Hi all,
my first real post on this forum. Been growing peppers for some 15 years or so, but only as a hobby and not too seriously.
I have a Scotch Bonnet plant about 5 years old, grown from a seed taken from a pepper I bought in a supermarket in London. the plant is crazy prolific, producing tons of red fruit.
On one branch I have a single fruit that is distinctly different. It is fully ripe but the color is more yellow-orange-ish than all other fruits. It is striking; it is not just an unripe color. There are several fruits on the same branch coming along fine in the red color.
A single pepper standing out on a plant goes a bit against my understanding of genetics, genotypes and phenotypes. If there is cross-pollination (and I am sure they may be some as I am taking no partciular precautions to prevent it) it should not change the fruit phenotype on the original plant; it would only be in F1 and onwards I'd potentially expect a different phenotype.
So, what might account for this phenomenon?
In perspective I think I recall that Red Savina was grown from a single seed off a pepper that was also a bit different from the rest of the fruit on a classical orange hab plant that was header for the shredder. I could be wrong, though. So the phenomenon is nothing new, I just don't quite understand it.
Thanks all.
C.
my first real post on this forum. Been growing peppers for some 15 years or so, but only as a hobby and not too seriously.
I have a Scotch Bonnet plant about 5 years old, grown from a seed taken from a pepper I bought in a supermarket in London. the plant is crazy prolific, producing tons of red fruit.
On one branch I have a single fruit that is distinctly different. It is fully ripe but the color is more yellow-orange-ish than all other fruits. It is striking; it is not just an unripe color. There are several fruits on the same branch coming along fine in the red color.
A single pepper standing out on a plant goes a bit against my understanding of genetics, genotypes and phenotypes. If there is cross-pollination (and I am sure they may be some as I am taking no partciular precautions to prevent it) it should not change the fruit phenotype on the original plant; it would only be in F1 and onwards I'd potentially expect a different phenotype.
So, what might account for this phenomenon?
In perspective I think I recall that Red Savina was grown from a single seed off a pepper that was also a bit different from the rest of the fruit on a classical orange hab plant that was header for the shredder. I could be wrong, though. So the phenomenon is nothing new, I just don't quite understand it.
Thanks all.
C.
