Sjon: I am not very surprised at the results of your experiment. Just today, I potted up seedlings grown from seeds of a Habanero pepper I bought at the supermarket a few weeks ago. It was just a trial after reading an article which said that 'fresh' pepper seeds germinated best, and I was having doubts about the viability of seeds I had saved from last year's harvest. In fact, my habs. germinated, but none of my Tobago Seasoning did. I have decided that I will use this method of sowing for peppers which I can get in the supermarkets. A couple of years ago I grew bell peppers from red bell peppers I bought in the market, but the seeds had been dried and saved. I got thick walled green peppers - not a long enough season here for them to go red. Keep us posted on your results.

So I have started lots of new Chilli peppers, Here is Cayenne, Maui Purple, Prairie Fire, Numex Twilight, Medusa, Rocket, Rocoto Red and Tabasco just starting to pop up... Red Savina Pieto de Moca De Arbol Numex X Big Jim coming up...

I found this thread when I googled tomato plant wilting at top. One of my plants was severely wilted this morning. Fearing something that might spread to the others, I pulled the plant and prepared to take it in to the county extension office. Then I realized it is Friday, and they don't accept samples on Fridays, since they would not be able to get them to VA Tech in good shape, if the local office can't diagnose the problem. My problem sounds exactly like the ones described here. The only other clue I have, which may be unrelated, is that this particular plant had some damage three weeks agonwhich looked exactly like hornworm damage, but I was unable to find any pest. Following suggestions on this thread, I cut off the top of the wilted stem and placed it in water. No cloudiness came out, and six hours later, the piece in water has recovered from the wilt, and looks great. I cut the main stem at several points, and it looked normal. I then slit the stem for about eight inches. Again, nothing out of the ordinary. I will dig up the rest of the rootball for any further clues. It is clear the top of the plant was not getting water, but I don't know why.

Hi Paradisi .. I would love to have some of those black chilli seeds if they are still on offer. I have some seeds i have collected but dont know how viable they are as I havent had a proper garden for a couple of years. we have a multitude of plants in the garden now so if there is anythign you are looking for ask and I will see if I can find them for you cheers pixiemb