Cross-pollination experiment...Thai Dragon/BP

10 years ago

I have just experimentally cross-pollinated one of my Thai Dragon plants w/ one of my Black Pearls, for fun. Have any of you tried creating a hybrid of these two peppers, and if so... what was your result? (If you have pics of resulting plant/pods, I'd love to see them!!) Thx!

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Annie
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10 years ago

Thanks Josh! Do you have any pics u can share? I'd love to see the result!

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Annie
Original Author
10 years ago
Oh, btw.... I used the BP as male & dragon as female. I'm not sure if that matters tho...
greenman28 NorCal 7b/8a
10 years ago
Hi, Annie!

I have [unintentionally] crossed Black Pearl and Thai chile in both directions: Black Pearl as pollinator, and Black Pearl as mother. In both instances, the resulting pods were larger and more elongated than the Black Pearl pods. The pods begin purple, and then ripen to red. This year, I have the Thai chile mother pollinated by the Black Pearl.

Since the Thai Dragon is longer than the Thai's that I grow, I would expect your crossed pods will also be longer with perhaps more variation in shape, as well.

Josh
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Annie
Original Author
10 years ago
Also at some point, once my reapers start blooms, I plan to experiment by cross-pollinating one of them with BP... Maybe get a "mini reaper" of sorts. That's just me tho... I love trying different crosses, just to see what I end up with! Who knows, I may end up creating something totally new & awesome!! Lol
greenman28 NorCal 7b/8a
10 years ago
Yeah, I've got pics :-)

2014 cross - Black Pearl mother, Thai chile father:

Unripe pod:

Fully mature plant, loaded with pods:

Ripe pods:
greenman28 NorCal 7b/8a
10 years ago
I will get some pics of this season's cross.

Josh
greenman28 NorCal 7b/8a
10 years ago
2015 cross - Thai chile mother, Black Pearl father:

This is the same cross, which I planted at the Farm where I work.
habjolokia z 6b/7
10 years ago
I took a white bullet habanero and crossed it with a Ghost pepper.

Parent plant Ghost and the crossed pod

The F1 result of the cross
Annie
Original Author
10 years ago
That's pretty cool!! Thx for sharing the pics! The pods look awesome I'm really eager to see what my Thai dragon/BP cross will look like! Lol