant in the ground.
Mine are and the come back up from the stump if the freeze back. They have came back after 10 degree weather. Worth |
June 5, 2015 | #4 |
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Buy them and try it. Those bags of chilies are cheap. I know someone who grows pepper seed from the crushed pepper that comes from pizza places.
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June 5, 2015 | #5 |
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Thanks everyone for the input, I will try it. Worth, I wish I had known that before it died. Nobody in this area grows them so I thought that they would die outside.
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June 5, 2015 | #6 |
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I have a few seeds i can send you if pm your address.
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June 5, 2015 | #7 |
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chile pequin
I have a plant of 2 types growing 1. a small round one and 2. a slightly larger upright one. As soon as they are ripe, I could send you some seed.
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We shall see when I get home. From these you will get seeds. Worth |
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June 5, 2015 | #9 |
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HEB has a salsa named, "Name This Salsa" It is made like Pace but with Chile Pequin and Morita Pepper. Morita is a lightly smoked red jalapeno. The "Name This Salsa" is good for a store bought salsa. Mild-medium heat.
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June 5, 2015 | #13 |
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Here it is today look at the size of the thing no care what so ever I just let it grow wild.
All the peppers are still green but it's loaded with them as usual. The plant is about 9 years old. Worth IMG_20150605_46941.jpg |
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Man that thing is huge! We love to make salsa with the peppers. The one I had in the bucket was about 3 foot tall. It is missed extremely! I read that it is also called Bird Pepper and I have noticed a Mockingbird that would eat some of the red peppers off the plant. |
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June 6, 2015 | #15 |
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It looks a lot like chiltepan. I grew those in AZ and they did great, especially in part shade. Very cold hardy,too.
We liked the peppers dried and ground. Like super hot pizza pepper. I have some seeds, although not from my original plants. I had a big bag ful of peppers and planned to dig seeds out but they were consumed bekore I could grab them after the move. |
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