Freak cross through pollination. This chilli, is supposed to be a chocolate scorpion, but it seems as though the Lemon Drop beside it has pollinated it. I know, NORMALLY, hybrids come from seed, NOT growing, flowering and fruiting plants. Anyone else experience this sort of thing???
by freddyriff
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It is a beautiful peach colour, fruity flavour, good heat (about lemon drop heat) with a butterscotch aftertaste.
Looks cool! As far as a cross, its parent plant meaning the pod that produced the seed you planted this season would have to have been cross pollinated. Any cross pollination this season will show up in the next generation of seed.
I have a couple of branches on my Jay’s peach ghost scorpion that have mutant looking pods. I’m hoping they will produce seed but they look like octopi or something. The rest of the plant looks normal.
My tomatos did this.
I bought ten varieties. I end up with one weird yellow cherry tomato.
I planted full-size tomatos and cherry tomatos, so go figure.
What does it taste like?
Even when you cross pollinate a plant the mother plant will still produce it’s genetic fruit. It’s the seeds within that fruit that will produce your created cross.
Hasnt happened to me with any of my chilis, but my spaghetti squash and zucchini cross bread into a very strange something this year.
Not possible. The plant isn’t a Chocolate Scorpion or a mutation.