Why are you being so casual about something so cool? You literally just brought a new pepper into the world. That’s an awesome legacy. Could you do this with other plants like berries? I’d love to see you do this with strawberries and something else.
@@UltraBeboBlueberries don't grow true from seed. So, you can just plant the seed (after stratification of course) and hope that you get a blueberry type that tastes good/better. But you may get a lot of plants that produce poor tasting berries. Figs also work this way. I have no idea about strawberries.
hey man something i found to work for a better success rate on seeds. after harvesting your hybrid seeds, let them dry out in the sun for a day or 2. not sure if the UV had some effect on this or if the fact that it dried out completely made the difference but it always allowed my seeds to grow better and germinate quicker
I actually had an accidental cross grow this year. I don't grow a large variety and since I label my stuff, I knew the mother was a Brazilian Starfish, the fruit had the shape of a Jigsaw, so boom, there it was. I isolated some flowers from it and saved seeds. The peppers o. That plant were very good; hotter like the Jigsaw, but super juicy and fruity up front. I think im going to make a rasperry jam and include a handful of them to kick it up. I also had no idea that F2 was where more of the fun happens. I'll definitely be planting some next year and hoping to get some of that white and purple foliage from the Jigsaw onto a larger plant like the Brazilian Starfish. By the way, Calvin, my tallest Brazilian Starfish plant this year was roughly 8 feet tall! You were surprised by my leaf size last year, maybe the height will wow you this year, haha!
That's great to hear - we also have an accidental hybrid that turned out to be awesome. It was KS white thai crossed with an unknown C. chinense variety (could be scotch bonnet, ghost, or death spiral). The cool part about it was the amazing flavor and aroma - the powder we saved still smells amazing over 1 year later, so going to grow it out again this winter indoors. 8 feet is super impressive, you must have some of that black gold soil where you live!
@PepperGeek that sounds awesome! I really want to try death spiral, I've heard it's really flavorful! All my plants are in pots, so that guy was in a 5 gallon grow bag and I used primarily soil and fertilizer which you recommend!
Found a Black Pearl with Variegated leaves that were pink. I used the pollen from that on a black Hungarian that had completely black calyxes and stems left on the pepper in hoping to achieve the darkest foliage of the black pearl with larger pods like the Hungarian, all while looking for getting the pink variegation back into it. So far the 4 F1s I started has shown me some favourable traits already, but it will be the F2 that I hope to have that variegation back.
I planted F5 seeds of Serrano + banana this year. So far, I have gotten a pretty consistent shape and flavor. I’ve got 5 F1 poblano + habanero plants now, wish me luck, because they are quite interesting. Btw, neither was intentional, but I’m invested now.
Someone's been taking Eric Knight's advanced capsicum hybridization courses! Well done! So glad to see others out there addressing the details that matter! Always remember that a proper mass sowing/selection workflow is JUST as important as the hybridization itself, as Capsicum can throw up to 4000+ genetic assortments in F2! The issue with culling so aggressively in F2 (due to space constraints or personal selection pressure ) would be the simple fact of eliminating the future potential for interline hybridization and therefore a quicker route to stabilization of any trait you desire for a standard. Especially if you don't mass sow.
I’ve been trying (unsuccessfully) to cross peppers for over a year. I don’t know why it never occurred to me that I should be trying to pollinate the emasculated flowers for a few days in a row. I’m sure this is the exact reason why my attempts haven’t worked before I appreciate it! I am going to try to cross piquins from my late grandma’s house with golden cayenne
This Video has definetly encouraged me to try crossing my own variety. I Plan to Cross a Pepper called 'Trifetti Variegata' known for its White and purple foliage with a 'Bonzi' which is a dwarf variety with heavy branching. I Hope that im able to combine These two traits and grow myself an interesting chilli Bonsai in a few years ...
Thank you SO MUCH for this informative and thorough video and for taking time to show the results over time. So incredibly cool to illustrate the expression of a recessive trait in the F2s. I am a rose breeder but I dream of pepper breeding.
Awesome video. This looks like it could be really fun and rewarding. Literally a week ago a friend gave me some extra pepper plants. I don’t normally grow peppers. Now I’m neck deep in hot sauce and cross breeding videos. Funny how a small gesture can create so much interest.
I love this. Midwest gardener has a series in which he updates on breeding projects throughout/over the years. Looking forward to updates on this project!
