Hello all! It's been a while since I have been here, life is crazy with two elementary aged kids. Last year I planted Fatalii seeds from a reproable purveyor that I get pretty much all my seeds from. This year they finally started to fruit & one plant has red & the other the yellow peppers that I am used to seeing. Does the red version mutate from the yellow or did I get some seeds from red Fatalii peppers? Is it even a red Fatalii? All of the pics I have seen online of the reds look like pretty much like this one but there are so many peppers out there now that I can't tell.
pod How does this happen?!
- Thread starter Toddzilla
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Downriver
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@Toddzilla, the last time I grew Fatalii, they were skinnier and a little longer than your red pod. But, that was several years ago, and phenos can change over time. Fatalii comes in several colors - red, yellow, peach, etc. Right now, I'd say the red resembles a Caribbean Red Habanero. Not sure what the yellow Mutt might be. Need to see the plants and more pods of both. That might help. How did they taste?
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The yellow was more spicy than the red. The red was a little more fruity than a red hab. but they were both pretty tasty. The yellow was the only pepper on the plant. The red has a bunch. I will get some pics this evening.
HellfireFarm
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A little too elongated and not deep enough red for red hab, IMO.
CaneDog
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It could simply be that some of the seeds in the pack crossed out, so maybe it's half fatalii and half red hab or bonnet or something similar. Even within a single pod you can end up with some seeds true and others crossed.
BTW, is that a black drum in your profile pic? Worse ways to spend a day than fishing the skinny water in Florida!
BTW, is that a black drum in your profile pic? Worse ways to spend a day than fishing the skinny water in Florida!
It is a black drum. I caught this one in Venice, LA though. It was right after hurricane Zeta rolled through the area in 2020. The water was high & I didn't see much action that trip. New Orleans was a ghost town as well due to covid. It was a bummer but still better than working.
Upon further inspection a 2nd Fatalii labeled plant looks like red habs & a dragon's breath that is starting to fruit also looks like red habs. These kids are lucky I love them a lil' more than my chiles. My guess is a soccer ball decimated the table with the peppers on it & they just swept the dirt & labels into whatever cups they would fit in.