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Chili Plants on my balcony (pics attached finally!!)

11 years ago

Sorry for the mutiple posts, I couldn't figure how to attach more that one pic, looks like it's ok now so here we go again:

I wanted to share the few plants I am growing here in Athens / Greece on my balcony:

Here is a plant I got from pods I purchased in Tanzania / Africa. Funny thing is that I don't recall their shape being that way and being that big. There is a slight Chinense flavor, and the heat is unequal depending the part of the pod you are eating:

The plant:

The pods: I have no clue what type is it, when I got them at 1st I thought it was some kind of Hab, but the shape doesn't really match:

Here is my 2 years old Naga, no pod sofar, the weather has been way to hot up to now, we'll see in a few weeks:

My 3 years old scotch bonnet, not very productive either but the pods are very tasty and hot!

A nice ornamental giving lots of small yellow pepper with mild heat, perfect to throw directly in a salad:

And my little protective friend guarding the plant:

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Comments (4)

SgtPepper
11 years ago
A Mantis! You don't know how many people around here would like a friend like that!

As for your pepper identification.

I have similar looking habaneros. I bet they have long low somewhat intrusive branches (like scotch bonnets) if you let them grow their own way. My seeds are also from Africa. Except mine ripen straight from green to a deep red. Extremely hot, quite a bit hotter than the Scotch Bonnet. I suspect it is an orange habanero. Which is a scorcher of a pepper.

That's my guess. My own peppers have all the aspects of the Red Savina. But I doubt Savinas are grown in Africa. Someone around here might know. For now, mine certainly a Red Habanero.
habjolokia z 6b/7
11 years ago
Those pods look nice, is the skin on them smooth or bumpy? Maybe you bought a hybrid and when you grew out the seeds you have a dominate trate of one of the peppers they used. Not sure what it is though.
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DMForcier
11 years ago
That mantis is preggers. Check for dilation!

Also check to see what mantis egg deposits look like (if you don't already know) so you don't whack it and will have one next year. She'll lay somewhere close to the good food she found.
GoldCone
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11 years ago
Habjolokia, the skin is rather smooth, I would tend to agree that it's a kind of hab, not really sure.

Good tip DMForcier I will check for those eggs!

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