Hello everyone, first off I hope everyone is having a good season and I would like to share some details on some crosses I made last season.
I have looked around the internet and found very few details on intentional or unintentional pepper crosses and the results. So I put these images together to share with the world my results, and I'll try and make these every year for every new cross I make as a guide for anyone curious about crossing varieties.
I did several crosses last year, but due to space restrictions I was only able to grow three of them this year. The crosses I grew this year are the following:
Caribbean Red (female host) x Orange Habanero (male donor)
Caribbean Red (female host) x Congo Trinidad (male donor)
Congo Trinidad (female host) x Caribbean Red (male donor)
Overview:
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This is an overview of the crosses, these are a batch of recently harvested Parent and F1 pods, arrows point two and from parents and from F1 child to mother (host plant).
Detailed look at Caribbean Red x Orange Habanero:
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I wasn't too excited about this cross at first, I figured I would get a Red pod with Orange Habanero flavor and a little more heat than an Orange Habanero, basically a Red "Orange Habanero". I was wrong, I got larger, blockier pods with a more potent Caribbean Red flavor and pods that ripened to dark orange then dark red. The plant looks like an Orange Habanero and the pods are dark green when immature (like an Orange Habanero) with the heat (dare I say) even hotter than the Caribbean Red. The plants yielded extremely well and set fruit very easily (they were the first plants to load up this year) which resulted in branches loaded with pods that wept from the weight. A suprise favorite this year and something I am going to grow next year for sure.
Detailed look at Caribbean Red x Congo Trinidad:
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I was hoping this cross would yeild larger pods than the parent Caribbean Red (and they do average a bit larger) and to have the Caribbean Red flavor but first results were disappointing to say the least. The yeilds are good and the pods are a bit larger or the same size as a typical medium to large Caribbean Red habanero, immature pods are medium green (same as Congo Trinidad) with Congo Trinidad flavor with a hint of Caribbean Red and the heat somewhere between the two. The "short flower stem" trait of the Caribbean Red is aparent in the F1 along with the "Wrinkling" at the top which is common on my Caribbean Red pods. The plant looks like a Congo Trinidad except it's more bushy and compact with smaller leaves. Other than that, not much else of the Caribbean Red made it through and I essentially have a smaller version of a Congo Trinidad which is why I was disappointed with this cross.
Detailed look at Congo Trinidad x Caribbean Red:
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I did both ends of the cross just to see if I got different results, and I did. Just as the other side of the cross above, I was a bit disappointed on the results. Pretty much the same as above in Heat and Flavor however the pods are as large as the Congo pods and the plant has the short flower stem trait of the Caribbean Red and the plant itself looks almost idential to the Congo Trinidad in appearance and vigor. The pods are very different from the other end of the cross in that they are not as wrinkled and appear almost like Orange Habaneros with large dents mostly near the bottom and the Caribean Red "wrinkling" at the top. Again, a bit disappointed but not as much as the other end of the cross, it yeilds very well and doesn't seem to stop fruiting or growing dispite loading up. Essentially I have a Congo Trinidad with a very different pod shape and a flavor mostly like a Congo with a faint trace of Caribbean Red flavor.
What I learned from this first year of crossing:
Large Pod Size mostly dominant
Short Flower Stem dominant over Long Flower Stem
Dark Green Immature Pods dominant to Light Green Immature Pods
Caribbean Red "Heart Shaped" leaves trait recessive
Caribbean Red "Pumpkin like" wrinkling at the top of pods is dominant
Caribbean Red flavor dominant over Orange Habanero flavor but recessive to Congo Trinidad flavor
Thats all for now, next year I will be hopefully growing these crosses...
Caribbean Red (male) x Bih Jolokia (female)
Caribbean Red x Aji Chombo (both ways)
Congo Trinidad x Bih Jolokia (both ways)
Congo Trinidad (female) x Aji Chombo (male)
Bih Jolokia (female) x Aji Chombo (male)
I have looked around the internet and found very few details on intentional or unintentional pepper crosses and the results. So I put these images together to share with the world my results, and I'll try and make these every year for every new cross I make as a guide for anyone curious about crossing varieties.
