The fame stuff, the kind words from websites and things, are very flattering and lovely, but I just wanna act. - Matthew Lewis

True story.

I only wanna become a good farmer.

But now I've got that handprint on the hot pepper's walk of fame!

@surfermarly (Marlene) with 'Rocoto Marlene'

Daddy's ultimate accolade

The ones who only know me from surfing might have missed a little detail about my life.

I'm actually a farmer, a hot pepper grower to be precise.

My professional future supposedly won't be made of saltwater but a lot of Capsaicin.

Since more than 15 years my dad is one of the big players in the hot pepper business. He's offering the largest amount of different seed varieties in the world.

Currently there are about 800 different types of hot peppers available in our shop.

One of the varieties he created through crossing is bearing my name now.

What an honor, daddy!

Spicy little beasts: 'Rocoto Marlene' (Capsicum pubescens)

Rocotos are per se my favourite hot peppers.

I love their fruity flavor and the fact that a lot of them (depending on the size of the pods) are perfectly suited for stuffing.

This variety is even an excellent cropper, so the plants we're having in our green houses are full of pods!

It's a powerful one, thus Rocoto Marlene is living up to its name - haha!

You wanna shop and cultivate me? Here we go!

'Rocoto Marlene SLP' for sale at www.semillas.de

They say that 'everything in life is for sale'. That's demonstrated now, haha!

So far 'Rocoto Marlene' is one of our top sellers. I'm pretty convinced that this has nothing to do with me but is simply due to my dad's talent in creating extraordinary varieties (he's a chemist by the way).

I hope one day I'll be able to follow in his footsteps. Until then I will learn as much as I can from him.

Have a happy and spicy day, steemians!

Marly -

PS: I will bring some hot pepper seeds to Steemfest2 for the ones who are interested in having some.

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