Marvel Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 My wife buys plants and immediately throws away the plastic piece with what she bought. Any guess on what these are? TIA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjimbo Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 Very possibly Thai. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 Classic nursery "ornamental" pepper. Closest to a tabasco if it isn't a tabasco. Usually tabascos go from green to yellow to red. That one is going from green to purplish to red. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted August 3, 2019 Author Share Posted August 3, 2019 Thank you... we will probably just leave them as ornaments. They are doing better than most of the other plants this year. 🙄 On another subject, this is our fifth year at this location, and have had a spindly group of crepe myrtles in the front. They have only had about ten blooms, but this year are quite full. All of them all over town are heavy with blossoms this year. Kinda nice... the wife had wanted to just cut them down, but she is beginning to see they might be good to have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 They get better with age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptorman Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 42 minutes ago, oldtimer said: They get better with age. The peppers or women? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjimbo Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 Peppers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjimbo Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 And by the way, those peppers are edible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 The crepe myrtles you jokers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted August 4, 2019 Author Share Posted August 4, 2019 Well, the crepe myrtles are probably 15-20 years old... The peppers came from a filipina friend, could be Thai (hats off to Jimbo). Another filipina friend was over here today and it looked like locusts going through kansas. She was excited to get them. There are more starting to turn, so we will get plenty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 They are definitely not the thai bird's beak that are commonly called thai peppers. But there are several varieties, naturally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjimbo Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 There are quite a few that are sold as "Thai'....seems to be a rather generalized term which may not be particularly accurate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 These are the kind that go into my standard line of sauces: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 https://www.chilipeppermadness.com/chili-pepper-types/medium-hot-chili-peppers/thai-chili-peppers/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillyBob Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 Certainly not PeterPeppers Seems that the Thai peppers I have seen were along the line of Serrano looks. Long/skinny. . Agree on them being edible, unless you are put off by heat. by the by my chile piquin [bird pepper] came up again. It's a volunteer. Came up a few years ago. 3 things get it. Grasshoppers, spider mites and cold. Mites aren't a problem outdoors. Tepins grow wild in the hill around town Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 Pequins and their close relative Tepins are perennials that will die to the ground in winter. I am a little far north and perhaps too much clay for soil to get them started here. I would truly love to have some in the yard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillyBob Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 Yep This plant goes dormant and comes back. I'm always surprised. I never water it. It does catch runoff from the roof and is in a protected area. Shaded from the sun most of the day. If you want some seeds, let me know. They will produce indoors. With sufficient vibration [here's your excuse to get loud] they self pollinate. Not sure about your weather.... We get enough cold to grow apples. But [this is a biggie], it never freezes for long periods of time. 4 or 5 hours at a time. Long enough and cold enough to freeze exposed pipes. Thawed by 10AM... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 Tempted. Vibration from the foundation shifting and the squirrels on the roof might be enough anyway. The problem with outside in NCTexas is it can freeze pretty deeply for extended periods. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coytee Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 On 8/3/2019 at 5:40 PM, Ceptorman said: The peppers or women? On 8/3/2019 at 5:50 PM, jimjimbo said: Peppers What about hot women? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjimbo Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 45 minutes ago, Coytee said: What about hot women? Context is everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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