I just realized that I cross pollinated my Jalepeno, sprouted from a grocery store pepper with an adjacent habanero plant. At first the Jalapenos were red, now, they have turned orange instead. I have not tried them yet see if they taste different. But, I love the orange color and this was my first season growing Habaneros ....and love them!
Great video! Most of the information was brand new to me and the way you layed it out made it much easier to put into practical terms. I'll definitely give it a go next season.
Amazing timing as always. You always seem to upload videos around the same time im researching something. I've been growing for a little while now and have been looking into different methods to start crossing. Especially indoors since my season is short. Thanks for the info!
Great to hear! I think it is best to do your first cross indoors anyways to avoid potential cross pollination issues outside. Hope you have fun with your first project!
Luv it, another great informational. Recently harvested F-2 seeds on one experiment and several F-1 seeds from this seasons crosses. Pollinating a Bonchi Ghost/Reaper within the next 24 hours. Fun site you two.
hey! Excited to see this video. We have just started a cross between two of our favorite chilies. I watched the chilichump video on how to do it. I like yours as well. You’ve got a lot of great information. We’ll see how our turns out in a few months.🤗
Great info, just what the grower ordered. I have a habanero plant that has several green pods that look more like a ghost. pepper. Both plants were growing in close proximity. Mother nature maybe? We had more bees around this year. Getting ready for the next phase of learning, thanks. The best to you and yours.
great video, super conprehensive! The part where about 25% of the seedlings were variagated blew my mind. I had learned about it in biology class, but seeing it play out was must have been really cool
What a great video! Its very common to have a 20% success rate, so do several crosses. You can't quantify your cross if you DONT emasculate the mother. The paint brush technique will not be a true cross because you leave the anthers on the mother plant. Last, once you have a successful cross, the work begins to selective breed the traits that you want to be.
Very cool video! Very well explained and put together, and lot of work but cool that you showed multiple generations in the one video. Might have to start playing myself i think 🤔
Just started my F4 Butch T x Moruga scorpion pepper hybrid seeds that sat in the fridge since 2014. These don't look like a scorpion pepper having lost the tail, but boy are they hot! By F3 they were very much a stable hybrid.
Thank you! Can't wait to see where it goes from here. I may also go back and re-plant F2 so that I can grow out a larger sample size and find the very best genes to carry forward.
Im growing my first 4 crosses this year, all of them has Chinese 5 Color as mother plant. I crossed it with Apache, Black Cobra(Goats Weed), Spaghetti and last but not least Habanero. They are all growing and im looking forward to the summer hits Denmark✌️🇩🇰🇫🇴
I get there must be difficulties in doing this but this is way easier than I expected it to be. Might try this in the next year or so when im set up at home is ready for it
Great video! Great content! I have a ton of hobbies, watched trillion UA-cam videos. Yours are one of the best. I love the planing, the time and effort you put in those videos!
Had some birds eye peppers and red chilies cross-pollinate. The resulting pepper plant had long birds eye peppers on it if that makes any sense. Neat pepper.
A question. I tryed for years to cross peppers the way you show. I can only do this outside. My crosses seemed to always fail withing 2 or 3 days after I crossed them and put a small ziplock back over them. This years I tryed again, but did not put any ziplock bags over the crossed peppers. I took off all flowers I did not use for crossing. I got 6 fully ripened peppers with a lot of seeds in them. I crossed a fish pepper with a purple tiger. Trying to get some interesting foliage and colored peppers. My question, did I ruin my crosses and should I put a zip lock bag over the crossed flowers per se? Thank you for the videos, really love them!
Interesting! There is a chance that the uncovered flowers somehow got pollen from another plant. However, there's an easy way to find out: germinate a few of the F1 seeds from the fully ripened peppers! If the leaves on them are distinct from fish pepper and purple tiger leaves, then you can be pretty sure it is a successful cross. I would try a few seeds from each pepper to see which might stand out as different, then you'll know which batch to plant for spring next year. Best of luck!
@PepperGeek thank you for your reaction! I will definitely try a few seeds from each. Would it work.if I only keep the bag on until the pepper starts growing and then take it off? Or would it most likely still drop?
I would love a Ring of Fire / Biquinho cross. Love the crisp/crunch of the Biquinho but it matures all in one go late season whilst the ROF is pickable green very early so it has a good long picking season and then want some heat in my Biquinho - Would that work?
It could work - biquinho is C. Chinense while ring of fire is C. annuum, but those two species can cross. You might end up with a really unique flavor too!
