Well this is odd...

[Wustenfuchs]

My largest and most productive TS Butch T has already given me a nice harvest of beautiful red pointy tailed peppers, just like it's supposed to.  Now it's putting out a second flush of peppers, which is great...I think.  This second bunch appears to have mysteriously changed type on me. 
 
The peppers it's putting out now are orange (like a habanero) and have, for the most part, lost their tails.  Huh?    Still hot as the Sun, but waaayyy different shape and color.  Anyone else seen this happen?
 
-Bill  

 

[Phil]

Interesting. I don't have an answer, other than it seems the cross eventually comes out in all of them. I had a bell pepper plant that made typical bells one year, and banana type peppers the following year.

 

[Bob_B]

Yes.  That has happened to me with TS BT.  I'm not growing them now because I'm not fond of their taste.  But, I did note when I grew them that there was a noted diversity in the pod shapes on the same plant.

 

[pepperdan]

i have had it happen with many different plants, i think sometimes there is something that triggers one part of the hybrid to come out, in shape, color, etc , could be changes that occur in weather, nutes or who knows , then the next wave will be fine
 
if your not selling, no worries if you doing it for hobby , eat drink and be merry

 

[Boost313]

This has happened to me the past two years. Mainly only effecting the superhots. I think it has to do with the cooler temps and amount of sunlight. At this time of year. As that's when it's always affected mine.

 

[mememe]

It happens when the weather gets cooler. As i recall, in the community grow thread for the reaper people had the same problem last winter - little smooth habanero-like fruit. Same happened with my carribean red. If you OW, when the weather gets favorable again your plants will give regular pods.

 

[Wustenfuchs]

Yeah I kinda thought it was weather related.  Funny how it can trigger something in the genes.  
 
I will be overwintering this, I guess all will be back to normal next Spring.
 
Thanks folks!

 

[cruzzfish]

Is it getting colder and darker. I have habs and giant 7 pods that go from large pepper to tiny pumpkin shaped things for any pods started in October-March, then back to normal.

 

[Boost313]

This is what my last picked red bhuts, looked like this year. No where near usual shape. Dang this is a big pic, lol.