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Jalapenos not hot
I bought some D.M. Ferry's Jalapeno M (Hot Flavor) seeds.
The package is stating plant them hot and sweet peppers in separate areas to prevent cross polination... I wasn't sure if sweet peppers meant belle peppers or perhaps a sweet variety of jalapeno. Thanks for the information. -- Jim Carlock Post replies to the newsgroup. "Christopher Green" wrote: (Gary) wrote: "Jim Carlock" wrote: Is it true that Jalapeno's can cross breed with belle peppers? -- Jim Carlock I would think that if they did cross-polinate, the results would be seen in the next generation, i.e. in next year's crop that comes from the seeds from this year's peppers. I'm a far cry from a botanist, so don't quote me on this. Gary That's right, and this is well known to pepper growers. Of the five commercial species of Capsicum, all but C. pubescens (Andean "apple chiles") will cross-pollinate, and all of the many varieties of C. annuum and C.chinense will cross-pollinate especially easily. If you want seed that will come true in the next crop, you need to resort to measures such as bagging. -- Chris Green |
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Jalapenos not hot
"Jim Carlock" wrote:
I bought some D.M. Ferry's Jalapeno M (Hot Flavor) seeds. The package is stating plant them hot and sweet peppers in separate areas to prevent cross polination... I wasn't sure if sweet peppers meant belle peppers or perhaps a sweet variety of jalapeno. But cross-pollination should only affect the children--the seeds are the children--not the fruits and veggies. The seeds are what grow up to be the next generation of plants. This topics always seems confusing because you do read different information all over the place. I can tell you that I have had cayennes, jalapenos, anaheims and bells growing right next to eachother--so that they grow into eachother and each has very different fiery-ness. No cross over in flavors. This confused me cause corn is talked about very differently. Corn cross pollinates and many sources say this season's corn will be different due to cross polination. However I then realized WE EAT THE SEEDS! Tomatoes, peppers, melons, oranges--we eat the flesh of the seed container of these. We even avoid the seeds on some. Corn, peas, beans--we eat ONLY the seeds. So cross polination affects the part we care about. Thanks for the information. -- Jim Carlock Post replies to the newsgroup. "Christopher Green" wrote: (Gary) wrote: "Jim Carlock" wrote: Is it true that Jalapeno's can cross breed with belle peppers? -- Jim Carlock I would think that if they did cross-polinate, the results would be seen in the next generation, i.e. in next year's crop that comes from the seeds from this year's peppers. I'm a far cry from a botanist, so don't quote me on this. Gary That's right, and this is well known to pepper growers. Of the five commercial species of Capsicum, all but C. pubescens (Andean "apple chiles") will cross-pollinate, and all of the many varieties of C. annuum and C.chinense will cross-pollinate especially easily. If you want seed that will come true in the next crop, you need to resort to measures such as bagging. DiGiTAL ViNYL (no email) Zone 6b/7, Westchester Co, NY, 1 mile off L.I.Sound 2nd year gardener http://photos.yahoo.com/ph/royalfrazier/ |
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Jalapenos not hot
"Jim Carlock" wrote:
I bought some D.M. Ferry's Jalapeno M (Hot Flavor) seeds. The package is stating plant them hot and sweet peppers in separate areas to prevent cross polination... I wasn't sure if sweet peppers meant belle peppers or perhaps a sweet variety of jalapeno. But cross-pollination should only affect the children--the seeds are the children--not the fruits and veggies. The seeds are what grow up to be the next generation of plants. This topics always seems confusing because you do read different information all over the place. I can tell you that I have had cayennes, jalapenos, anaheims and bells growing right next to eachother--so that they grow into eachother and each has very different fiery-ness. No cross over in flavors. This confused me cause corn is talked about very differently. Corn cross pollinates and many sources say this season's corn will be different due to cross polination. However I then realized WE EAT THE SEEDS! Tomatoes, peppers, melons, oranges--we eat the flesh of the seed container of these. We even avoid the seeds on some. Corn, peas, beans--we eat ONLY the seeds. So cross polination affects the part we care about. Thanks for the information. -- Jim Carlock Post replies to the newsgroup. "Christopher Green" wrote: (Gary) wrote: "Jim Carlock" wrote: Is it true that Jalapeno's can cross breed with belle peppers? -- Jim Carlock I would think that if they did cross-polinate, the results would be seen in the next generation, i.e. in next year's crop that comes from the seeds from this year's peppers. I'm a far cry from a botanist, so don't quote me on this. Gary That's right, and this is well known to pepper growers. Of the five commercial species of Capsicum, all but C. pubescens (Andean "apple chiles") will cross-pollinate, and all of the many varieties of C. annuum and C.chinense will cross-pollinate especially easily. If you want seed that will come true in the next crop, you need to resort to measures such as bagging. DiGiTAL ViNYL (no email) Zone 6b/7, Westchester Co, NY, 1 mile off L.I.Sound 2nd year gardener http://photos.yahoo.com/ph/royalfrazier/ |
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