Letting nature do its thing; this year I ended up with an orange popblano. Sweeter than a red bell, but with the kick somewhere between a jalapeño and serano. Probably the best overall tasting pepper I've ever had. Sadly, I didn't follow any of the isolation methods and it will likely never be experienced again. Side note: You could keep a few indoors to keep building your hybrid, while also growing some outdoors to get an idea of how the plant performs in the real world with each generation.
I think an appropriate follow up video is methods and substances that create random mutations in peppers for the home gardener. Now THAT would be cool.
Now I wan't to create my own chili variety! 2024 is only my second year with only a tiny garden, maybe I should wait a little longer. But I adore the Trinidad Perfume and would probably crossbreed that one!
if you leave the petals on and you hand polinate the open flowers, if they have been successfully polinated the flower will close its petals its a sure way to be sure they polinate
Awesome video as usual. One question though. What was the heat level of your F2 generation? Also what kind of flavor, texture, etc. Thanks for doing these videos I am a big fan.
It mostly just requires your attention and some patience! Super rewarding when your first hybrid sticks and you realize that it worked. Hope you have fun with it.
Looking through me seeds for 2024 I have Mattapeno F6 seeds and ChiliChump CC Jalapeno seeds. A Jalapeno ChiliChump sized with Mattapeno variegation might be pretty cool. I might have to try that.
I'm not sure, but I might try crossbreeding a sugar rush with an early jalapeno. Sugar rushes take forever to ripen, so my thought process is breeding it with an early jalapeno might quicken the process. Also, I know there's already a "striped jalapeno" out there, but a sweeter version, and my own, would be pretty cool.
Sorry if you’ve covered this in a video but I was wondering if it’s okay to let last seasons pepper plant roots decay in the off season? Or should i pull them out. I heard that it’s good practice for some plants but not all
It’s okay to let them break down, but they usually aren’t fully decomposed by the following spring. Shouldn’t hinder other plants growth though if you wanted to take the easier route
I haven’t watched this video yet but I wanted to chime in on an easier novice breeding project for those who want there own pepper variety. Grow all sorts of same species (or multiple species just grow the same species in their own clusters) peppers. Choose your favorite peppers. You can mix hot and mild or go with just your favoite heat level. Save seeds from the best growing plants. If a poor growing plant has a desirable trait you want to preserve save those too. Be sure to grow plants near by that attract pollinators. Native plants in your area are great for that. Every year start your saved seeds and repeat process. Save the best performers, the plants that adapt to your climate the best. Save a better tasting pepper over a bad flavor but stick to the best growers unless you got an ideal flavor on a poor performing plant. I tend to select heavy yielders the first year. Next year I move to stressing plants. Less water or subject them to colder weather or select the high yielders after temps cool down. The third year select for another trait or a different stress that is common in your climate. Eventually you will have the ideal pepper for your climate with some traits you pushed. It’s easy, the pollinators pick your crosses for you so what ever plants are more favorable to your native plenaries will father more babies. You can also overwinter that perfect hybrid that was ideal in every way so it can father the next generation or be the mother plant for the generations pollen. You can just go fully hands off and only pick volunteers.. that will make a landrace. Or you can be hands on and have input on the ideal variety for you and your climate. Not sure how many generations it will take to make a stable variety but it’s fun and easy. I will watch the video after my nightly favorite livestream ends. I love your videos because I love breeding peppers and love seeing what you do.
I'm a beginner and I went straight into crossbreeding a Habanero with a Cayenne with zero planning (both plants indoors). I'm really surprised the hybrid actually managed to produce some pods. The foliage is pretty dark and for some reason, the peppers are really small and are growing upwards. I wonder what the flavor is gonna be when they ripen.
After seeing this I think im going to try. Is there a way to tell which pepper will be dominate with or does each new plant have different characteristics? Just trying to get a better understanding. Thank you
Not really. I have heard that the “mother” plant you choose can carry forward its plant vigor more than the father, but this is mostly anecdotal as far as I know
Cover unopened flowers with organza bags or similar to keep pollinators off flowers. Take the bags off after the fruits begin to swell, mark the fruits, wait for ripening, then harvest the seeds
Thanks for this video. I tried this method, about 2 months ago when I first watched this video. Waiting for my peppers to ripen to harvest and plant the seeds. Funny, lots of articles say you need to dry the seeds before planting, but I notice you didn't. Does it really make a difference?
