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In case you did not get my email, thanks for the seeds!

Got it, no problem. I don't know if I mentioned it, but LD seeds take a bit longer to germinate, so start them a little early. Enjoy!

Thanks for the heads up! I will try a heating pad this time as folks seem to recommend them. I have had good success in both just puting seeds into a cup of water or using the larger (tomato sized) peat pellets in the past. But I am willing to try something new.

I guess I will experiment, as I usually do ... a few seeds this way, a few that way ...

Hi All,

I am new here and looking for a few lemon drop seeds. Any help would be most appreciated!

Best,
Liz

Liz,

Are Lemon Drop peppers the same as Aji Limon? The Chile Pepper Institute has Aji Limon seeds - unless they are sold out.

Here is a link that might be useful: Aji Limon, Chile Pepper Institute

After a cursory Google search it seems that "Aji Limon" and "Lemon Drops" are the same. Their pictures look identical as well.

And the Chili Pepper institute would probably be the best place to buy them.

Hey Liz and happy birthday. I can spare a couple lemon drop seeds. Send me an email.

Lemon Drop and Aji lemon - C.Baccatum

Aji Limon or just Limon - C.Chinense

But people that sell seeds will sometimes interchange the names.
C.Baccatums have gold specks on their petals.

Hey - thanks for the info smoke.

speaking of lemon drops does anyone know the germination time and or the time to maturity on avg for these i just got some seeds and though it is late first frost usually doesnt come til between tgiving and xmas any thoughts?

If you use a Heat mat and thermostat set at basically 76-87 degrees F. no pepper seeds take longer then 10 days in general.
Annuums take less time and C.Chinense take 10 days more or less.
You do have to account for the freshness of the seed.
10 days for fesh seeds is pretty constant for a germination rate for most varieties.

thank you smoke appreciate the advice. ps you are my new hero, I have always bought every dry and fresh chile any store I shop in carries and have been eating super spicy food since I was little I have been a chef for many years and worked in santa fe for 6 years, and in all my experience, I have never seen a variety of chiles like the grow list of yours i read yesterday. Bravo sir, This is my first year growing anything but houseplants and I just happened to find this forum looking up some of the varieties I planted this year but after reading some of the dialogs from this forum I realize what a Rube Ive been not getting involved w/ growing chiles sooner. Ive got 67 hot pepper plants covering about 15 varities plus some seedlings and i am addicted. my hats off to you sir u r an inspiration!