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baccatum Baccatum cross?

simon04

simon04

I've been growing some Aji Rainforest, from seeds harvested last year.

Some of the pods seemed slightly elongated, but now they're ripening to Yellow rather than Red....

So I'm thinking they are more likely to have crossed with another Baccatum.

Am I right?

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My Rainforest never went through a yellow phase.  And, as you mention, the bottom of the pod looks a little wonky.
 
What else was growing in the neighborhood last year?
 
I assume the buds had gold specs?
They look a lot like versions of the above Baccatums to me.
 
I have a really cool Baccatum cross with a Tree Chile (habanero De Arbol) and Aji red that I sent Chris and SO FAR the seeds seemed to cross with his Scorions(yellow-maybe).
I got Baccatum buds with pods that are red with tails.
Very cool plant.
It seems very stable so far.
No where near super hot in heat,BUT a great tasting blend of Bac. and Chin.
 
Been growing it with very little variation for several years.
Very cool cross in my opinion.
Haven't grown it long enough to know stability yet-8 seasons in isolation...
 
The flowers were deffo Baccatum, but I haven't eaten any of the fruit yet.

I had Aji Crystal and Aji Amarillo growing nearby.

There were Annuums and Chinense, but trying to remember all the varieties.
 
Just tried a pair of them. They're a bit 'green' tasting, with distinct baccatum flavour.

Interestingly, not very hot at all - maybe jalapeño strenģth?
 
Usually peppers prefer to cross with peppers from the same subspecies. It's most likely a baccatum x baccatum cross. But could be anything to be honest. Sounds pretty good though, jalapeno heat with baccatum flavor :)
 
simon04 said:
I've been growing some Aji Rainforest, from seeds harvested last year.

Some of the pods seemed slightly elongated, but now they're ripening to Yellow rather than Red....

So I'm thinking they are more likely to have crossed with another Baccatum.

Am I right?

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If you took seeds from a red ripening pod, it could not go yellow in the first year from an accidental crossing, i.e. the F1-plant would produce red pods no matter what colour pod the pollinating plant produced. This is because the colur red is dominant to all other colours and thus would be expressed in the F1-plant.
A plausible explanation is that your original plant was not stable and may have been crossed with something yellow, which was not shown in the F1-plant from last year, but can be expressed from the F2-generation and on. Most likely is the F2-generation, because if you took seeds from a red-podded F2-plant, it is statistically unlikely for a yellow-podded one to show up when growing only one or a few F3-plants.
 
That would seem logical. I have another mutation from the seeds I harvested, but also something like an Aji Amarillo from a seed from the original purchase.

All very odd...

It has turned out to be a fun packet of seeds at least :wub:
 
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