My grandmother and I got seeds from the same person. But my peppers look different from hers. Why?
My grandmother and I got seeds from the same person. But my peppers look different from hers. Why?
by SlMPLET0N
4 Comments
PalisadedHeart
I think the common quick answer would be; care of the plant. Fertilizer, soil type, water frequency, sunlight frequency, and pests.
Unless in a controlled environment, all of these factors will usually vary to some degree. Not to say capsicum levels wouldn’t be the same or not, but the appearance mainly. Just my opinion from experience growing peppers for myself.
BackgroundPrompt3111
Cross pollination happens a lot; that’s one possibility. Also, Capsicum chinense has an unbelievable range of phenotypes in its genetic code, so variations happen all the time. You could very easily have had seeds taken from different peppers on the same plant and ended up with not only those different phenotypes, but maybe even completely different colors.
LettuceOpening9446
Seeds from the same plant.
Same as 2 brothers that have the same parents but don’t look alike. Not guaranteed to be the same unless it’s very stable and isolated.
SlMPLET0N
u/PalisadedHeart u/BackgroundPrompt3111 u/LettuceOpening9446 Ok, I think this makes sense. So are these still the same kind of pepper? The one on the left looks like the Carolina reaper, the one of the right looks like a ghost pepper. 🤔
4 Comments
I think the common quick answer would be; care of the plant. Fertilizer, soil type, water frequency, sunlight frequency, and pests.
Unless in a controlled environment, all of these factors will usually vary to some degree. Not to say capsicum levels wouldn’t be the same or not, but the appearance mainly. Just my opinion from experience growing peppers for myself.
Cross pollination happens a lot; that’s one possibility. Also, Capsicum chinense has an unbelievable range of phenotypes in its genetic code, so variations happen all the time. You could very easily have had seeds taken from different peppers on the same plant and ended up with not only those different phenotypes, but maybe even completely different colors.
Seeds from the same plant.
Same as 2 brothers that have the same parents but don’t look alike. Not guaranteed to be the same unless it’s very stable and isolated.
u/PalisadedHeart u/BackgroundPrompt3111 u/LettuceOpening9446 Ok, I think this makes sense. So are these still the same kind of pepper? The one on the left looks like the Carolina reaper, the one of the right looks like a ghost pepper. 🤔