Not so Yellow Fatalii.
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I had Yellow seeds produce Reds last year, but they were a lot hotter than a Fatalii. Some pods looked like Fatalli others were scorpion type. They actually turned out to be one of my most favorite peppers for combination of heat and flavor. I'm growing several this year from that plant. I have yet to get any ripe pods to compare. Either way your plant could turn out to be a winner too.
I have 4 plants grown from seeds I harvested from the same Yellow Fatalii pod. 3 look like the pepper I extracted them from- yellow & a little bumpy & one looks like this- red & smoother. Same thing happened with some Brown Morugas I planted- 1 plant with elongated brown pods & 3 with elongated red pods- none that are close to being true Brown Morugas but all from the seeds from the same pod. I guess the Morugas were crossed but the Fatalii is a natural variant?
Thanks for the info and experiences. I personally think I would enjoy the red variety more I just decided to get yellow fatalii for my first year doing them as a baseline. The heat and flavor from the one I tried is real good. I am not disappointed in the least. That plant above is out in the raised beds but I also have another one that was snapped in half from high wind during hardening off. It just wouldn't give up so I found a small pot (3-3.5 gallon) and stuck it in there. It is flourishing too and the pods look different than the one above in the bed. Will be interesting to see when they ripen! May get the best of both worlds after all.
I purchased some yellow fatalli seeds too this year from a popular vendor here, one plant produced yellow pods, the other was red and very hot, it did taste like a fatalli though.
