C. annuum germinating at ~30,000 fold speedup #seeds #timelapse #time-lapse #photography #video #ffmpeg #videoencoding #botany #biology #capsicum

C. lanceolatum finally germinated! This one took almost a month. Not sure where these specific seeds are originally from but the species is native to Central America, spanning Oxaca/Veracruz Mexico to Honduras #biodiversity #capsicum #plants #peppers

Late addition! CGN2097 - Capsicum cardenasii: wild pubescens complex member from the Altiplano region in Bolivia. #biodiversity #peppers #capsicum #seeds #plants

Can you guess the first upgrade to the #growthchamber? A bit superfluous, but I'm excited about it. #DIY

Growthchamber 'brains'. Top to bottom: #Odroid takes timelapse video, #RaspberryPi monitors temp. & controls fans, #DIY TIP120 board switches fan power for Pi, heat mat power supply. Planning a hardware/cable refactor over spring break. #speedbreeding #linux #IoT #plants

C. Baccatum var. praetermissum x C. annuum hybrid. Annuum parent Purple Cyanne, baccatum parent Cumari Alongado. Hope this is a real cross, not the result of some kind of pollen contamination. #plants #plantbreeding #biodiversity #peppers

Of 12 F2 Jalapeno x Bolivian Rainbow sprouts, 11 had purple cotyledons and 1 green. 95% binomial CI says the pop. proportion is between unity and 0.77 - expected 0.75. Germinating a larger sample for fun. These seeds for sale at https://t.co/BEbroPoKdK #peppers #seeds #genetics

First round of sprouts for the 2019 breeding pool. #capsicum #peppers #plants #plantbreeding

Two peat pots with C. eximium - drastic difference in color. Seeds from same lot, growing conditions identical. What is probability of randomly drawing seeds from a heterogeneous pop. & putting two anthocyanin positive in one pot and two negative in the other? #genetics #stats

Turkish Burkap pepper sprouts coming up. Happy to have these in my breeding pool this season. #biodiversity #peppers #plants #plantbreeding #capsicum

Inside view of the growthchamber - the webcam is taking a long duration timelapse. Watch the feed at https://t.co/pSnMnrZVHX updated hourly #biology #botany #peppers #timelapse #plants #plantbreeding #speedbreeding

Sera Demre 8 (annuum) sprout. These seeds came straight from Turkey. Can't wait to see how this one turns out. #biodiversity #biology #botany #peppers #plants

Another wild #Capsicum coming up. This one is C. eximium. It's a member of the C. pubescens complex from the Andean region in South America, 2n=24 so I'm excited to try some crosses! #biology #biodiversity #plants #peppers #plantbreeding

Cool new F1 annuum for this season: Variegated Italian x Tepin. The Italian not only has variegation but the fruit starts purple and ripens to a rusty red. Pretty excited to see what I can get from this cross. #biology #botany #peppers #plants #plantbreeding #biodiersity

Another set of seeds I am excited about, came straight from Turkey! Some of them are marked 'BT'. Am not aware of any Capsicum carrying thuringiensis endotoxin, so I'm not sure what to make of it. Any thoughts? Maybe the seeds were treated with spores? #seeds #peppers #botany

Three F2 hybrid Jalapeno x Bolivian Rainbow sprouts. Note the cotyledon color - anthocyanin appears to be segregating. For anyone interested, there are a limited number of these seeds for sale at https://t.co/BEbroPoKdK #biology #botany #genetics #peppers #plants #plantbreeding

Four F2 hybrid individuals from a Jalapeno x Bolivian Rainbow cross made in 2017. Loved the parental plant last year (still have it). So much anthocyanin in the cotyledons they are almost black. #plantbreeding #biology #plantgenetics #genetics #peppers #food

Comparison of C. rhomboideum and a typical 'gregarious' C. annuum seed. Amazing how different they are. Even though these are both Capsicum they have different numbers of chromosomes #biology #botany #biodiversity #peppers #plants

C. rhomboideum came up fast, 8 days! Wild #Capsicum from Central and South America. Karyotype should be 2n = 26 so it won't cross with 'typical' cultivated species... wonder if I can make an autotetraploid... #biodiversity #plants #plantbreeding #biology

Some wild #Capsicum species I'm attempting this season: eximium, chacoense, lanceolatum and rhomboideum. Anyone worked with these before? Germination: moist compost, air temp. 65-75 F, steady bottom heat at 85 F. #capsicum #biology #biodiversity #seeds #rareplants