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Old 03-05-2005, 04:19 AM
chris
 
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Do you mean reproduce fruit without any type of pollination at all? I'm
not shure that would hapen in any type of natural enviroment...
I think that even small wind currents will help pollen travel. I think
that this is needed for fruit to set .. even if it were only from a
single plant . You could test this by isolating a branch with a
translucent bag . I think it has to be a special mesh size that keeps
the pollen isolated but still let light through . But even still the
branch would disperse pollen among the flowers in the bag . To test for
share u would have to isolate every flower. and see it fruit sets. I'm
almost certain that if you wanted no seeds in your peppers you would
have to pick them before the seeds were evident , and then use a
ethylene process to speed up the aging process.
Cheers
chris

Rick wrote:

Hello,
My buddy swears that a bell pepper, (or anything else) will
produce peppers without pollination and that the peppers will
only lack seeds and will otherwise be normal.
I say bologna. a little help if you please.

thanks,

rick keenan
charlotte nc USA