HAJ's cross section

cathyssocool · Jan 19, 2015

Signing up -- particularly interested in keeping an eye (or both) at that baccatum cross. Best of luck!

coachspencerxc · Jan 19, 2015

Interesting stuff... so the habanero x milds weren't noticeably less hot at all?

mpicante · Jan 19, 2015

Nice and very interesting crosses,especially the PDN cross.Good luck on your grow!!!

HAJ · Jan 20, 2015

cathyssocool said:
Signing up -- particularly interested in keeping an eye (or both) at that baccatum cross. Best of luck!

Thanx Cathy. I'll try to keep the GLOG updated.

coachspencerxc said:
Interesting stuff... so the habanero x milds weren't noticeably less hot at all?

Well, most were hot, and a few were mild. Have not found any that were medium. Some differences were there, but they were minor ...

mpicante said:
Nice and very interesting crosses,especially the PDN cross.Good luck on your grow!!!

Thanx Florisa

HAJ · Apr 1, 2015

We have finally passed equinox, and the plants love the light.

Not much to show (off) yet.

Ripe chili from HAJ14A F1, CGN 23209 X Cheiro do Norte. Uninteresting taste. May try F2s when I've gotten rid of some other F2's and F3's.

Flowers on HAJ14E F1, Ancho Mulato X Hungarian Black:

Last picture this time is different colour foilage on my PdN cross, HAJ13D F3

See u next time.

HAJ · May 6, 2015

Pods are setting, and greenhouse is getting green :party:

Still only ripe chilies on the plants overwintered indoors. But this time I managed to overwinter 3 plants, all baccatum, in the greenhouse !

Some pictures:
A double flower on Jalapeno Mucho Nacho. Other flowers on the plant look normal:

Ripening pods on the favourite F2 of my PdN cross, HAJ13D:

Another darker F2 of HAJ13D. Have not seen ripe colour yet:

Ancho Mulato X Hungarian Black, HAJ14E F1, pods now full size:

Have made a new cross: Pinocchios Nose X Jalapeno Mucho Nacho F1. Now let's see who gets the longest Jalapeno ! :crazy:

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Finally, my lack of success with HAJ13A, Aji Lemon Drop X Chocolate Habanero F2s, has convinced me to go alternative ways, so I have backcrossed the F1 with Aji Lemon Drop. According to my knowledge, on average half of the plants should still have the gene that can make them turn brown, though it will be reessive, i.e. invisible on next generation. Goal of the cross: a brown baccatum.

Happy growing out there !

HAJ · May 19, 2015

A few more pictures:

The double+ Jalapeno Mucho Nacho from above:

A double Lemon Drop:

The first 7 pot Bubblegum:

Blackness of the HAJ14E F1, Ancho Mulato X Hungarian Black, creeping up the stem:

A new F2 of HAJ13D is ripe, and this time it has the colour mix that I want, unfortunately the taste is not really that good, more F2 and F3 on the way. 2 pictures:

Much more F2s and F3s on the way !

Do you feel the heat ? :onfire:

HAJ · Jun 8, 2015

A few updates.

My Aji Omnicolor turned out to be a Not Omnicolor :tear:

New seeds bought and sown.

New F2's of my PdN cross has ripened. My old favourite in taste in bottom right. F2's from previous post top center, and a very dark/purple bottom right. Unfortunately the new purple F2s does not have that nice taste. F3's from the best tasting F2 getting close.

HAJ14E F1, Ancho Mulato X Hunagarian Black, now ripe. Being a F1 it is missing the 3 recessive traits that I want: darkness from the farther, sweetness and brown colour from the mother. F2's in the dirt.

Mucho, mucho Nacho !

And finally a new cross: I got a lemon in the turban !
Or to translate a bit, I have pollinated my Bishops Crown with Aji Lemondrop. Still far from ripe.

Comments and good advise are welcome. Thanx for looking.

HAJ · Jun 22, 2015

Podding up.

My first 7 pot Bubblegum

I was hoping that backcrossing the Aji Lemondrop X Chocolate Habanero F1 aka HAJ13A with Aji Lemondrop would produce some more seeds. Alas, that was not to be. 2 flowers backcrossed, for a total of 6 seeds looking viable. This far 2 surfaced ...

There is more luck with my PdN cross, HAJ13D. Have got a F3 with the right colour mix and the nice taste :dance:

The plant had quite an aphid infection, but I think I got it mostly cleared. Bigger and better pods on the way.

Bonus picture: Cucumbers in line

Next post I'll have a comparison of different HAJ13B, Aji Benito X Blondie, F3 pods.

Btw, if you've seen Summer, could you please send it this way :pray:

HAJ · Jul 27, 2015

Summer is here ... wait ... ok, now it's gone again. Back to 15 C, 15 m/s and rain :tear:

Well, luckily most of the chilies are indoors.

As promised, some pod-porn on the Aji Benito X Blondie, a.k.a. HAJ13B cross. These are all F3s.

First, the long white phenotype. Selected for next generation is the pod shown upper-right. They all taste approx. the same, same heat as Blondie, and have same colour, i.e. like Blondie without the purple "sun tan". Pod shape is a bit different from the different plants. I have more plants, but chilies look very much like the ones below.

Next phenotype is more round like the Aji Benito. F2 plant gave pale orange/peach chilies like most of the F3 plants, but 2 F3s have given pale yellow/white pods like the phenotype above. That was the original goal with this cross: white, round and stuffable baccatum. 2 pictures first one with a lousy camera which has the selected F3 plant (the white/pale chilies), and a picture with a good camera. Both the white F3s are the same colour, just different light conditions and camera quality.

Even though all were F3s were pale green before ripening, there were still differences:

Last picture of HAJ13B is the family picture from last year featuring, from left to right, parents, the F1 and 3 F2s. The last 2 being the parents of the F3s above.