I love crossing plants, it's so exciting and satisfying and I think those two emotions make life worth living! That got deep quickly, right?! P.s. Off topic to this video but I know you like tyo experiment, did you by any chance do one with home made fertilizers? Like nettle tea for nitrogen and banana peal tea for flowering? I am so curious about how this work in comparison to store bought fertilizers. This is going to be my first season growing plenty of peppers and I'm making nettle tea at the moment in 3 1,5 liter bottles (I managed to find nettle few days before first frost, lol. I'm good at luck!) And banana peals are constant in my house, so, it's gonna be easy.
I'm trying to crossbreed peppers outside. I'm using small plastic baggies (1×1) to cover the potential pepper. Will that work or cause a problem? too hot? I live in the Houston area. It's obviously hot here... Any ideas on what to use?
"Cross-breeding peppers is a very long process. You'll need some patience if you want to create your own hybrid pepper." Orchid hybridizer here laughing my ass off. Great video, might just try to cross some of my more vigorous growers with the ones I like the taste of better.
Hey can I ask your advice, how would you go about attempting to create something like Habenada? Can't seem to find seeds here in Australia, figure it would be a good project to try and create a heatless/low heat habenero. What varieties would you start with do you reckon?
thank you for the great video, I tried crossing once but the flowers fell off, I pollinated only once, next time I will try it for a few days - news for me, I tried to cross Thunder Mountain Longhorn and Jalapeno Multicolor, I would like to have Thunder Mountain Longhorn Multicolor :-D
That would be amazing. What's neat is that you can probably get _exactly_ what you're looking for if you have enough space to grow lots of F2 plants, and lots of time to grow out all the future generations. Good luck!
In the first table that is showed do the letters mean anything special? When you breed two of the same it says HF, but when crossbreeding it can give "PF","IV","NG" and more. What does this mean?
Why are you being so casual about something so cool? You literally just brought a new pepper into the world. That’s an awesome legacy. Could you do this with other plants like berries? I’d love to see you do this with strawberries and something else.
Probably not unless it was another type of strawberry.
@@BubbleBunnyy yeah I meant like a series of videos documenting his experiment but with just strawberries or blueberries
I know huh
@@UltraBeboBlueberries don't grow true from seed. So, you can just plant the seed (after stratification of course) and hope that you get a blueberry type that tastes good/better. But you may get a lot of plants that produce poor tasting berries. Figs also work this way.
I have no idea about strawberries.
same thing for apples, seeds from good fruit doesn't always mean more good fruit lol@@andthoseotherguys
hey man something i found to work for a better success rate on seeds. after harvesting your hybrid seeds, let them dry out in the sun for a day or 2. not sure if the UV had some effect on this or if the fact that it dried out completely made the difference but it always allowed my seeds to grow better and germinate quicker
Probably my favorite video you two have done so far.
That's great to hear, thanks for watching 😊
Great video. Thanks for sharing @PepperGeek
I actually had an accidental cross grow this year. I don't grow a large variety and since I label my stuff, I knew the mother was a Brazilian Starfish, the fruit had the shape of a Jigsaw, so boom, there it was. I isolated some flowers from it and saved seeds. The peppers o. That plant were very good; hotter like the Jigsaw, but super juicy and fruity up front. I think im going to make a rasperry jam and include a handful of them to kick it up. I also had no idea that F2 was where more of the fun happens. I'll definitely be planting some next year and hoping to get some of that white and purple foliage from the Jigsaw onto a larger plant like the Brazilian Starfish. By the way, Calvin, my tallest Brazilian Starfish plant this year was roughly 8 feet tall! You were surprised by my leaf size last year, maybe the height will wow you this year, haha!
That's great to hear - we also have an accidental hybrid that turned out to be awesome. It was KS white thai crossed with an unknown C. chinense variety (could be scotch bonnet, ghost, or death spiral). The cool part about it was the amazing flavor and aroma - the powder we saved still smells amazing over 1 year later, so going to grow it out again this winter indoors. 8 feet is super impressive, you must have some of that black gold soil where you live!
@PepperGeek that sounds awesome! I really want to try death spiral, I've heard it's really flavorful! All my plants are in pots, so that guy was in a 5 gallon grow bag and I used primarily soil and fertilizer which you recommend!
