Is TAM Jalepeno open pollinated

clkingtx · July 5, 2016

I bought a Tam jalepeno plant a few years ago, and grew it that summer. I dug it up and put it in a pot in the fall, and it lived in my house till the following summer. While inside, it bloomed and set fruit. I am 99 percent sure the peppers I saved seed from were from the fruit that developed from bud to ripe fruit inside the house, where no other peppers were growing. I planted some of that seed this year, and am growing one plant. The fruit appears as I remember the Tam fruit, but is sweet, and completely without heat. So I am curious as to whether my memory is faulty as to what fruit I saved for seed, or if Tam is a hybrid.

I have checked online, and I find different sites saying it is one or the other, about equally represented. I haven't been able to get a definite answer. Anyone know this for sure?

Thanks!

July 5, 2016	#1
clkingtx Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Wichita Falls Texas Posts: 446	Is TAM Jalepeno open pollinated I bought a Tam jalepeno plant a few years ago, and grew it that summer. I dug it up and put it in a pot in the fall, and it lived in my house till the following summer. While inside, it bloomed and set fruit. I am 99 percent sure the peppers I saved seed from were from the fruit that developed from bud to ripe fruit inside the house, where no other peppers were growing. I planted some of that seed this year, and am growing one plant. The fruit appears as I remember the Tam fruit, but is sweet, and completely without heat. So I am curious as to whether my memory is faulty as to what fruit I saved for seed, or if Tam is a hybrid. I have checked online, and I find different sites saying it is one or the other, about equally represented. I haven't been able to get a definite answer. Anyone know this for sure? Thanks! __________________ Carrie