Jalapeno oddities?

[Chasdev]

I've got two Jalapeno plants that are producing yellow peppers.
These plants came from the same pepper that the other 14 plants came from.
I know, I grew the plant that the pepper came from and I handled each and every seed my self, so no way the garden center mixed these up.
My internet (AI) search proffers lack of nutrition, poor soil condition, too hot, too cold, or some other external cause that has the plants in distress BUT the 14 other plants got the same soil, the same fertilizers, the same rain water (from my stash) and are arm in arm position wise.
So what gives?

 

[JLinza]

Not sure, do you have any other different peppers close by? Maybe some weird cross happened somehow. I'll bump you to the top. Im sure someone might know.

 

[Coreymacc]

I got 1 corn stalk that came up white, damndest thing I had ever seen, found out it was albino, (im not kidding) just a bit of a freak of nature. Yours isn't white but maybe that happened?

Corey

 

[SherryT]

I've got two Jalapeno plants that are producing yellow peppers.
These plants came from the same pepper that the other 14 plants came from.
I know, I grew the plant that the pepper came from and I handled each and every seed my self, so no way the garden center mixed these up.
My internet (AI) search proffers lack of nutrition, poor soil condition, too hot, too cold, or some other external cause that has the plants in distress BUT the 14 other plants got the same soil, the same fertilizers, the same rain water (from my stash) and are arm in arm position wise.
So what gives?

If you have any other pepper varieties nearby, I'd suggest cross-pollination. Other than that, could be just an aberration...it happens.

 

[SmokinEdge]

I’d bet cross pollination as a guess.

 

[JLeonard]

I wonder how they will taste in comparison to the others?

Jim

 

[SmokinEdge]

I wonder how they will taste in comparison to the others?

Jim

Could be interesting. I’ve grown bell pepper that was hot enough not to eat all from cross pollination from green Chile.

 

[Chasdev]

I've got what turns out to be a green pepper plant about 5 feet away, a serrano about the same distance and several store bought jalapenos a little further out.
The green pepper was sold as a jalapeno.
I'm interested it the yellow pepper flavor myself.
If they are hot, I'll save the seeds and grow more next year.
All of the other pepper plants are going to get "wintered" in my garage so I don't have to do the whole seeding process and feeding whatever it was that ate most of 100 jalapeno sprouts I started this spring.

 

[SmokinEdge]

I've got what turns out to be a green pepper plant about 5 feet away, a serrano about the same distance and several store bought jalapenos a little further out.
The green pepper was sold as a jalapeno.
I'm interested it the yellow pepper flavor myself.
If they are hot, I'll save the seeds and grow more next year.
All of the other pepper plants are going to get "wintered" in my garage so I don't have to do the whole seeding process and feeding whatever it was that ate most of 100 jalapeno sprouts I started this spring.

Sometimes in cross pollination the fruit that year is changed and sometimes that fruit is fine (peppers) but those seeds planted the next year are the hybrids. It can be either way.

 

[normanaj]

Nature does some crazy things.This is a tree on my property.

 

[Chasdev]

I’ll save the seeds for next year just out of curiosity.
Last year I left a single pepper on a dead plant ( not knowing about wintering at the time) and it dried to an ugly husk before I got the idea n the spring to try sprouting the seeds.
Better than 99% of the seeds were viable, to my great surprise.

 

[clifish]

I’ll save the seeds for next year just out of curiosity.
Last year I left a single pepper on a dead plant ( not knowing about wintering at the time) and it dried to an ugly husk before I got the idea n the spring to try sprouting the seeds.
Better than 99% of the seeds were viable, to my great surprise.

I left 2 types of japs, fish and datyl peppers on the plants over winter, now I have 2 x 4 planter literally lined with new plants. Should be interesting what comes out this year...hopefully the japs will be hotter.

 

[dr k]

I've never heard of two strains (2 yellow and 14 green from one pepper pod) like you described. Especially since peppers and tomatoes are self pollinating with a breeze or a pollinator. First come first served. So self pollinated from a flower's Stamen to Pistil same strain in the seeds for next year from that flower's fruit same as pollinators not cross pollinating, then cross pollination from wind or pollinator. That sucks when it takes 10 or more perfect seasons to coin a new pepper. I just get Chef Jeff's brand super hot seedlings that's everywhere that are $4.00 and hardened off for planting if mixing varieties and I won't save seeds especially if the plant has flowers and stick to one pod of seeds with a couple plants for seed harvesting because no one nearby has a garden in over a mile I've seen in my neighborhood, minimizing crossing.

 

[Chasdev]

The words "Chef Jeff's super hot variety" make my ears perk right up!
Are they really hotter than the weak tea peppers sold at stores these days?
If so, I'm buying some ASAP.

Oops, they are not sold in Texas it seems, dang it!

 

[radioguy]

Cross-pollination does not affect the fruit of the current growing season. The peppers produced will reflect the genetics of the parent plants. The seeds [next generation] will carry the genetic mix from the parents. Each seed is not identical to other ones. Looks like the Jalapeno was the dominant gene. The other plants look like a weaker jalapeno and the other resembles a lemon pepper.
With todays hybrids, cross pollination is a crap shoot. I get all sorts of volunteers from my compost pile. I had one zucchini that grew and grew, took over a big space but produced no fruit. Ive transplanted tomatoes only to have them very tasteless. Sort of like Forest Gump and the box of chocolates.

RG

 

[Fueling Around]

I’ll save the seeds for next year just out of curiosity.
Last year I left a single pepper on a dead plant ( not knowing about wintering at the time) and it dried to an ugly husk before I got the idea n the spring to try sprouting the seeds.
Better than 99% of the seeds were viable, to my great surprise.

If the seeds all came from a single pepper you just got a couple of mutant plants.

RG has it correct for most parent to seed pollinating. A single pepper will have a single genetic strain. The next pepper on the same plant may have a different mix due to the insects crawling around with pollen on their body. I'll have to check with my college buddy that is a plant specialist if a single flower can get multiple pollinated.
The exception is corn. 1 ear of corn may have multiple cross pollination depending on close you planted other varieties for wind and insect activity. Each kernel of corn on an ear is a separate flower in a way.

 

[dr k]

The words "Chef Jeff's super hot variety" make my ears perk right up!
Are they really hotter than the weak tea peppers sold at stores these days?
If so, I'm buying some ASAP.

Oops, they are not sold in Texas it seems, dang it!

That's too bad they are regional. These are hot peppers I find in Central Illinois Chef Jeff's brand.
Cayenne
Tabasco

EXTREME HOT PEPPERS

Carolina Reaper

Ghost Pepper

Habanero

Trinidad Scorpion

Caribbean

SALSARIFIC COLLECTION​

Jalapeno

Mucho Nacho Serrano Super Chili

Maybe guaranteed seedlings $7.99 or seeds free shipping $50.00 orders from a place like https://pepperjoe.com/collections/l...jgAALxJWn-N6QHMD6Zk6soGrgXRQGXle04dtNc-cgN9_6

I may do this since they have specialty super hots or if I can find Chocolate Jalapeno or Lemon Drop seedlings or seeds.

 

[Chasdev]

I'm familiar with Pepper Joe, but I hate to pay shipping for a single pack of seeds.
It's seems strange that here in Texas, hot jalapenos are hard to find.
I've been using serrano for a few years now to get some good heat that won't melt my face but I still love jalapeno flavor.