Found a Black Pearl with Variegated leaves that were pink. I used the pollen from that on a black Hungarian that had completely black calyxes and stems left on the pepper in hoping to achieve the darkest foliage of the black pearl with larger pods like the Hungarian, all while looking for getting the pink variegation back into it. So far the 4 F1s I started has shown me some favourable traits already, but it will be the F2 that I hope to have that variegation back.
Wow sounds incredible! Hope you have great results with F2 🔥
This is such a good video, should have SO many more views. I've learned more from this channel than any other channel on youtube.
I planted F5 seeds of Serrano + banana this year. So far, I have gotten a pretty consistent shape and flavor.
I’ve got 5 F1 poblano + habanero plants now, wish me luck, because they are quite interesting.
Btw, neither was intentional, but I’m invested now.
Someone's been taking Eric Knight's advanced capsicum hybridization courses! Well done! So glad to see others out there addressing the details that matter! Always remember that a proper mass sowing/selection workflow is JUST as important as the hybridization itself, as Capsicum can throw up to 4000+ genetic assortments in F2! The issue with culling so aggressively in F2 (due to space constraints or personal selection pressure ) would be the simple fact of eliminating the future potential for interline hybridization and therefore a quicker route to stabilization of any trait you desire for a standard. Especially if you don't mass sow.
Eric Knight 101 for sure. I love it
Outstanding video. I love that you provided enough information to get started and carry through how to make your own peppers.
Glad you enjoyed! :)
I’ve been trying (unsuccessfully) to cross peppers for over a year.
I don’t know why it never occurred to me that I should be trying to pollinate the emasculated flowers for a few days in a row. I’m sure this is the exact reason why my attempts haven’t worked before
I appreciate it!
I am going to try to cross piquins from my late grandma’s house with golden cayenne
I'm glad you saw the video and hope your next attempt sticks! Best of luck and that sounds like a great plant to work with.
How did you go?
This Video has definetly encouraged me to try crossing my own variety. I Plan to Cross a Pepper called 'Trifetti Variegata' known for its White and purple foliage with a 'Bonzi' which is a dwarf variety with heavy branching. I Hope that im able to combine These two traits and grow myself an interesting chilli Bonsai in a few years ...
Very interesting and informative.
Thank you great info & now I'm thinking of a new projects to do over the winter months 👍
Sounds great
Thank you SO MUCH for this informative and thorough video and for taking time to show the results over time. So incredibly cool to illustrate the expression of a recessive trait in the F2s. I am a rose breeder but I dream of pepper breeding.
Glad it was helpful! That must be pretty cool breeding roses too
Awesome video. This looks like it could be really fun and rewarding. Literally a week ago a friend gave me some extra pepper plants. I don’t normally grow peppers. Now I’m neck deep in hot sauce and cross breeding videos. Funny how a small gesture can create so much interest.
I love this. Midwest gardener has a series in which he updates on breeding projects throughout/over the years. Looking forward to updates on this project!
Wow mind flowing I had no idea it's takes such a delicate process to get amazing types of peppers
Definitely something I want to get into more now that I have some more space. Love the video. Hope your health is doing better too, man.
Love it! And props for the planning ahead 😮
I just realized that I cross pollinated my Jalepeno, sprouted from a grocery store pepper with an adjacent habanero plant. At first the Jalapenos were red, now, they have turned orange instead. I have not tried them yet see if they taste different. But, I love the orange color and this was my first season growing Habaneros ....and love them!
jalapeños can be orange but thats cool
Great video! Most of the information was brand new to me and the way you layed it out made it much easier to put into practical terms. I'll definitely give it a go next season.
Amazing timing as always. You always seem to upload videos around the same time im researching something. I've been growing for a little while now and have been looking into different methods to start crossing. Especially indoors since my season is short. Thanks for the info!
Great to hear! I think it is best to do your first cross indoors anyways to avoid potential cross pollination issues outside. Hope you have fun with your first project!
Luv it, another great informational. Recently harvested F-2 seeds on one experiment and several F-1 seeds from this seasons crosses. Pollinating a Bonchi Ghost/Reaper within the next 24 hours. Fun site you two.
hey! Excited to see this video. We have just started a cross between two of our favorite chilies. I watched the chilichump video on how to do it. I like yours as well. You’ve got a lot of great information. We’ll see how our turns out in a few months.🤗
As a hybridizer, i appreciate you taking the time to make a video on pepper breeding.
Excellent info as always! Thank you!
Our pleasure!
