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chinense Aji Lemondrop x Burning Bush Habanero (Baccatum x Chinense)
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SpeakPolish said:
Baccatum x Chinense is possible. I have two different crosses of my own in F2 this year. I harvested 11 ripe pods from one of them just a couple of days ago.
Mind showing the cross.
Out of curiosity I tried one of the green pods on Plant 3 and it was one of the most fragrant pods I've ever tried. It was already full of lemon drop tang backed up by chinense flavour and aroma. It was also quite hot! instant Habanero heat with a Lemon drop burn that whacks you straight in the front of the tongue. The flavour sticks with you much longer after burn has settled down. I'll now have to wait for it to actually ripen some to get the full experience
Hope you can produce F2s thats where the fun gets started
I suspect from my research that the Burning Bush is an F1 hybrid that Burpee sells. So I'm already on F1.5? or I'm seeing a lot more cross dominance than I expected. The characteristics of all three plants are quite different which I would expect to be seeing in an F2 generation.SpeakPolish said:
That is not how hybrids work. As soon as you hybridize two different varieties you get an F1.
The F1 from two stablized strains should be very consistent and produce the same pod shapes and growth characteristics. If the parents have hidden recessive genetics because they aren't fully stable then there's a problem. This will produce an F1 generation with inconsistently mixed genetics which is what I'm seeing.SpeakPolish said:
If both the parents have a recessive gene and the same one at that then yes itll cause variety. But a lemon drop should get rid of all the inconsistent genes after decades of self fertilization
Nice!
Hope the seeds are viable
I'll be starting a few of them immediately after I harvest. So we'll have to see.
There's definite seeds starting and they aren't failed black specks inside the pod so I'm hopeful that they're viable. The true pod shape and size is very different from the stressed form in the first round of pods.
This pod is one that my dogs knocked off the plant.
Here's plant 3. It's really pounding out pods like it's mother. The plant has definite Baccatum characteristics and the habanero side of the genetics isn't as prominent.
The pods ripen from a bright yellow to a pale orange colour and come with an instant burn that is hotter than your typical lemon drop. The soapy lemon drop flavour is quite strong despite being an orange pod, they almost seem tangier than the pods I got off the mother plant. I'd estimate the heat level to be in the Habanero range at least 200K-300K SHU.
The name "Fire Drop" keeps coming to mind when ever I try one of these pods because it's like dropping fire onto your tongue along with the bright orange colour.
There's definite seeds starting and they aren't failed black specks inside the pod so I'm hopeful that they're viable. The true pod shape and size is very different from the stressed form in the first round of pods.
This pod is one that my dogs knocked off the plant.
Here's plant 3. It's really pounding out pods like it's mother. The plant has definite Baccatum characteristics and the habanero side of the genetics isn't as prominent.
The pods ripen from a bright yellow to a pale orange colour and come with an instant burn that is hotter than your typical lemon drop. The soapy lemon drop flavour is quite strong despite being an orange pod, they almost seem tangier than the pods I got off the mother plant. I'd estimate the heat level to be in the Habanero range at least 200K-300K SHU.
The name "Fire Drop" keeps coming to mind when ever I try one of these pods because it's like dropping fire onto your tongue along with the bright orange colour.
I'd recommend to let it ripen as much as possible if you want more viable seeds since the seeds still form even after it seems ripe. Again don't do it for all your pods, just a couple for seedsWinegums said:I'll be starting a few of them immediately after I harvest. So we'll have to see.
There's definite seeds starting and they aren't failed black specks inside the pod so I'm hopeful that they're viable. The true pod shape and size is very different from the stressed form in the first round of pods.
This pod is one that my dogs knocked off the plant.
Here's plant 3. It's really pounding out pods like it's mother. The plant has definite Baccatum characteristics and the habanero side of the genetics isn't as prominent.
The pods ripen from a bright yellow to a pale orange colour and come with an instant burn that is hotter than your typical lemon drop. The soapy lemon drop flavour is quite strong despite being an orange pod, they almost seem tangier than the pods I got off the mother plant. I'd estimate the heat level to be in the Habanero range at least 200K-300K SHU.
The name "Fire Drop" keeps coming to mind when ever I try one of these pods because it's like dropping fire onto your tongue along with the bright orange colour.
Any updates?
Pics or it didn't happen. Lol
https://plus.google.com/u/0/102275233366226512757/posts/bwmvutgDk6GSpeakPolish said:
It's been half a month. Did you get some amazing pods yet? Or are they still ripening?