On 26 Jun 2005 10:40:31 -0700, "john"
wrote:

By "going" I meant they sprouted 80 days ago (actually 85 days now).

I'm in zone 7b, and yes it was a cold spring here. I think I'm
watering enough. I have fertilized once with some stuff I had left
over from tomatoes.

I think I'd fertilize with a tomato or pepper fertilizer again.
As a matter of fact, I just put out Tomato Tone on all my peppers
and tomatoes this week. I do it about every two weeks during the
growing season. They'd produce without it, but the production is
heavier with a little help.

All the seeds are from last year store-bought produce.

You know about seeds from hybrids, right?

I have read this is a common problem with peppers (the fruit not
setting because of weather conditions). My question is whether the
plants will ever recover and eventually start producing. Besides the
fruit problem, the plants are robust.

Sure. Your first frost isn't until, what? November? That's plenty
of time, and most peppers go crazy putting out peppers in late
summer/early fall.


Penelope
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"Maybe you'd like to ask the Wizard for a heart."
"ElissaAnn"

No, I don't know about seeds from hybrids.

On 26 Jun 2005 14:54:07 -0700, "john"
wrote:

My apologies if I'm telling you something you already know, but I
thought it would be easier to try and explain all at once.

No, I don't know about seeds from hybrids.


Most commonly, hybrid plants are crosses from two or more parent
plants of different varieties. Seeds from hybrids can be like
either of the parent plants, or they can be like the hybrid.
Remember in biology class when you did the Punnett square?

http://bowlingsite.mcf.com/Genetics/BasGen.html

This is a page with dog genetics, but if you scroll down, there
are Punnett Squares for people like me, who's high school biology
classes were more years ago than I care to mention.

If one jalapeno had genes for heat HH, and the one they crossed
it with had genes for mild hh, the hybrid would have Hh. If you
crossed the Hh plants with another Hh plant, the seeds would be
25% HH, 25% hh, and 50% HH. *If*, and please note that's an if,
not a "fer sure", the peppers you saved seeds from were hybrids,
the seeds you planted may not produce peppers just like the ones
in the store., they may produce plants like a parent.

That's not necessarily bad, you'll still have jalapenos, they
might be hotter or milder, or have larger or smaller pods than
what you remember the ones from the grocery store being.

Good luck,

Penelope



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"Maybe you'd like to ask the Wizard for a heart."
"ElissaAnn"

Thank you for taking the time to type all that. I do remember the
Punnett square (thanks to your link).

I'll just ride this great adventure to it's conclusion and see what
happens. (I am dying for some good peppers!) d:^)

John