Thai chile pepper seeds

I have Thai chile pepper seeds available for trade or SASE. The parent plant (or rather, great-grandparent plant) was grown by my husband's cousin's wife in New Mexico. She's Thai and she says these are Thai chile peppers. They are a little more than 2 inches long and 1/4 inch wide and are very hot. They look just like the chile peppers in Chinese food. They dry well.

An offer is 1/2 teaspoon of seeds.

I will trade for 20 cancelled postage stamps. Duplicates are o.k. Just cut the used stamps off of your cards and letters before you throw out the envelope. Leave about a 1/4 inch border of paper around the stamp. I'll take any kind of postage stamps from any country, but not those postage thingies that the post office prints out and puts on packages or large envelopes.

If sending a SASE instead, send 49 cents postage for U.S. addresses.





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This message was edited Apr 1, 2004 1:14 PM

I'm starting to go through my mail now!! I would really like some Thai pepper seeds!!!

P.S. E-mail me if you are interested and I'll send you my address.

Hi Could I do saaswe for some Thanks. Shirley

I can do the cancelled stamps and may be able to get a few from Germany, since my bosses come from there. I love cooking Thai from scratch, but could never find those peppers in the local stores. You got mail!

Forgot to ask, can they be grown as a houseplant?

They can be grown as a potted plant and I suppose they can be grown indoors if they get a lot of sun or you have plant lights.

Thanks a bunch for the answer, Kelli. Our frost-free season is so short, it's hard to grow peppers without giving them a big headstart. I"m betting they'll make an attractive houseplant.

Do more stamps bring more seeds :-) Found a bunch from Micronesia, Sri Lanka and Solomon Islands as well as other places. Send me your address and I'll mail them to you. I love spicey hot food. The Americanized 'HOT' Thai food is not 'native hot'. I was in one restaurant and sent a dish back, explaining to the non-English speaking waiter that this was not hot enough. So they heated it up!! Even in Thailand I had to ask for 'Native Hot' to get the real thing. It is not served to tourists unless specifically asked for. Thanks, Padre

Kelli, this isnt sundry, this is her daughter using her Dave's account until I pay for mine.. lol
(I'm the person who wants the chile pepper seeds)
I was wondering if you have any information about these peppers, ie: scientific name, preferred growing conditions, etc....
I googled, but cant find anything that would be of much help, and nothing in the plantsdatabase.
Thanks,
Kim

I think the Thai peppers are just another variety of Capsicum annuum. We grow them just like most any other garden vegetable - full sun, average water, some plant food once in a while if you feel like it. On the hottest days, like when it is over 95F, they will wilt a little and no amount of water will bring them out of it, but in the evening they snap out of it.

I don't think they're picky about soil. We have alkaline adobe clay soil. It is quite fertile, but very hard. Because it can be so hot and dry here, I keep the soil mulched. We have some plants in window boxes with regular potting soil and they don't perform any differently than those planted in that old clay.

I have not had any trouble with insects, diseases, birds, gophers, possums, or any other cultural problems with these plants.

I have read that with all chile peppers, the hotter it is and the more drought stress they encounter, the hotter the peppers will be.

It is best to get the plants started indoors before you are ready to plant them outside. The plants will survive the winter if you get no freezes and will live for a couple years but eventually they go downhill and should be replaced.

Kelli, the seeds arrived and I'm anxious to start them. I like the idea of making house plants out of them and putting a small pot on each table in the diningroom once the peppers appear. Would they be too large for that or are the plants small?

Padre, their size can be controlled to a degree by the size of the pot they are in. Those planted in the ground get around 18 inches tall ("normal" pepper plant size). The leaves are much smaller than the leaves of bell pepper plants. My husband has some growing in bonsai pots (~3"x3") and they stay less than 12 inches tall. They still produce some peppers. He keeps them outside most of the time. I think they would need a good bit of sun in order to not get too leggy. If you have plant lights, that would probably be o.k. If you don't, growing them on the windowsill of a south-facing window might be o.k. Take them away from the window at night in the winter to keep them warmer. They don't do much unless they are warm all the time.

Thanks Kelli. I'll try some in the greenhouse this winter :-)

Sounds good, Padre, and I hope they brighten up everyone's winter.

There are still about 10 offers of seeds left.

I also have one or two offers of Hungarian wax pepper seeds. These peppers are of about the same hotness as jalapeno peppers.

Would love to have some of both...can you e-mail me your address? I love peppers!

Kelli...got the pepper seeds yesterday! Thanks so much!

Kelli, did you get the stamps I sent to you?

Still LOTS of seeds left! Start the plants now and have them ready to plant outside after the last frost.

Kelli, I would love some of your Thai chili peppers if you have some to share. I grew a Thai pepper this year but the tag on it said it was a Hybrid so I didn't try saving any seed. I can send a SASE; please, e-mail your address.
Gary/Louisville

I still have seeds, and new ones are forming every day.

This message was edited Apr 1, 2004 1:13 PM

Wow, that is an attractive plant! And I bet the deer and other "munching" animals will leave this one alone, LOL.

We don't get deer in our yard, but the gophers, squirrels, and possums leave it alone.

Kelli, I would like some also for a SASE?

Thanks!

Big_Red

I guess you never did get my cancelled stamps. (see post above from Nov. 14th) So I'd like to try again! Send me your addy (I've since deleted) and I'll round up some stamps to send you.
Thanx!

I'm just moving this back up to the top again since seed-starting season should be getting into full swing for most people now. I still have seeds.

Could I have some seeds? I have lots of stamps, have been meaning to send you some before this...

Bumping this because I've been looking for Thai pepper seeds for a few months now. Do you still have these? Do you still want cancelled stamps in exchange?

I have seeds. I'll take a SASE in exchange unless you have stamps from outside the U.S. E-mail me and I'll send you my address.