sphinxeyes
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Suburbia, small garden in side yard, containers on larger back deck. Hot humid summers.
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Post by sphinxeyes on Jul 29, 2009 23:36:07 GMT -5
I just harvested the first ripe Puerto Rican Wonder pepper. It is amazingly good! The best red bell pepper that I've ever tasted. I already have a few friends that want seed for next year, but I grew these peppers next to two other varieties...Alma Paprika and Trinidad Perfume. What are the chances that the three could have cross pollinated? Might make for an interesting cross variety, but it would be nice to have some that are true to type so I can grow them again next year.
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Post by michaeljohnson on Jul 30, 2009 0:27:50 GMT -5
Sphinxeyes- would you be interested in a straight swop of seeds a bit later on, with my new ACE high vitimin pepper, for a few of your new puerto Rican wonder pepper, it would be greatly appreciated
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sphinxeyes
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Post by sphinxeyes on Jul 30, 2009 3:16:58 GMT -5
Sure! Tell me about how many you'd like and I'll set some aside at harvest time. I'm hoping to get a few more peppers by the season's end. The peppers have been slow growers with all the rain we've had, so even the prolific varieties are only producing two or three fruits at a time. You might get a surprise if they've cross pollinated, so I can't guarantee the purity of the seeds. But it will be interesting to experiment with. Are the ACE peppers hybrids? I read on one website that they are, so would seed from the market fruits be viable?
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Post by grungy on Jul 30, 2009 3:33:35 GMT -5
me, please.
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Post by canadamike on Jul 30, 2009 3:43:12 GMT -5
Since I strongly suspect I am the source of the Puerto Rico Wonder pepper ;D ( they came from Dave) , did you say it is a bell? Like a square pepper, blocky and all, or do you only mean sweet pepper??
'cause my Puerto Rico wonder were small sweet peppers perfect for filling with cheese or else, absolutely delicious ( and wonderfully prolific) , and had the advantage of freezing exceedingly well, their thin flesh not making too much water once thawed and being favorites of the kids on pizza....
If they are a bell, they were cross pollinated, something that had never happened to me here, and you might be onto something. A picture would help for sure...
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sphinxeyes
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Post by sphinxeyes on Jul 30, 2009 6:37:41 GMT -5
Yes Mike, these are the peppers I got from you. In shape they resemble a small bell. When I tried to look for information about them on the web I couldn't find anything, other than one listing that referred to them as a red bell pepper. I wasn't sure if the smaller size was due to my growing conditions this year or if that is how they are supposed to look. But they are not blocky as in being perfect squares. More rectangle than a square, not like the Alma Paprika...which I also got from you. The first pepper was eaten before I could remember to take it's picture, so I'll have to wait for another one. Then I'll post a pic so you can see.
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sphinxeyes
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Post by sphinxeyes on Aug 1, 2009 17:59:42 GMT -5
Pepper pictures! This is the plant that I picked the first Puerto Rican Wonder pepper from. They are more of a bell pepper shape, or at least the one that I picked first was. Then there's this plant which is right next to it. It should be the same variety, only these peppers turned red while they were still small, more triangular in shape: And these are my Trinidad Perfume Peppers (thank you Johno!) They're supposed to turn yellow when ripe, so they're not quite there yet.
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Post by johno on Aug 2, 2009 1:33:28 GMT -5
You're welcome, sphinxeyes. Your peppers look good. Keep us updated.
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Post by canadamike on Aug 2, 2009 5:27:09 GMT -5
Well my dear, these are definitely F-1 of Puerto Rico Wonder, not the true ones, which are about 4 inches long and 1.5 large, and they are VERY numerous on the plant. At least those I got from Dave. And they look like 2 different crosses. Amazing. It is the first time it happens to me here in more than 20 years. I never had cross pollination with peppers, never. I know some people say they are promiscuous, but here they, up to now, have always been quite virtuous Could you self pollinate them? You would be on your way to create your own cultivars. And maybe keep me some seeds of the f-2...
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sphinxeyes
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Post by sphinxeyes on Aug 2, 2009 6:26:11 GMT -5
I'm still a beginner so I'm going to ask for clarification. By self pollinate, do you mean swab the pollen from one flower and transfer it to another on the same plant? And the F1 seeds are those I planted, so the F2 seeds would be what I get from these peppers? This is getting interesting, so I'll be sure to save all the seeds from each plant. I didn't include a pic of the alma paprika, but I have that growing too. So far it only has one pepper though. Most of the seedlings I gave away, so I only ended up with one plant for myself, lol. And after starting out with more than I had room for in the garden.
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Post by canadamike on Aug 2, 2009 6:32:56 GMT -5
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sphinxeyes
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Post by sphinxeyes on Aug 2, 2009 17:37:34 GMT -5
Just went outside to try that glue method. There aren't many flowers left, most have already started to show little peppers. And some fell off, peppers and all, when I touched them, so I didn't want to mess with them too much. I also noticed that the alma's have many little peppers, despite only one full size pepper showing at the moment. This may be because it's only begun to get really hot and humid in the last two weeks. July this year was unusually cool, so if August remains humid and we don't get too much more rain, then I may have a sudden growth spurt in another two weeks. Maybe they'll all turn prolific towards the end of the season.
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sphinxeyes
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Post by sphinxeyes on Aug 4, 2009 18:41:54 GMT -5
More pics of peppers! Fresh picked today. Here is the Puerto Rican pepper as it probably should look: And here are the mystery peppers. Didn't come off the plant very easily, but they are already dark red, so I figured they were ready. They look like miniature apples! And it might just be a trick of my mind, but they almost taste like apples too! Not as sweet as the above pepper, but milder in flavor. They are also chock full of seeds! So I'll be saving all of them for those who would like some later. ;D
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Post by Penny on Aug 4, 2009 18:52:24 GMT -5
Thats so cool, that one that tastes like an apple is interesting.
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