I got one by accident Dwarf purple piri piri, very nice,
This is an amazing video, explained f1 and f2 in a super concise way. Thanks man
Great info, just what the grower ordered. I have a habanero plant that has several green pods that look more like a ghost. pepper. Both plants were growing in close proximity. Mother nature maybe? We had more bees around this year. Getting ready for the next phase of learning, thanks. The best to you and yours.
great video, super conprehensive! The part where about 25% of the seedlings were variagated blew my mind. I had learned about it in biology class, but seeing it play out was must have been really cool
Love them videos…I had an accidental cross last year with my aji charapitas about to replant seeds and see what we get…..
That's a great way to start crossbreeding 🤪
Very nice video
I'm in the Caribbean and I'm gonna try this ❤
Thank you - I hope you have good luck with your first cross!
Very cool process!
What a great video! Its very common to have a 20% success rate, so do several crosses. You can't quantify your cross if you DONT emasculate the mother. The paint brush technique will not be a true cross because you leave the anthers on the mother plant.
Last, once you have a successful cross, the work begins to selective breed the traits that you want to be.
Very cool video! Very well explained and put together, and lot of work but cool that you showed multiple generations in the one video. Might have to start playing myself i think 🤔
I hope you do, and I'm glad you enjoyed the video :)
Just started my F4 Butch T x Moruga scorpion pepper hybrid seeds that sat in the fridge since 2014. These don't look like a scorpion pepper having lost the tail, but boy are they hot! By F3 they were very much a stable hybrid.
Nice and informative video, and congratulations to what seems like a, so far, stunning variety! 🥳
Thank you! Can't wait to see where it goes from here. I may also go back and re-plant F2 so that I can grow out a larger sample size and find the very best genes to carry forward.
@@PepperGeekLooking forward to that video 😄Experimenting is so much fun! 🧑🔬
Very nice hobby 👍 for me this is my job breeding peppers 😃
Im growing my first 4 crosses this year, all of them has Chinese 5 Color as mother plant.
I crossed it with Apache, Black Cobra(Goats Weed), Spaghetti and last but not least Habanero. They are all growing and im looking forward to the summer hits Denmark✌️🇩🇰🇫🇴
That's pretty exciting! Thanks for sharing!
Of course! Glad you enjoyed
I get there must be difficulties in doing this but this is way easier than I expected it to be. Might try this in the next year or so when im set up at home is ready for it
Great video I've been thinking of trying my own cross now just gotta decide which ones
That's a fun part of the process, envisioning your future creation!
This is really cool! Excited to see how it goes in the future!
Great video! Great content! I have a ton of hobbies, watched trillion UA-cam videos. Yours are one of the best. I love the planing, the time and effort you put in those videos!
Best video for gardens, who waste money to buy hybrid seed
Awesome project!
Awesome, I am crossing for production Aji Orange with Jumbo Jalapenio for size.
Sounds great, the flavor should be very interesting between those two as well.
this is great info! trying to cross a count dracula and a carolina reaper, mostly for aesthetic but fingers crossed it works.
Had some birds eye peppers and red chilies cross-pollinate. The resulting pepper plant had long birds eye peppers on it if that makes any sense. Neat pepper.
Thank you for this very informative video which obviously took a long time, appreciate it
A question. I tryed for years to cross peppers the way you show. I can only do this outside.
My crosses seemed to always fail withing 2 or 3 days after I crossed them and put a small ziplock back over them.
This years I tryed again, but did not put any ziplock bags over the crossed peppers. I took off all flowers I did not use for crossing.
I got 6 fully ripened peppers with a lot of seeds in them. I crossed a fish pepper with a purple tiger. Trying to get some interesting foliage and colored peppers.
My question, did I ruin my crosses and should I put a zip lock bag over the crossed flowers per se?
Thank you for the videos, really love them!
Interesting! There is a chance that the uncovered flowers somehow got pollen from another plant. However, there's an easy way to find out: germinate a few of the F1 seeds from the fully ripened peppers! If the leaves on them are distinct from fish pepper and purple tiger leaves, then you can be pretty sure it is a successful cross. I would try a few seeds from each pepper to see which might stand out as different, then you'll know which batch to plant for spring next year. Best of luck!
@PepperGeek thank you for your reaction! I will definitely try a few seeds from each.
Would it work.if I only keep the bag on until the pepper starts growing and then take it off? Or would it most likely still drop?
