Variegated Jalapeno Grow Log

So a couple years back when I was working on a commercial grow for a greenhouse I spotted this guy when I was sorting through a few dozen of our Jalapenos in 512 cell trays.  It wasn't likely to be a cross, as the seeds came from isolated seed stock from a company that only sells to nurseries. None of the other plants we had ended up looking like this. I was keeping a close eye on them.  We didn't offer any variegated peppers there at the time, so I had a hunch it was something special.  I took it home with me and tossed it in a SOLO cup.  
 

 
 
Where I found him:
 

 
 
A bit later on that season I snapped a few more pics of the plant.  
 

 
I waited for the pods to ripen and saved seeds, hoping for good things.   They took a long time to ripen and were quite corked.  Unfortunate that I didn't think to take better photos at the time:
 

 
 
Shortly afterwards I started some of those seeds and these guys turned up:
 

 
This is about as far as I managed with them, as I moved three hours away and started a new job.  Many of my plants were severely neglected for a span of a few months and all but one of them kicked the bucket.  I'm happy that I sent out seeds for these to several folks (who did have success with them!) and I am starting to grow some more thanks to Paul G and Chris Phillips. 
 

 
That's where I am right now!  Hopefully Canedog, Paul and Chris will chime in with their experience growing them.

Cheers.

 

[ChilliCrosser]

Just wondering about the progress on this one...

It's still alive but has dropped all the flowers so far. I've just given it a trim back to keep it small and let it have another run at some flowers, buds already here again.

 

[PaulG]

Really pulling for you on that one, CC.
One of the most unusual plants I've seen!
Maybe a little Silica fertilizer of some kind
might help it hang on to those flowers.

 

[PaulG]

The last few pods on the plants had a bit of
variegation so I saved a few of those and a
couple of reds for seeds.

This is the harvest from four plants. Very productive,
even if not variegated!

 

[ChilliCrosser]

@PaulG decided to prune the one you liked a bit harder and moved it into a slightly bigger container. Comeback has commenced, I may also move it into my tent but away from the main light footprint. That'll give it more headroom than on the shelves.

 

[PaulG]

That is one cool plant!

 

[mattspeppers]

Been a minute. Thought I would share some crosses.

Mattapeno x Purple Flash

Mattapeno x Mutant

Mattapeno x Calico.

All at F2.

Cheers,
Matt

Edit: My website is now open for the season if anyone is interested in taking a peek. mattspeppers.com

 

[PaulG]

Really nice crosses, Matt.

 

[CaneDog]

Awesome looking crosses, Matt! Looks like you've been busy

And great-looking Mattapeno with all the purple and white, @ChilliCrosser. Not sure how I missed that post!

 

[francisp]

Beautiful plants

 

[ChilliCrosser]

And great-looking Mattapeno with all the purple and white, @ChilliCrosser. Not sure how I missed that post!

That one was another cross from Matt's F2 seeds, Mattapeno x Mutant. Have one that's filiform and one that isn't. They are on go-slow right now as they are sulking without heating in my shed.

 

[CaneDog]

That one was another cross from Matt's F2 seeds, Mattapeno x Mutant. Have one that's filiform and one that isn't. They are on go-slow right now as they are sulking without heating in my shed.

That did seem like a lot of variation from the Mattapeno alone, but you never really know with that one. I've had some cool Mattepenos with white/purple/green mixes in the foliage and pods, but nothing remotely approaching that level.

 

[Pepperhunt]

Got some Variegated Jalapeño Seeds a while back that I started a couple weeks ago (pretty late for my area) these are my results so far. They look a little sickly to me but the curl might just be how they are (still a little overly anxious after a majority of my pepper seedings in my main group went from looking beautiful in their first few weeks, to being sickly, leaves curled, and tiny leaves in a matter of about a week). Excited to see how they turn out, already have quiet a bit of variegation expressing.

 

[PaulG]

The variegation sometimes produces wrinkly leaves.
Good luck with those!

 

[Pepperhunt]

Thanks! And thanks for getting me set up with seeds! That's kind of what I was thinking. I've got about 7 or 8 that I'm growing I thinking since it's already warm enough outside where I live, I might start harding a few of them off even though they are still young and see if the ones kept indoors or outside mature to transplant age better. I imagine the ones outside will do better but I'm not sure with them being so young. I keep everyone updated.

 

[travisisgood]

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The variegation sometimes produces wrinkly leaves.
Good luck with those!

was wondering about that! I was a bit worried, but the first (pure white) true leaves on the f6 seedling I've got are coming through so that was also a relief.

 

[mattspeppers]

Mattapeño x Thunder Mountain Longhorn