> I thought all C. pubescens were cultivated. Are there wild ones too? Cameron, There I go, showing my stupidity again. Collected from native cultivated sites would be more correct. (maybe?) JohnT ----- Original Message ----- From: Cameron Begg To: Love2Troll Cc: chile-heads Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 1:40 PM Subject: Re: Pubescent in the Andes [v8 #738] Hi C-H's, At 1:04 PM -0600 1/26/04, Love2Troll (JohnT) wrote: >..........why 25+ different C. pubs did so well as first year plants >and others did so poorly. Root formation? >I'm growing ones from Guatemala, Peru, Mexico, Ecuador, Costa Rica & >Bolivia. They were collected in the wild from elevations differing >by thousands of feet. Presumably soil, humidity & temperatures >varied quite a bit too, but I don't know for a fact. I thought all C. pubescens were cultivated. Are there wild ones too? >I'm guessing that this time next year we will have a lot more >comparisons to make. I've sent saved seeds to 7 countries so far >and hopefully the recipients will share what their results were. That'll be very interesting. >Disclaimer: I'm not a pepper expert, Neither am I, but learning sure is fun! -- --- Regards, Cameron.