That was a great seminar! I would recommend school garden clubs to subscribe to your channel. Keep up the great channel
Awesome thank you!
I would love a Ring of Fire / Biquinho cross. Love the crisp/crunch of the Biquinho but it matures all in one go late season whilst the ROF is pickable green very early so it has a good long picking season and then want some heat in my Biquinho - Would that work?
It could work - biquinho is C. Chinense while ring of fire is C. annuum, but those two species can cross. You might end up with a really unique flavor too!
Letting nature do its thing; this year I ended up with an orange popblano. Sweeter than a red bell, but with the kick somewhere between a jalapeño and serano. Probably the best overall tasting pepper I've ever had. Sadly, I didn't follow any of the isolation methods and it will likely never be experienced again.
Side note: You could keep a few indoors to keep building your hybrid, while also growing some outdoors to get an idea of how the plant performs in the real world with each generation.
I think an appropriate follow up video is methods and substances that create random mutations in peppers for the home gardener. Now THAT would be cool.
Looks like so much fun. Have most hot peppers been crossed? Is there much left to experiment with?
Great work
We're starting our attempt at crossing dragons breath and reaper. Love your explanation. Great video
Good luck! Sounds hot
Interesting stuff. Great explanation!
Thank you!
so very cool! if i could just grow peppers lol this could be fun.
Now I wan't to create my own chili variety! 2024 is only my second year with only a tiny garden, maybe I should wait a little longer. But I adore the Trinidad Perfume and would probably crossbreed that one!
So cool!!!
if you leave the petals on and you hand polinate the open flowers, if they have been successfully polinated the flower will close its petals its a sure way to be sure they polinate
this video is so great and interesting i gave a like comment and i subbed. nice one!
Appreciate it, welcome :)
Plants sure are super cool
Awesome video as usual. One question though. What was the heat level of your F2 generation? Also what kind of flavor, texture, etc. Thanks for doing these videos I am a big fan.
It mostly just requires your attention and some patience! Super rewarding when your first hybrid sticks and you realize that it worked. Hope you have fun with it.
great video! can't wait for the next one. keep up the great work!
Thanks! Will do ☺️
so I just found out you can crossbreed peppers and I am going to start tomorrow and my goal is the most spiciest pepper of them all
Would like more follow up, if you’re continuing the project.
Awesome video!
Looking through me seeds for 2024 I have Mattapeno F6 seeds and ChiliChump CC Jalapeno seeds. A Jalapeno ChiliChump sized with Mattapeno variegation might be pretty cool. I might have to try that.
I agree, a bigger, more vigorous mattapeño type plant would be incredible
Willing to see the F3 update
You also need to start with stable (P)arent generation plants. Mendel started with peas that bred pure in his work.
I'm not sure, but I might try crossbreeding a sugar rush with an early jalapeno. Sugar rushes take forever to ripen, so my thought process is breeding it with an early jalapeno might quicken the process. Also, I know there's already a "striped jalapeno" out there, but a sweeter version, and my own, would be pretty cool.
Love the video
Sorry if you’ve covered this in a video but I was wondering if it’s okay to let last seasons pepper plant roots decay in the off season? Or should i pull them out. I heard that it’s good practice for some plants but not all
It’s okay to let them break down, but they usually aren’t fully decomposed by the following spring. Shouldn’t hinder other plants growth though if you wanted to take the easier route
@@PepperGeek awesome thank you so much
I haven’t watched this video yet but I wanted to chime in on an easier novice breeding project for those who want there own pepper variety. Grow all sorts of same species (or multiple species just grow the same species in their own clusters) peppers. Choose your favorite peppers. You can mix hot and mild or go with just your favoite heat level. Save seeds from the best growing plants. If a poor growing plant has a desirable trait you want to preserve save those too. Be sure to grow plants near by that attract pollinators. Native plants in your area are great for that.
Every year start your saved seeds and repeat process. Save the best performers, the plants that adapt to your climate the best. Save a better tasting pepper over a bad flavor but stick to the best growers unless you got an ideal flavor on a poor performing plant. I tend to select heavy yielders the first year. Next year I move to stressing plants. Less water or subject them to colder weather or select the high yielders after temps cool down. The third year select for another trait or a different stress that is common in your climate. Eventually you will have the ideal pepper for your climate with some traits you pushed. It’s easy, the pollinators pick your crosses for you so what ever plants are more favorable to your native plenaries will father more babies. You can also overwinter that perfect hybrid that was ideal in every way so it can father the next generation or be the mother plant for the generations pollen. You can just go fully hands off and only pick volunteers.. that will make a landrace. Or you can be hands on and have input on the ideal variety for you and your climate. Not sure how many generations it will take to make a stable variety but it’s fun and easy. I will watch the video after my nightly favorite livestream ends. I love your videos because I love breeding peppers and love seeing what you do.