On to something completly different. My Mucho, mucho Nacho pod is ripe. Here next to a normal Mucho Nacho.

Pinocchio's Nose, with a Bonchi (name of variety as given in shop). The "Nosey" pod on second picture has been pollinated by the mucho, mucho Nacho above !

Harvests highlights:
- To left of the 7pot BBG, is a small pile of the selected HAJ13D F3, PdN cross. Many with aphid damage. Plant is now clean. More shaped chilies on the way.
- Further to the left are 2 pods from the HAJ14E F1, Ancho Mulato X Hungarian Black
- Pods from the selected HAJ13B round phenotype can be seen to the right of the lemon drops above the Bonchis
- Fresh harvest of HAJ13A, Lemon Drop X Chocolate Hab. F1 stright above the Lemon Drops and Pinocchio's Nose. Plant is now in 3rd season.

Bonus picture. Eggplant !

Thanx for coming by

HAJ · Aug 1, 2015

Just a few new pictures

My first ever sprout with 4 cotyledons. This is one of my Pinocchio's Nose X Jalapeño Mucho Nacho F1, HAJ15F

One more of Semillas HotMix plants ready to harvest. Think it could be Devil's Tongue Yellow, or something ...

Soon to come:
- Harvest of the new cross Bishops Crown X Lemon Drop.
- Trying to cross CGN 21500 with Black Naga

az1000 · Aug 1, 2015

Very nice , I love hybrids.

HAJ · Aug 2, 2015

az1000 said:
Very nice , I love hybrids.

Thanx az1000. I find it very interesting to see what happens when 2 varieties are crossed, and to see the amount variety the cross has.

Trident chilli · Aug 2, 2015

Great work Haj .... unbelievable amount of patience to produce these hybrids .... what are you most pleased with so far

Trippa · Aug 2, 2015

Great looking crosses there !! ... Great stuff!

HAJ · Aug 2, 2015

Trident chilli said:
Great work Haj .... unbelievable amount of patience to produce these hybrids .... what are you most pleased with so far

Thanx Trident. So far my PdN cross, HAJ13D is the best: purple and orange chilies, with hab. heat and good taste. Plant looks beautiful too. The selected F3 plant is (currently) aphid free. More pictures soon.

Trippa said:
Great looking crosses there !! ... Great stuff!

Thank you. Good luck in you new (old) location !

HAJ · Aug 30, 2015

A few new pictures

HAJ13B F3 Aji Benito X Blondie, Long white strain, from selected plant

HAJ13D F3, PdN cross. From selected plant

Harvested Bishops Crown X Lemon Drop. Waiting for them to show up.

No luck with CGN21500 X Black Naga yet. Nor any other of the attempted crosses done while waiting ...

A few 'maters

Bonus picture. Dahlia in the last rays of sun before the coming of a storm

Stay hot

HAJ · May 18, 2016

Hmm, that was a good nap

Well, the end of last year was pretty boring. But here is the update on crosses:

Aji Lemon Drop X HAJ13B long white variety. Cross named HAJ16i. Have just harvested and sown F1 seeds. Aim is to see if I can get a chili that ripens from dark green to white/pale yellow. All the white baccatums I have seen ripen from pale green to pale yellow.

HAJ13B fat white variety X Aji White Fantasy. Not ripe yet. Just for the fun of it, maybe I can get a more funny shape of my white stuffing chili.

NUMEX Twillight X Cayenne Long Slim. Not very far yet. A funny colored cayenne ?!?

Ancho Mulato X Chocolate Habanero. Still pollinating. Never tried annum X chinense before ...

Pinocchio's Nose X Jalapeno Mucho Nacho, F1.5, HAJ15F. a normal looking long red chili. No pictures. F2's are growing but not yet flowering.

Bishops Crown X Aji Lemon Drop F1, HAJ15G. Have just harvested first ripe fruits. Lemon drop heat (approx.), and bishops crown taste. F2 seeds in the dirt. Will I see the F2 fruits this year ? :pray:

Aji Omnicolor X Aji Angelo F1, HAJ15H, not ripe yet.

Ancho Mulato X Hungarian Black F2, HAJ14E. Plenty of different shades of brown and black. But not a single chili with decent taste. Terminated.

Aji Lemon Drop X (Aji Lemon Drop X Chocolate Habanero) F1, HAJ13A XB. As I did not have any luck with the HAJ13A F2s, I back crossed it with the Lemon drop. Have gotten ripe chilis from 2 different plants, both look like Aji Lemon Drop, one with habanero heat, one with Lemon Drop heat. Have F2 plants growing from hot variety, no ripe chilis yet. 2 more of the F1's are having pods, but not ripe yet. Hope is that one of them will have the brown gene. Though it will be recessive and not visible in F1 plants.

Aji Benito X Blondie, long white, F4, HAJ13B #1. First plants about to flower.

Aji Benito X Blondie, fat white, F4, HAJ13B #2. Podding up.

PdN cross, F4, HAJ13D. Podding up, should get ripe soon. Will try to get F5 pods this season too.

First post will be updated with new crosses.

Have fun :cool:

HAJ · Jun 1, 2016

A few updates.

The first Aji Omnicolor X Aji Angelo F1, HAJ15H harvested. Picture shows HAJ15H (the big chili) and 2 omnicolor.

Another Aji Lemon Drop X (Aji Lemon Drop X Choc. Hab), F1.5, HAJ13A XB harvested. This one red, and lemon drop heat.

This picture features from the left, HAJ13B XB F1.5 #1 yellow, HAJ13B XB F1.5 #2 red, Aji Lemon Drop, HAJ15G F1

And bonus today is a harvest picture from last year that I forgot to post :shame:

That's all for now