[CH] Shepherd's Red Savina seeds
Anonymous (entente@worldnet.att.net)
Tue, 3 Mar 1998 08:14:41 -0600
Hello everyone.
Someone mentioned they had bad luck with Shepherd's Red Savina seeds. The
majority of pepper plants I grew last year were Red Savinas, and they all
came from seed purchased from Shepherd's Garden Seeds. I had around 30
plants. While I didn't have any problems with germination or growth, I did
get a wide variety of pod shapes, sizes, and heat ranges. It seemed to me
that almost all of the seeds had been cross pollinated with other varieties
at some point in time. There were one, or maybe two plants that seemed to
fit the descriptions and pictures I'd seen of Red Savinas. The rest were
all slightly different, some having very thick walls like a New Mexico
variety, and less heat than typical Habs. I had wondered how many other
people had experienced this. Does anyone know of another source for Red
Savina Habanero seeds? Thanks.
P.S. The other varieties I tried from Shepherd's were all uniform and did
very well.