I have a pepper plant coming up from an old batch of seeds, and I am wondering if just one plant alone, with no others around it, can produce peppers with viable seed? Or do they have to have other plants around it to do that? What I am hoping (if I have only one plant germinate) that I can just have it grow peppers and use it as an "endless" supply of seeds.
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seeds Can a Single Plant Produce Peppers With Viable Seed?
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Yes.
Chiles are self-pollinating plants; they can take care of the whole deal by themselves. Other plants, like tomatillos, needed to be pollinated by another plant. But chile plants can go at it alone.
Chiles are self-pollinating plants; they can take care of the whole deal by themselves. Other plants, like tomatillos, needed to be pollinated by another plant. But chile plants can go at it alone.
Agreed with the other two comments but just adding to it, make sure you only use fully ripe pods to harvest seed from. Harvesting seed from green or immature pods can leave you with poor germination rates or non-viable seed altogether. You probably already knew that but I thought it was at least worth mentioning.
Walchit said:
On one hand, hens will lay eggs with out a rooster But on the other hand, apple trees need a pollinator and do best with a cross pollinator. I do not know if tomato need a pollinator to produce fruit, maybe they just need it for viable seeds. Kind of a hmmm moment for me because of something that the original Pepper Joe said about tomato not being grown in isolation.... Hmmmmmmm
Glad we focus on peppers because building something for multiple tomato plants to protect the dna would be a whole lot more complicated than bagging single plants
it is my understanding that tomatoes and peppers can self pollinate while cucumbers need to be pollinated by bees or by hand pollinating.AJ Drew said:
