Seed saving - NOID chili CAA1

After ignoring the pods for some time, I finally got to removing them from the NOID CAA1 aka PhD chili (read here). The pods do not naturally detach from the tree and most of them have started to turn wrinkly and brown.

The yellow pods of NOID CAA1 that became semi-dried on the plant.

I was quite surprise to see that around 40% of the seeds are 'bad' seeds ie aborted or failed to developed properly. Not too sure if this is due to genetics or growing condition. Still, the percentage is very high and consistent in all the pods harvested, pointing to a genetic component.

This time, I remembered to wear gloves, so I didn't get finger burn after doing this.

Almost half of the seeds were aborted or poorly developed seeds.