Confused By Colour

[Jimbo]

Hi, wondered if anyone could help. I bought a scotch bonnet fruit from the supermarket and used its seeds. The plant has grown well and Italy fruited green. They have now turned a deep purple. I thought they ended up red or yellow. Ive attached a pic thanks.

 

[b3rnd]

All I know is that's not a Scotch Bonnet. If the pod you got seeds from was, then it's an accidental cross. 

 

[Jimbo]

Thanks, I grew them next to sweet peppers. Perhaps a cross there?

 

[AndyW]

No, what you grow it by can only affect what comes from the seeds of *those* pods. Seems like the supermarket seeds were already crossed.

 

[Jimbo]

Thanks Andy, that is so interesting. Ive had a chew of one of the fruits and theres no heat at all. Shame because they look nice. Cheers again for that info.

 

[hogleg]

Shoot, that looks more like a eggplant than a bonnet    

 

[The_NorthEast_ChileMan]

Shoot, that looks more like a eggplant than a bonnet 

 
Eggplant don't have a pointed end!

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Oh, the color! GOTCHA!

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[hogleg]

 
Eggplant don't have a pointed end!



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Oh, the color! GOTCHA!

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[SpeakPolish]

 

Eggplants don't grow on pepper plants

 

[hogleg]

Eggplants don't grow on pepper plants

 
That, I cant argue 

 

[Ghost Pepper Revolution]

I gotta know, how was the flavor?

 

[Jimbo]

The flavour was like a distant aftertaste of a sweet pepper with a very thin skin. There was absoluy no heat to it at all, sadly.

 

[JohnnysGotTheHeat]

pablano or mulato maybe 

 

[Elpicante]

Ere they sweet atleast

 

[Jimbo]

Yes, thin skinned and mild but have been nice in a salad ;-)

 

[willard3]

pablano = poblano
 
Definitely not a poblano

 

[DontPanic]

Congratulations!
 
You seem to have come across an interesting new cross!
 
It's interesting that the pepper has no heat, and apparently no strong Habanero/Chinense flavor (correct?)
 
If the parent was a Scotch Bonnet, I would have expected an F1 to exhibit the heat of a Habanero even if it crossed with a heatless pepper.
 
This pepper seems to be full of surprises!

 

[AndyW]

Maybe the seeds were from a Jamaican Mushroom "scotch bonnet"?

 

[Enyimage]

Could you have mixed up the seeds?


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