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Tomatoes & Peppers: Size, habit, and color of these Peru Purple Chilis, 1 by BigOakGuy66

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BigOakGuy66 wrote:
Just curious if anyone has ever seen unusually large Peru Purple chilis on their plants. I\'m wondering did one of my plants hybridize? One of the two plants - PeruPurpleNormalsm.jpg has normal-looking purple fruits, and they are typical size of about an 1 1/2\' long and 1/2\" wide at the top and they hang upright.

But the other plant PeruPurpleLargesm.jpg has the fruits hanging down and they are about 2 3/4\" long by 3/4\" wide at the top and they are almost black in color - perhaps slowly turning to purple. The volume of the peppers on that plant is perhaps 3 - 4 times normal-sized Peru Purple chilis.

I\'ve never seen a Peru Purple plant with that kind of fruit so perhaps I mixed another seed in or is this normal?

Any comments appreciated.
Thanks.