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vlog Superhots Grafted Together! Success ** VIDEO ADDED IN UPDATED POST!**

I am setting out on a quest to make a plant that produces a bunch of different superhot varieties that I like.

Right now I am working with 2 plants. A douglah and a yellow 7 because I like oth of those. I took the tops off of each and put them on the other. I am HOPING to have the main stem/trunk grow the original plant's branches and pods and the graft up grow the new plant.

I wrapped the graft snuggly in saran wrap, gave a good watering, and put them in 1gal ziplock bags with a small 1-2'' opening on top for gas exchange. They are uner lights and in 4'' pots. If the grafts take I will move them to bigger pots. I trimmed most of the bigger leaves off of the scion (top part of the graft) to prevent dehydrating, but left on some of the smaller ones so I can use them as an indicator of the graft sealing and growth beginning.

These are them as of 9/16/12 (the label has the name of the grafted part on top of the main plant name):

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Thanks :) And yup. Thats my plant. To have differnt pods on different branches. I would like to get green and red peppers. Ifi can get some 7pod evergreens it would be awesome. thats and red morugas would look sick!
 
pods should be identical. i think there is controversy over the genetics of the offspring of the parent plants... i dont know enough however to comment on that.

good job with the grafts btw.
 
queequeg152 said:
pods should be identical. i think there is controversy over the genetics of the offspring of the parent plants... i dont know enough however to comment on that.

good job with the grafts btw.
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Yea the way I did it I should get normal Douglah and normal yellow 7 pods on each plant simultaneously. I did it so that the genes shouldn't have been shared but who knows its a plant so anything can happen. Ill see when I see the pods. If the genes did merge then I would get a crossed pod instead of two different kinds
 
Pods should hold true to whatever the scion piece is. In other words, the plant with the Douglah on top will yield Douglah pods. If it doesn't, it was never going to. The rootstock won't change the outcome of the pods, as their genes are determined by the piece that produces their flowers. I would be very interested to see Chinense varieties grafted onto Annuum rootstocks. I would think since Annuums tend to be quicker to fruit that perhaps it could improve the Chinene's vigor.
 
Scarlet Fire said:
Pods should hold true to whatever the scion piece is. In other words, the plant with the Douglah on top will yield Douglah pods. If it doesn't, it was never going to. The rootstock won't change the outcome of the pods, as their genes are determined by the piece that produces their flowers. I would be very interested to see Chinense varieties grafted onto Annuum rootstocks. I would think since Annuums tend to be quicker to fruit that perhaps it could improve the Chinene's vigor.
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thats the logical conclusion to come to, however there is some obscure studies done in asia that suggest some genes are transferred. i dont think this is the consensus however. but who knows.
 
queequeg152 said:
thats the logical conclusion to come to, however there is some obscure studies done in asia that suggest some genes are transferred. i dont think this is the consensus however. but who knows.
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Scarlet Fire said:
Pods should hold true to whatever the scion piece is. In other words, the plant with the Douglah on top will yield Douglah pods. If it doesn't, it was never going to. The rootstock won't change the outcome of the pods, as their genes are determined by the piece that produces their flowers. I would be very interested to see Chinense varieties grafted onto Annuum rootstocks. I would think since Annuums tend to be quicker to fruit that perhaps it could improve the Chinene's vigor.
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Yes, but on these, I was careful to leave growth buds on the root plant AND the scion so I will get both kinds of pods. ;)
 
I will forever tease you about spitting. But I have to say kudos bro thats some sweet shit right there good job man
 
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