Great video
I'm a beginner and I went straight into crossbreeding a Habanero with a Cayenne with zero planning (both plants indoors). I'm really surprised the hybrid actually managed to produce some pods. The foliage is pretty dark and for some reason, the peppers are really small and are growing upwards. I wonder what the flavor is gonna be when they ripen.
I must be super lucky that the cross pollination even worked in the first place.
Good advice.
After seeing this I think im going to try. Is there a way to tell which pepper will be dominate with or does each new plant have different characteristics? Just trying to get a better understanding. Thank you
Not really. I have heard that the “mother” plant you choose can carry forward its plant vigor more than the father, but this is mostly anecdotal as far as I know
I have Bells of different colors which I don't want to cross pollinate but have little yard room. How can I keep from crossing?
Cover unopened flowers with organza bags or similar to keep pollinators off flowers. Take the bags off after the fruits begin to swell, mark the fruits, wait for ripening, then harvest the seeds
Thanks for this video. I tried this method, about 2 months ago when I first watched this video. Waiting for my peppers to ripen to harvest and plant the seeds. Funny, lots of articles say you need to dry the seeds before planting, but I notice you didn't. Does it really make a difference?
Thanks. Do you know if would be a similar process to cross breed Ti plants?
This is awesome- can't wait to try this myself. Also, what soil mix do you use to plant your chilli peppers in?
Hi, great video! Is it the same with a tomatoes?
I have f1 genaration how should i make seeds by them?
I love crossing plants, it's so exciting and satisfying and I think those two emotions make life worth living! That got deep quickly, right?!
P.s. Off topic to this video but I know you like tyo experiment, did you by any chance do one with home made fertilizers? Like nettle tea for nitrogen and banana peal tea for flowering? I am so curious about how this work in comparison to store bought fertilizers. This is going to be my first season growing plenty of peppers and I'm making nettle tea at the moment in 3 1,5 liter bottles (I managed to find nettle few days before first frost, lol. I'm good at luck!) And banana peals are constant in my house, so, it's gonna be easy.
Just started this with an Aleppo/hungarian wax cross.
This is a great video.
I'm trying to crossbreed peppers outside. I'm using small plastic baggies (1×1) to cover the potential pepper. Will that work or cause a problem? too hot?
I live in the Houston area. It's obviously hot here...
Any ideas on what to use?
Great video!
ive wanted to cross hot lemon pepper with sunset peach pepper for a long time.
Sounds like a great combo
Good video and article, but the link to the crossing chart is not working anymore. Been able to find it easily though.
Can pollean from flowers can be stored longer time or they have kind of due date? To cross breed peppers which are not flowering at the same time. 🤔
"Cross-breeding peppers is a very long process. You'll need some patience if you want to create your own hybrid pepper." Orchid hybridizer here laughing my ass off.
Great video, might just try to cross some of my more vigorous growers with the ones I like the taste of better.
Hey can I ask your advice, how would you go about attempting to create something like Habenada? Can't seem to find seeds here in Australia, figure it would be a good project to try and create a heatless/low heat habenero. What varieties would you start with do you reckon?
@davidm3997 thank you, I did actually manage to source the habanada from hippy seeds, planted them a few days ago so fingers crossed 🤞
Da bekommt man ja gleich Lust das mal auszuprobieren. 🤔
Do ittt
thank you for the great video, I tried crossing once but the flowers fell off, I pollinated only once, next time I will try it for a few days - news for me, I tried to cross Thunder Mountain Longhorn and Jalapeno Multicolor, I would like to have Thunder Mountain Longhorn Multicolor :-D
That would be amazing. What's neat is that you can probably get _exactly_ what you're looking for if you have enough space to grow lots of F2 plants, and lots of time to grow out all the future generations. Good luck!
In the first table that is showed do the letters mean anything special? When you breed two of the same it says HF, but when crossbreeding it can give "PF","IV","NG" and more. What does this mean?
Do you have to keep chinense with chinense or can you cross different types?