I put an aji Lemon Drop in a large planter with the aji white caterpillar. I am calling it a "pepper J"… for the hubs. đź’–đź‘Ť
by kt_fizzle
15 Comments
weaverlorelei
You would not have a cross show up until you planted the seeds .
kt_fizzle
This is a container I have been growing for two years. It’s possible x-pol fruit from last year seeded without me knowing.
omnomvege
It wouldn’t be a cross, at least not yet. You can plant two different peppers next to one another and the fruit they produce that year will be true to what you planted (assuming you’re using heirloom seeds). Planting a spicy pepper next to a bell pepper, won’t make spicy bell peppers that year, for example.
Crosses happen when the seeds of a hybrid are planted – so if any of the three peppers in your photo contain hybrid seeds, then you would need to plant those seeds, then have that plant self pollinate itself. From there, to stabilize the hybrid, you would need to save the seeds from that plant, and plant them again making sure the next generation also self-pollinates. And over and over again for 8-10 generations. Generally, you’ll want to manually isolate and pollinate plants yourself when making hybrids. Not saying nature can’t make them, just that it’s hard to know for certain what flowers the bee has been in, and what pollen fertilized your plant – much more certainty when you do it manually.
kt_fizzle
Join Reddit they said. It’ll be way better than other SM and you’ll get lots of ideas.
Me: Posts excitement about peppers but doesn’t write an explicit novel with every last detail. Gets shit on
“I have a lot to learn” 👀🤔
CapnSaysin
Just by the look, it looks like it’s gonna taste good. That deep yellow color. I like it!
SwimmingSwim3822
If you wanted it to be a bicep, it needs more veins!
nmacaroni
How many plants of the new variety have you grown from seed?
WildmanChiliFarm
So basically you had 2 old plants in a container, likely started the cross last season, an old pepper/seed likely fell into the soil and this year has a new plant between the original two that just so happens to look like a combination of the two peppers? Correct?
sloppysauce
How long have the two plants been in the same pot? You mentioned “overwintering” in a reply. If they grew side by side last season, and there’s a chance a pepper from last season falling down into your top dressing? And then this season a new plant started growing on its own in the same pot as the other two over wintered in? There are 3 separate and distinct plants? Then yeah, you might have a cross.
TryToFlyHigh
People are angry! Have you considered a name yet?
RibertarianVoter
Guys, read OP’s comments. The crossed pepper is from a volunteer plant that popped up in between the first two pepper plants that have been growing since last year.
Brian870
I’m sorry you’re getting shit on for sharing something pretty cool.
Equivalent-Collar655
How does it taste, heat level? Aji ?
ChasinPenguins
That’s really awesome, are you going to try and stabilize it?
Enjoy-the-sauce
Why is everyone being such a judgmental butthole? Calm down.
I’ll say – that looks interesting. Taste it and get back to us.
15 Comments
You would not have a cross show up until you planted the seeds .
This is a container I have been growing for two years. It’s possible x-pol fruit from last year seeded without me knowing.
It wouldn’t be a cross, at least not yet. You can plant two different peppers next to one another and the fruit they produce that year will be true to what you planted (assuming you’re using heirloom seeds). Planting a spicy pepper next to a bell pepper, won’t make spicy bell peppers that year, for example.
Crosses happen when the seeds of a hybrid are planted – so if any of the three peppers in your photo contain hybrid seeds, then you would need to plant those seeds, then have that plant self pollinate itself. From there, to stabilize the hybrid, you would need to save the seeds from that plant, and plant them again making sure the next generation also self-pollinates. And over and over again for 8-10 generations. Generally, you’ll want to manually isolate and pollinate plants yourself when making hybrids. Not saying nature can’t make them, just that it’s hard to know for certain what flowers the bee has been in, and what pollen fertilized your plant – much more certainty when you do it manually.
Join Reddit they said. It’ll be way better than other SM and you’ll get lots of ideas.
Me:
Posts excitement about peppers but doesn’t write an explicit novel with every last detail.
Gets shit on
“I have a lot to learn” 👀🤔
Just by the look, it looks like it’s gonna taste good. That deep yellow color. I like it!
If you wanted it to be a bicep, it needs more veins!
How many plants of the new variety have you grown from seed?
So basically you had 2 old plants in a container, likely started the cross last season, an old pepper/seed likely fell into the soil and this year has a new plant between the original two that just so happens to look like a combination of the two peppers?
Correct?
How long have the two plants been in the same pot? You mentioned “overwintering” in a reply. If they grew side by side last season, and there’s a chance a pepper from last season falling down into your top dressing? And then this season a new plant started growing on its own in the same pot as the other two over wintered in? There are 3 separate and distinct plants? Then yeah, you might have a cross.
People are angry! Have you considered a name yet?
Guys, read OP’s comments. The crossed pepper is from a volunteer plant that popped up in between the first two pepper plants that have been growing since last year.
I’m sorry you’re getting shit on for sharing something pretty cool.
How does it taste, heat level? Aji ?
That’s really awesome, are you going to try and stabilize it?
Why is everyone being such a judgmental butthole? Calm down.
I’ll say – that looks interesting. Taste it and get back to us.