Bagging Blossoms

AKButch

AKButch

I know it's a little early to think about cross pollination between pepper types, especially in my end of the world, BUT . . . has anyone "bagged blossoms" on pepper plants like can be done with tomatoes to keep the strain pure:?:

I have a couple pepper seed strains I want to keep pure and keep seeds for next year, mostly just for something to do.

Also going to try some cross pollination between a Syberian pepper plant and some others to see if I can come up with a pepper that is more tolerant to Alaska's colder weather and lack of sun during the winter months.

Thanx . . . Butch :D
 
There are all kinds of ways of isolating peppers to get pure seed. Some folks put a tea bag around a couple of blossoms, some folks bag the entire plant, and some build elaborate isolation chambers. There is a great description of how to glue a blossom so it doesn't cross on Fatalii's site. His guide is for hybridizing, but since you want to try that too, here's the URL.

http://www.fatalii.net/growing/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=35&Itemid=54


So, how much work did you want to put into this?
 
Butch, are you talking about "Siberian House Pepper"? I have grown this one and it tolerates low light conditions quite good as well as low temperatures...
http://www.chili-balkon.de/sorten/sibirischer.htm

For all year indoor growing and crossing experiments I can recommend "Small Wild from Mexico", which I believe is actually "Pequin de Ischia" from Italy - it is very early, very compact, very hot and flavourful. I am succesfully overwintering it this year, I cut it back in november and repotted into a very small pot, now it is already flowering again despite the very low light conditions, no artificial lighting...;)
Photos here:
http://s210.photobucket.com/albums/bb157/donnie_1978/capsicum_2007/Small_Wild_from_Mexico/
http://www.chili-balkon.de/sorten/pequin.htm

Also, for a cold hardy, pretty plant this one is the best I have ever come across, matures early around same time as Bulgarian Carrot. Fruits are medium hot and about the size of a Jalapeño.
Czech. Black here:
http://s210.photobucket.com/albums/...2007/Czechoslovakian Black Normann Strain F3/
Bulgarian Carrot has hot to very hot fruits that are quite aromatic/fruity to the taste, see here:
http://www.malusrustica.dk/capsicum/Species/cap_annuum/bulgarian_carrot.htm

Have seeds of all mentioned varieties and will be happy to send you some, if you are interested, just drop me a PM.:idea:

By the way, I live in Denmark, Scandinavia, Northern Europe, so I don't have the best climate for growing peppers, too...
 
Donnie:

Yes . . . I'm referring to the Siberian House Pepper. I already have seeds for it from a place called "Seeds Trust" but they call it "Grandpa's Home Pepper" I'm sure it's the same thing.

That's pretty interesting about the Wild Mexican Pequin pepper as a potential candidate for crossing. I have some seeds from the Wild Tepin that were given to me by Alabama Jack that I am going to try to grow this summer to see if they will grow in Alaska.

I looked up the Pequin and it appears there are two in that family. The Chiltepin which is small and round and the Chilipequin which is more oval shaped. That's pretty good to know that this pepper will grow under low light conditions.

I have the Bulgarian Carrot seeds too. The cross from the Siberian and the Bulgarian sounds pretty interesting also.

I am sending you a PM to pick yor brain abit more on this subject.

Thanks . . . Butch
 
AKButch said:
Donnie:

That's pretty interesting about the Wild Mexican Pequin pepper as a potential candidate for crossing. I have some seeds from the Wild Tepin that were given to me by Alabama Jack that I am going to try to grow this summer to see if they will grow in Alaska.

I looked up the Pequin and it appears there are two in that family. The Chiltepin which is small and round and the Chilipequin which is more oval shaped. That's pretty good to know that this pepper will grow under low light conditions.

Thanks . . . Butch
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I am not sure that Piquin de Ischia is typical for Chiltepin/Pequin varieties, to my knowledge they are normally very late season and quite tall growing as opposed to this one.

When talking about growth under low ligth conditons it is relatively meant - it will grow much better than any I have ever tried, I had no trouble overwintering it and it opened its first flower a couple of days ago. It was cut back to almost nothing and repotted in November...
 
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