I did several crosses last year, but due to space restrictions I was only able to grow three of them this year. The crosses I grew this year are the following:
Caribbean Red (female host) x Orange Habanero (male donor)
Caribbean Red (female host) x Congo Trinidad (male donor)
Congo Trinidad (female host) x Caribbean Red (male donor)
Overview:
Information:
This is an overview of the crosses, these are a batch of recently harvested Parent and F1 pods, arrows point two and from parents and from F1 child to mother (host plant).
Detailed look at Caribbean Red x Orange Habanero:
Information:
I wasn't too excited about this cross at first, I figured I would get a Red pod with Orange Habanero flavor and a little more heat than an Orange Habanero, basically a Red "Orange Habanero". I was wrong, I got larger, blockier pods with a more potent Caribbean Red flavor and pods that ripened to dark orange then dark red. The plant looks like an Orange Habanero and the pods are dark green when immature (like an Orange Habanero) with the heat (dare I say) even hotter than the Caribbean Red. The plants yielded extremely well and set fruit very easily (they were the first plants to load up this year) which resulted in branches loaded with pods that wept from the weight. A suprise favorite this year and something I am going to grow next year for sure.
Detailed look at Caribbean Red x Congo Trinidad:
Information:
I was hoping this cross would yeild larger pods than the parent Caribbean Red (and they do average a bit larger) and to have the Caribbean Red flavor but first results were disappointing to say the least. The yeilds are good and the pods are a bit larger or the same size as a typical medium to large Caribbean Red habanero, immature pods are medium green (same as Congo Trinidad) with Congo Trinidad flavor with a hint of Caribbean Red and the heat somewhere between the two. The "short flower stem" trait of the Caribbean Red is aparent in the F1 along with the "Wrinkling" at the top which is common on my Caribbean Red pods. The plant looks like a Congo Trinidad except it's more bushy and compact with smaller leaves. Other than that, not much else of the Caribbean Red made it through and I essentially have a smaller version of a Congo Trinidad which is why I was disappointed with this cross.
Detailed look at Congo Trinidad x Caribbean Red:
Information:
I did both ends of the cross just to see if I got different results, and I did. Just as the other side of the cross above, I was a bit disappointed on the results. Pretty much the same as above in Heat and Flavor however the pods are as large as the Congo pods and the plant has the short flower stem trait of the Caribbean Red and the plant itself looks almost idential to the Congo Trinidad in appearance and vigor. The pods are very different from the other end of the cross in that they are not as wrinkled and appear almost like Orange Habaneros with large dents mostly near the bottom and the Caribean Red "wrinkling" at the top. Again, a bit disappointed but not as much as the other end of the cross, it yeilds very well and doesn't seem to stop fruiting or growing dispite loading up. Essentially I have a Congo Trinidad with a very different pod shape and a flavor mostly like a Congo with a faint trace of Caribbean Red flavor.
What I learned from this first year of crossing:
Large Pod Size mostly dominant
Short Flower Stem dominant over Long Flower Stem
Dark Green Immature Pods dominant to Light Green Immature Pods
Caribbean Red "Heart Shaped" leaves trait recessive
Caribbean Red "Pumpkin like" wrinkling at the top of pods is dominant
Caribbean Red flavor dominant over Orange Habanero flavor but recessive to Congo Trinidad flavor
Thats all for now, next year I will be hopefully growing these crosses...
Caribbean Red (male) x Bih Jolokia (female)
Caribbean Red x Aji Chombo (both ways)
Congo Trinidad x Bih Jolokia (both ways)
Congo Trinidad (female) x Aji Chombo (male)
Bih Jolokia (female) x Aji Chombo (male)
