I planted all the seeds of the 15-1-1. Unfortunately its the slowest grower in my seed tray (extremely slow so far) so we'll see how it does once it gets out in the sun soon.
Have hundreds of plants growing now, will give out to a few farmers to trial out in a month or so.
I did get a few interesting varieties from grower in Harrisburg...
smaller shaped peppers were only like 6% of peppers for me... but he got 3 out of 8. and 1 out of those 8 is not hot. So I kinda got what i wanted :) ...
a 'not hot' pepper, with a small shape (although not as small as Aji...
A fun #1 hot cross I didn't notice before as they ripen red but until then they are a orange and red mix. I think a few others had more of a orange-red ripening color, but this one had more of a mix.
Will debate saving seeds of these in case anyone wants
Some more pics from my growers...
A 'not hot' yellow #2, very prolific looks like (I use pots and don't get this kinda production so its hard to tell how prolific they are gonna be from my own plants):
a not hot #1 (this shape is the most common from #1's and what they looked like also last...
My results so far of F2 variety #1 and #2 (had alot of other excel fields like leaf shape but not really tracking those as much).
#1's so far is about 25-30% have the 'not hot' trait with various shapes+sizes (although getting a smaller round shape is more rare like 6%).
To get both small round...
Yeh I'm saving a ton of seeds from most of the 'not hot' ones (and that small yellow acorn hot one) and can giveaway seeds for free if anyone interested in growing next year :).
I would say its pretty packed with seeds, which i would guess is not a desirable feature?
I counted 29, 32, and 35 seeds in 3 pods.
Pics of inside:
after deseeding:
I was wondering. For that small yellow pepper I got which is hot, lets say 75% of the plants grown next year in F3 will be the same look/heat-level/color (and I guess I could stabilize that) ... But do you think I can get a 'not hot' genetics to show up in any of next year's F3 generation...
Some new ones (along with some old ones to compare to)
Think all of them not hot except "13-#1-1" (top right),
And 9-#1-1, 12-#1-1, 14-#1-1 red ones in bottom right.
11-#1-1 is red but not spicy.
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So the results so far are:
3/10 (30%) of #1 is not-hot (and different shapes and a few diff...
I was reading an old thread on this site (maybe in a comment by you @CaneDog) how 'Hybrid Vigor' (not sure if that means resistance to diseases or generally a very productive fast growing plant) might be lost in a hybrid cross, unless you also cross the F1 generation with other F1's to get a...
Here is what i mean about 4-#2-1 ... it is fat at the top and may pinch a bit at the bottom... but not as much as BiquinhoYellow, and occasionally get some fruits like the one of the very left where it has a normal looking tail.
(btw the various dry white colors on the pods and leaves are...