'Tuck Tail Yellow' Hot Pepper Breeders Mix

Capsicum chinense Origin: Cooley Springs, South Carolina Improvement status: Breeding population Seeds per packet: ~10 Germination tested 08/2024: 88% Life cycle: Annual 'Tuck Tail Yellow' is a breeders mix hot pepper population from Kevin Bane in Cooley Springs, South Carolina. Part of his "Project Flamethrower," this extremely hot pepper population comes from a 4-way cross, the result of two unstable crosses crossed together (including 'Moruga Scorpion' x 'Fatalii Gourmet Jigsaw'). The same cross yielded Kevin's 'Alpha 1' population too. The parent plant of these seeds was the only yellow-fruited plant resulting from the population — and it also had a tail like a scorpion, but folded inward and growing inside the pepper! Kevin said this one has an intense amount of heat, hotter than a ghost pepper at perhaps 1,200,000 Scoville units. The extremely hot peppers are also fruity tasting, and mix well with fruits like mango for hot sauces. Based on Kevin's experience, this population co