cloudhand said:
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Maybe this is my misunderstanding, but I thought an F3 is generated only from a self-pollinated F2? Wouldn't crossing 2 F2s reset the seeds from those F2 pods back to F1?
Nope. Crossing two F2s still makes a F3. This coming from the chilipepper institute and other documents i have read on the subject.
If you have two like F2s, crossing can narrow down traits, by multiplying common traits. You are not adding any additional genes when doing so. Both plants still have the same genetics from both parents, so it is still considered a F3.
If you cross two unlike F2s, it is also still considered a F3 for the same reason. I have read about crossing two different F2s, each with a trait you want but not common of the two, to force a combination in the F3s of the two traits.
You most likely will not find the exact phenotype you want in the F2s. If you do, be very thankful. Crossing any two in the same generation or back crossing your F2 to one of the parents (which does start over as bx1), may be necessary to find the phenotype desired.
Crossing two peppers and seeing what you get is fun, but working to get what you takes way more work. Example...
Meatfreak sent me a PDF from the CPI about an orange and pumpkin jalapeño pepper they are releasing. Each cross was taken 18 generation, with many interfamily crosses and backcrosses, to solidify the color, the amount of corking, and size/shape. See if you can find that, as it is a neat read.
FROG DOG said:
Those peach variants are so nice!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks! There many cool traits popping up in these. I do have a things for the peach ones myself.