Cut into one the peppers today and it had full bhut perfume, and a lot of bhut taste. So yeah I really suspect these are bhut x annuum cross. Just shocked they have no heat.
Saved the seeds from that pod separately.
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Most places I look call it a frutescens. Though yes recently it's been called in to question if it's an annuum or frutescens.
But then again many out there consider annuum and frutescens to be the same species.
They are a bit sweet. I would describe as a lot like a good ripe bell pepper. But with some flavor that reminds me of a jalapeno without it's distinctive "bitter" like edge.
Heh I wanted to do all 3 entries. Real life took a nice big crap on that. A helpful hint, don't stress over food contests wheere no-one but you gets to taste the food. It's all just fun, and show. So just have fun.
Personally I suspect an annuum bhut cross. It has a light annuum taste to it. But the plant looks way to much like a bhut plant, plus it has a bit of bhtu taste to it as well.
Never seen a bhut cross that was heatless before though, so that's why i'm asking if anyone has seen it before.
This pepper plant was bought as a bhut jolokia. I got two, one plant is 100% what I would expect. but the second is not a bhut.
Left : Bhut Jolokia
Right: ???
Corking?
very different stems.
Inside
upclose.
Leaf side by side
The plants when they were little were...
I bet that deer is already in some pain. Little bastard.
That's almost 3 months, depending on weather maybe. Should leaf back out fine. But the gamble will be if you have enough warm days to set pods, and if they will ripen.
Yeah collected the seeds from the ripes. Until the plants got some size the plant was identical to the bhut plant. The leaves on it are a little flatter, and the "creases" are less dark. Mind you the flowers on both plants are the same.
Let's see if the seeds breed anything near what I have now.