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Salamander
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Texas
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Oh, yes...I grow pokeberry for the birds! And they love the chile pequin peppers also.
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Michigan
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Curious George & UAOKA recipient
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Chapel Hill, NC
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I guess bears are smarter than birds!
What are chile pequin peppers?
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Cajun Country, Louisiana, USA
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Teensy tiny peppers that will blow the top of your head off. They're hot.
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Curious George & UAOKA recipient
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Chapel Hill, NC
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And the birds will eat them? I guess they'll eat bird seed with pepper in it to keep the squirrels away, so it makes sense, but you'd think they'd get heartburn or something.
I just got a viburnum nudum, or possumhaw in NC vernacular, to plant in my yard. It has beautiful fall color, as well as berries. I was looking at a wax myrtle and trying to decide if I have room for one. They need sun and I don't really have the right place for one, but the birds like those, too.
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#16 |
Salamander
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Texas
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Those peppers grow all over some of the wild places and people grow them also in their yards.
Pequin pepper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
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Curious George & UAOKA recipient
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Chapel Hill, NC
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Thanks for the link, ButterflyLinda! These guys are 7-8x as hot as jalapenos! I'm impressed that birds can eat them. The plants are pretty with the little red peppers. I suspect they are deer and squirrel resistant.
I think I will do a little more investigating and see if they'll grow in NC. It sounds like they are native to the SW and Mexico, so it may be too humid and/or cold here.
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Grub
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Virginia
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My son sprinkled the suet with hot pepper (cayenne) to keep the squirrels off. It works. I also sprinkle some into the bird seed.
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Michigan
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