If you have many different varities of peppers in your garden is their a high risk of getting hybrids? I am knew to this, sorry for the newbie question.
Chiles are inbreeders and do not shoot out pollen like outbreeding plants, but insects can still cause cross-pollination
In a word; yes. But it's the seed that will be hybrid; not your present crop.
You would have to isolate (a mesh bag) particular flowers before they bloom/open if you want true seed. The other option is distance; about 300 meters according to one source. Physical separation (green houses/rooms) is another possibility.
Thanks for the great info. everyone! I don't have a lot of room to isolate the plants distance wise. I guess the reality is that if I save seeds they may become a hybrid. So does this rule apply to sweet and hot peppers? I have heard people say they grew hots near sweets which turned the sweets hot. Can this happen? I am thinking yes, but I am not sure.
That should only happen if you save seeds and plant them the following year. That would be the result of cross pollination between sweets and hots.
This concerned me also, but I have a good seed source and I have summer (sort of) 24/7/365.