Trippaul Threat (PdN x BMJ) Community Grow

This is a dedicated grow log for Tristen's awesome cross, which I
have been growing out since 2014.  I'll start with a bit of history and
some photos documenting what's happened so far.
 
In January of 2014, Tristen (Trippa) sent me a little care package of seeds.
In the package were two generations of a cross he had made, which he just 
called 'Mystery Cross, F1' and 'Mystery Cross, F2'.  
 
Here's Trippa's Mystery Cross seedlings in February of 2014:

 

 
Both generations showing the purple foliage characteristic since the beginning.
 
Up close look at Trippa's Mystery Crosses, F1 and F2.  Both culled to a single
plant after the photo taken, so I only had one plant of each generation:

 

[Bhuter]

Looks great man! Yeah I hear ya on having to read to catch up on the GLOG as well! Have you done any cooking with them or dehydrating? Wonder how the color holds up in dehydrator..
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Thank you very much! Except for sampling raw, haven't done anything with them just yet, except tell a friend they weren't that hot and he ate a white pod. Now he doesn't trust me. I'd like to see a purple jam/jelly made from these.

Those roasted pods look sooo tempting! I think I WOULD eat one whole cooked that way...but my head would be a puddle on my shoulders. Lol.

I'm so far behind on everything. But I'll catch up.

Your plants look fantastic! You've nurtured them a long way! Great stuff!!!

 

[PaulG]

Definitely noticed the lime green myself in between the purple to white.. Also noticed during cooking the purple goes away and fades.. Maybe the anthocyans oxidizing? What did you think of the flavor white vs purple? So far I think the white pods have a slightly sweeter taste, maybe a tad fruity, but not much. I'm just glad they don't taste like battery acid! I'm still waiting til last minute to do full habrst as still have plant growing and plenty pods forming due to me getting in on em so late from USPS seedling mid season, but they're a hell of a grower! They stand tall as tomato and okra and peek above all my other pepper plants in the garden and they got a way late start!
Got me some nice whites last night I roasted up last night and they smell, taste much different than the purple shade! Much more deceptive sweet smell-almost diminished smell and much sweeter flavor but pretty darn hot after it deceives ya like 50sec later! Something else!

Those roasted pods look just luscious; serve with salt and beer!
I kid you not, I can just smell those looking at the photo 
 
Your plants are gorgeous, Tristan! Great height, and loaded
with pods. I see some beautiful white pods hanging in those
bushes    Well done, my friend!
 
Thanks for sharing your pics so we can all see how Tristen's
cross does in various parts of the world, and determine if it
is truly stable.  Your plants definitely show the Bonda trait of
tall, rangy growth habit, and the purple foliage of the PdN. I
see a variety of pod shapes on your plants, as well as my own,
from slender and pointed to fat and beefy.
 
Thanks for contributing to PdNxBMJ lore on this thread, Tristan.

 

[PaulG]

Wonder how the color holds up in dehydrator..
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The color holds very well on chili peppers if you dehydrate them
at 90˚-95˚F. Much over 115˚-120˚, and the pods dry shades darker.
 

 

[PaulG]

Received a nice envelope from Adam (Bhuter) in
the mail yesterday:

Thanks a bunch, Adam. The seeds look great. Well done!

 

[PaulG]

Pulled the ripe pods from F6P and F6W-1.
Still a boatload of nice pods still to ripen up.

F6P, 190 grams:

F6W-1, 358 grams:

Some nice pods from the F6W-1. All over 2 1/2 inches:

Two nice pods from the F6P:

 

[YAMracer754]

3 in 1! All three colors lime green, purple, and ivory in one picture made pdnbmj burgers! Cooked the purples into the BBQ sauce!

 

[PaulG]

The color holds very well on chili peppers if you dehydrate them
at 90˚-95˚F. Much over 115˚-120˚, and the pods dry shades darker.
 

These pods were dried in my Nesco dehydrator which runs too hot.
You can see that the colors are a bit too dark, but the purple color
has survived. Beauty is only skin deep, however, and any powder
will be mostly yellow with some little purple specks in it:

The F4 are edging closer and closer to a big pull:

F6W-LP. 190 grams of beautiful ivory pods. This plant consistently puts out some gnarly,
big pods:

Seed pods, all over 2 1/2 inches long:

F6W-2, 236 grams. Seems to have more white mixed in with the violet:

Seed pods, all A+:

 

[Orekoc]

Those ivory F4 are lovely, well they are all great, but the F4 just call to me.
 
If you end up with some extra seed from them, I'd like to buy some from you.
 
Thanks.

 

[PaulG]

3 in 1! All three colors lime green, purple, and ivory in one picture made pdnbmj burgers! Cooked the purples into the BBQ sauce!

Awesome pod, Tristan! The colors on this cross are amazing sometimes.
The burger looks great. How did the purples work in the sauce? Those
are nice looking white pods, too, about 2-21/2 inches long? Looking
forward to your assessment of their flavors.
 

Those ivory F4 are lovely, well they are all great, but the F4 just call to me.
 
If you end up with some extra seed from them, I'd like to buy some from you.
 
Thanks.

 
Just PM me your addy and I'll send you some when they are all ready.
No need to pay for them if you will just post a little about them so we
can all see how the cross is working out around the world. I'll include
a few violet-colored pod seeds if you like.
 
Thanks for checking out the PdNxBMJ thread, Craig.

 

[DontPanic]

Here's my first pod:

So I guess maybe I do have a white variety of the PDN x BMJ cross.

I haven't been throwing the coals at it with ferts, and it's had to grow out during the heat of my summer, so the pods are a little smaller than y'alls.

Most of my other pods are bigger than this one, but not as big as others I've seen here.

But, given my lazy style of growing peppers (especially with respect to a steady stream of nutrients), my plants are coming along good.

It's a pretty hot pepper. I'm a terrible judge of Scoville just by tasting the pod. I just ate a piece of the tip, and it definitely has a kick.

 

[PaulG]

It's amazing how much kick those smaller pods can have.
My plants have lots of those, too, so don't worry. I just show
ya the best stuff   The larger pods will come if you have the
grow season time!
 
 Quite a few seeds in that little fellow!
 
Keep 'em comin', Mitch! Thanks for posting in this thread.

 

[PaulG]

The F6 keep ripening pods in small waves. A few more days of sun
and there should be lots of pods from the F4, and the other two F6
specimens. These pods are from the F6P and F6W-1. Both have
many more pods forthcoming. I am optimistic that the predicted
decent weather between now and mid-November will see almost
all of the pods ripen up.

F6P, 177 grams:

F6W-1, 367 grams. Total from this plant so far is 1.115 kilograms:

Some more seed pods:

All of these at least 2-1/2 inches long:

 

[PaulG]

Every plant produces some runts and mutants, but this is one I have been waiting for.
There have been lots of small ones in the past, but nothing like this. There is a similar
pod on the F6P, although not quite as big. Sorry about the fuzzy second picture, guess
I wasnt very careful!

2 inches x 1 3/4 inches:

 
Flip side:

 
I spy an internal proliferation in the right half  :

 

[PaulG]

Lots going with a few sunny days under our belts. Looking at
a nice run of sunny, warm says ahead, as well. Great pod-ripening
weather!

The globe-shaped pod from the F6P, 1-1/4 x 1-1/8:

Some pods from the F6 plants. Not much difference between the pods
except for the F6W-LP. F6W-1, 425 grams; F6W-2, 112 grams; F6P, 200
grams; F6W-LP, 207 grams:

The F6W-1 pods. A few that were on the plant a longer time went all the
way to white, but they were kind of soft:

Some seed pods from the F6:

A comparison of the basic traits of the F6 specimens:

Latest pull from the F4 plants. F4-1, 405 grams; F4-2, 385 grams; F4-3, 225 grams:

Some nice seed pods from the F4 plants, all 2-1/2 inches or better:

 

[Orekoc]

Am I imagining it, but are the F4 - 2 ones the cleanest ivory/cream/white/whatever it is called?

 

[Masher]

Excellent results everyone.

I have a pinched nerve in shoulder for 4 weeks now.

Not much being harvested because of it.

Lots of pods like everyone else even after almost killing them at plant out.

Hoping to get them all picked this week.

 

[PaulG]

Am I imagining it, but are the F4 - 2 ones the cleanest ivory/cream/white/whatever it is called?

In general, yes, Craig, although all the F4 produce some nice white pods.
This go around, the F4-3 has slightly rosy shading on a lot of pods,
due to sun exposure, I guess. 
Pods varying from a light yellow to an ivory color are the norm for all three,
although of all of them, the #2 is my favorite.
 

Excellent results everyone.
L
I have a pinched nerve in shoulder for 4 weeks now.

Not much being harvested because of it.

Lots of pods like everyone else even after almost killing them at plant out.

Hoping to get them all picked this week.

 
Ouch! Sorry to hear that, Dan, hope you are on the mend, my friend...
 
Good luck getting to those peppers. I'm looking forward to seeing
what you got this season!

 

[Walchit]

I think I may have a pinched nerve in my shoulder too. Either that or something is wrong with my left lung lol.

 

[dragonsfire]

A good chiropractor works wonders, I get a tune up every three months.

 

[PaulG]

I think I may have a pinched nerve in my shoulder too. Either that or something is wrong with my left lung lol.

I vote for the shoulder 
 

A good chiropractor works wonders, I get a tune up every three months.

 
Sounds like a good routine, Neil.