This is talked about alot.. some people don't take it seriously.. Some people take it TOO seriously.. Honestly. I don't think it's a big deal. I've seen before joining, and after joining THP, people stating they have had problems with vendors that claim they isolate everything.. I mean think about it.. plants need to be 1/2-1mile apart?? By doing that, are you going door to door in a square mile radius making sure no ones growing peppers in their backyards? making sure wilds aren't growing in the area? Isolation is really near impossible unless it's indoors and your only growing one variety in each room. I know that every major grower on THP doesn't isolate their seeds for the most part and everyones selling/trading all the time in the fall and 99% of the time it goes true..
I'm going to be putting mesh bags over branches that I know will be producing and I STILL will be advertising they were open pollinated. If you advertise pure seeds you better walk the talk.. I've never heard of one company (that claims they isolate) that hasn't had atleast a little problem with crossing. Just the way it is.
I'd honestly like to buy seeds that I knew were OP and get a cross/hybrid than buy "pure" seeds and get a cross/hybrid.. Atleast with OP seeds I know there's a potential of them being something else. If I payed high dollar for "pure seeds" and they ended up being not what I bought.. I'd be pretty POed.
It's just like with ferts and soils.. Everyone will have a different opinion. Do what feels right for you.
90% of the seeds I just started were OP and I'm fine with that, I actually think it'd be cool to have something pop up that I wasn't planning on growing.. just my opinion.
Brandon