Re: [CH] no response - my bad
Gary Smith (gars@thelovelyjanet.com)
Thu, 30 Sep 2010 20:24:41 -0700 (PDT)
Ahhh - this may be the primary answer. I apologize
for not realizing the list is text only. I did include
images and that probably lead to the request not being circulated.
The images were posted on Facebook, but not everyone is on FB.
Let me describe my mystery chile and if anyone wants images
I will send them to the individual.
I've got a chile that is not what I planted and I am asking
for help in identifying it.
It's a small shruuby bush about the same size and shape as
NuMex Twilight or Pretty Purple. The leaves are lance shaped.
The blossom is milky white and fruit pendant - this all speaks
of a C.annuum.
However, when I extract seeds the placenta and seeds come out
as a mash, rather than attached to a corky strand or pulp like
I expect from annuums and more what I've seen in C.frutescens
like Tabasco, Siling Labuyo or Malagueta. The skin is also
very thin - more like the frutescens.
The pods ripen from emerald (serrano) green to red very quickly...
usually on the oredr of two days.
I estimate the heat to be about 60,000 SUs with a good crunch
when green. It softens considerably when ripe.
The pods are pendant shaped with a rounded pointabout 5/8" in
length and 3/8" diameter on the stem end.
It's a great chile and one I plan to keep growing, but I don't
have a clue what it is.
Thanks again for the heads-up about the images, Dave.
gary
--- On Thu, 9/30/10, Dave Drum <dirty_dave@chillicooks.org> wrote:
> From: Dave Drum <dirty_dave@chillicooks.org>
> Subject: Re: [CH] no response
> To: "Gary Smith" <gars@thelovelyjanet.com>
> Cc: chile-heads@globalgarden.com
> Date: Thursday, September 30, 2010, 5:36 AM
> On 9/30/2010 05:08, Gary Smith
> wrote:
>
> > I've received no response to my request for help in
> > identifying a chile cultivar growing in my garden.
>
> > I would really appreciate some feedback with this.
>
> > I can repost the info and images but I don't want to
> spam.
>
> > gary
>
> Perhaps the fact that this is the first time I have seen
> the request (and I get regular deli
om the list) may
> have something to do with it.
>
> Where did you post the link to the images? As most know,
> you can't post images direct to the list as it is a text
> only group.
>
> I probably won't be able to he'p. But, I don't want you to
> think you're being ignored, either ;-)
>
> -- ENJOY!!!
>
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>
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