How common is cross pollination among hot pepper plants and what are the ways of reducing this so I can use my own saved seeds in the future without the risk of growing mutant peppers?
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Very common, if you're really keen on having pure seed for your next gen you should isolate.
Edit: You can cut your flowers just before they open and pollinate via brush, or isolate your plants as a whole in a mesh. Either way you'll need to do it by hand.
Edit: You can cut your flowers just before they open and pollinate via brush, or isolate your plants as a whole in a mesh. Either way you'll need to do it by hand.
This question has been asked many, many times. You might try using the search function.
Here's what I found when I tried it:
http://www.thehotpepper.com/topic/27163-cross-pollination/page__view__findpost__p__542768__hl__%2Bcross+%2Bpollinating__fromsearch__1
http://www.thehotpepper.com/topic/26508-the-right-way-to-keep-strains-pure/page__view__findpost__p__530615__hl__%2Bcross+%2Bpollinating__fromsearch__1
http://www.thehotpepper.com/topic/22067-seed-saving/page__view__findpost__p__513243__hl__%2Bcross+%2Bpollinating__fromsearch__1
Found a total of 84 results.
Good luck.
Here's what I found when I tried it:
http://www.thehotpepper.com/topic/27163-cross-pollination/page__view__findpost__p__542768__hl__%2Bcross+%2Bpollinating__fromsearch__1
http://www.thehotpepper.com/topic/26508-the-right-way-to-keep-strains-pure/page__view__findpost__p__530615__hl__%2Bcross+%2Bpollinating__fromsearch__1
http://www.thehotpepper.com/topic/22067-seed-saving/page__view__findpost__p__513243__hl__%2Bcross+%2Bpollinating__fromsearch__1
Found a total of 84 results.
Good luck.
Thanks for the links. Im just a couple days old on here and didnt realize there was a search option!
Just quietly. You're better off searching your query via google and adding thehotpepper to the end of it. The search here isn't the greatest.
PaulG
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+1 that's how I would up here in the first place!
to the forum NS. Good to have you along for the ride,
Good luck with your season!
Thanks for the tip... I didn't know that either.
Could you cross pollinate a jalapeño with a butch t scorpion?
http://www.southernexposure.com/isolation-distance-requirements-for-peppers-ezp-34.html