I have a garden bed full of Bhut Jolokias, ranging from some 2 year old plants to some ones grown this season from my own seed stock.
I was watering the garden beds this morning, and noticed some extremely small pods on one of the plants. I know if you get pollination on some of these very early on in the season they can end up smaller than the size of your little finger nail, so didn't really think much of it. Then I checked the plant for other pods, and came across this:
My first reaction was to think that I may have mislabelled the plant as I've got lots of Asian Birdseye plants as well, so I cracked open a pod and checked it out. First reaction: smells like a Chinense. Took a taste, and bam, tastes like a Chinense and has the same heat. Just so I didn't think I was smoking crack, went and grabbed an Asian Birdseye pod and tasted that, nice taste not much heat, had a crack at these pods again and yep, strong immediate heat!
Will be keeping an eye on this plant and saving some seeds for sure!
I was watering the garden beds this morning, and noticed some extremely small pods on one of the plants. I know if you get pollination on some of these very early on in the season they can end up smaller than the size of your little finger nail, so didn't really think much of it. Then I checked the plant for other pods, and came across this:
My first reaction was to think that I may have mislabelled the plant as I've got lots of Asian Birdseye plants as well, so I cracked open a pod and checked it out. First reaction: smells like a Chinense. Took a taste, and bam, tastes like a Chinense and has the same heat. Just so I didn't think I was smoking crack, went and grabbed an Asian Birdseye pod and tasted that, nice taste not much heat, had a crack at these pods again and yep, strong immediate heat!
Will be keeping an eye on this plant and saving some seeds for sure!
