Striped pepper! - Page 2

habitat_gardener · May 12, 2016

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Originally Posted by bitterwort

One of those fell into my shopping cart too, whispering something about saving seeds....

That was my first thought too!

I can still try growing it this year...

heirloomtomaguy · May 12, 2016

If someone finds seed please let us know. Im wanting to grow these with hopes of getting my kids to eat peppers.

Fred Hempel · May 12, 2016

Joke.

It looks like a mutation similar to the one(s) that cause striping in tomatoes.

Since the leaves on the plants look normal, I would guess it is not some kind of chimera that must be vegetatively propogated.

I bet it is heritable.

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Originally Posted by BigVanVader

Is that a thing or was that a joke?

Fred Hempel · May 12, 2016

Have you tried cutting peppers in half and putting ice cream inside?

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Originally Posted by heirloomtomaguy

If someone finds seed please let us know. Im wanting to grow these with hopes of getting my kids to eat peppers.

Cole_Robbie · May 12, 2016

It's got to be a hybrid, right? I just can't see it being open pollinated.

heirloomtomaguy · May 12, 2016

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Originally Posted by Fred Hempel

Have you tried cutting peppers in half and putting ice cream inside?

I just might do that

if they dont like it after that then i suppose there is no hope for them. Its funny because my daughter loves the salsa i make with Carolina Reaper peppers cut into it but wont touch a bell pepper. Im still working on my son to like peppers as well as tomatoes. Its sad because hes my right hand man in the garden but wont eat the maters.

heirloomtomaguy · May 12, 2016

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Originally Posted by Cole_Robbie

It's got to be a hybrid, right? I just can't see it being open pollinated.

Thats what im thinking but i will still grow it and try to capture the striping either way. Like i need another project.

Hunt-Grow-Cook · May 12, 2016

Sprouts Farmers Market grocery store chain carries these peppers. At least the ones in Northern CA do.

dmforcier · May 12, 2016

Good info, Andrey. Thanks.

The peppers are all over the US. First seen here in Texas, then in several places in New England & NE, then SF area?, then PNW, etc.

Don't believe anyone that offers seeds unless they say that they got them from a bought pepper. The propagators certainly won't be offering seeds. So no independent info on whether they grow true from seed, but expect that they will.

Fred Hempel · May 12, 2016

It might be a hybrid, but I don't assume so. Green Zebra isn't a hybrid.

Fred Hempel · May 12, 2016

If this pepper was discovered in a glasshouse 2 yrs ago, it is unlikely that it is a hybrid, as 2 years would not be enough time to create 2 true-breeding parental lines that were striped.

This assumes that, like in tomatoes, the striping is recessive. If the striping is dominant, Enjoya (the stripey pepper) could be a hybrid.

My bet is that it is PVPd and/or they have tried to patent it.

Andrey_BY · May 13, 2016

I agree with Fred, it couln't be a hybrid if the story behide it is true.

Dutch · May 13, 2016

I too agree that it probably isn't a hybrid. Thank you for the links you posted earlier in this thread Andrey.
Dutch

Cole_Robbie · May 13, 2016

That's great if it's OP. Although if so I think it was an unwise business decision for them not to wait to make a hybrid. Even if they got a pvp, Intellectual Property law is about money. The idea is that someone else is making money by stealing your brand. The punishment is almost always 3x profit. For people like us, who just give each other seeds, the worst that could happen is a judge's order to stop doing so, but no one is going to spend the money to get that order; it's not worth it.

kchd.. · May 21, 2016

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Originally Posted by heirloomtomaguy

Thats what im thinking but i will still grow it and try to capture the striping either way. Like i need another project.

@heirloomtomaguy, I can share some seeds with you. Just send me a PM with your address.

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May 12, 2016	#17
heirloomtomaguy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: glendora ca Posts: 2,560	If someone finds seed please let us know. Im wanting to grow these with hopes of getting my kids to eat peppers. __________________ “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it."

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Andrey_BY Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Minsk, Belarus, Eastern Europe (Zone 4a) Posts: 2,278	I agree with Fred, it couln't be a hybrid if the story behide it is true. __________________ 1 kg=2.2 lb , 1 m=39,37 in , 1 oz=28.35 g , 1 ft=30.48 cm , 1 lb= 0,4536 kg , 1 in=2.54 cm , 1 l = 0.26 gallon , 0 C=32 F Andrey a.k.a. TOMATODOR Last edited by Andrey_BY; May 13, 2016 at 01:00 AM.

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Dutch Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: S.E. Wisconsin Zone 5b Posts: 1,831	I too agree that it probably isn't a hybrid. Thank you for the links you posted earlier in this thread Andrey. Dutch __________________ "Discretion is the better part of valor" Charles Churchill The intuitive mind is a gift, and the rational mind is a faithful servant. But we have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift. (paraphrased) Albert Einstein I come from a long line of sod busters, spanning back several centuries.

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Cole_Robbie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Illinois, zone 6 Posts: 8,407	It's got to be a hybrid, right? I just can't see it being open pollinated.

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Hunt-Grow-Cook Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 360	Sprouts Farmers Market grocery store chain carries these peppers. At least the ones in Northern CA do.

May 12, 2016	#24
dmforcier Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,825	Good info, Andrey. Thanks. The peppers are all over the US. First seen here in Texas, then in several places in New England & NE, then SF area?, then PNW, etc. Don't believe anyone that offers seeds unless they say that they got them from a bought pepper. The propagators certainly won't be offering seeds. So no independent info on whether they grow true from seed, but expect that they will.

May 12, 2016	#25
Fred Hempel Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Sunol, CA Posts: 2,723	It might be a hybrid, but I don't assume so. Green Zebra isn't a hybrid.