I'm a newbie to veg growing but I'm okay so far but I've got a query about
Chillies and Peppers. Is it possible for chillies (Jalapeno) to
cross-pollinate with peppers (not sure what variety).

I've got numerous plants in various positions in the garden, some in a
mini-greenhouse. My Jalapenos' fruit have grown a bit fat and stubby except
for a couple of plants which have long thin chillies. The plants that have
fat stubby chillies are next to Pepper plants, but the long thin ones are
away from the peppers. To confuse things they also have different soils
conditions.

Is the difference due to the soil or can they cross-pollinate.

I hope this isn't a stupid question.

Siggy

Siggy wrote:
I'm a newbie to veg growing but I'm okay so far but I've got a query
about Chillies and Peppers. Is it possible for chillies (Jalapeno) to
cross-pollinate with peppers (not sure what variety).

I've got numerous plants in various positions in the garden, some in a
mini-greenhouse. My Jalapenos' fruit have grown a bit fat and stubby
except for a couple of plants which have long thin chillies. The
plants that have fat stubby chillies are next to Pepper plants, but
the long thin ones are away from the peppers. To confuse things they
also have different soils conditions.

Is the difference due to the soil or can they cross-pollinate.

I hope this isn't a stupid question.

Siggy

It will probably be the different soils, although I have no idea whether
they can be cross pollinated or not.

....regarding chillis in particular, I've recently been told (in this froup)
that they produce hotter and tastier peppers if neglected for a while,
something I wish I'd known before I planted mine next to the tomatoes which
don't take too kindly to being left without water etc.

Phil L wrote:
Siggy wrote:
I'm a newbie to veg growing but I'm okay so far but I've got a query
about Chillies and Peppers. Is it possible for chillies (Jalapeno)
to cross-pollinate with peppers (not sure what variety).

I've got numerous plants in various positions in the garden, some
in a mini-greenhouse. My Jalapenos' fruit have grown a bit fat and
stubby except for a couple of plants which have long thin chillies.
The plants that have fat stubby chillies are next to Pepper plants,
but the long thin ones are away from the peppers. To confuse things
they also have different soils conditions.

Is the difference due to the soil or can they cross-pollinate.

I hope this isn't a stupid question.

Siggy

It will probably be the different soils, although I have no idea
whether they can be cross pollinated or not.

...regarding chillis in particular, I've recently been told (in this
froup) that they produce hotter and tastier peppers if neglected for
a while, something I wish I'd known before I planted mine next to the
tomatoes which don't take too kindly to being left without water etc.

Mine too are next to the toms, so they are well watered. The plants are very
healthy with loads of Chillies. I can sacrifice a bit of fire for more
yield.

Siggy

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I'm a newbie to veg growing but I'm okay so far but I've got a query about
Chillies and Peppers. Is it possible for chillies (Jalapeno) to
cross-pollinate with peppers (not sure what variety).

I've got numerous plants in various positions in the garden, some in a
mini-greenhouse. My Jalapenos' fruit have grown a bit fat and stubby except
for a couple of plants which have long thin chillies. The plants that have
fat stubby chillies are next to Pepper plants, but the long thin ones are
away from the peppers. To confuse things they also have different soils
conditions.

Is the difference due to the soil or can they cross-pollinate.

I hope this isn't a stupid question.

Siggy


They seem to be varieties of the same species (Capsicum annuum)

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?...icum#Varieties

so they can be expected to cross-pollinate. But I would have expected
the fruit characters to be determined by the maternal genotype, not by
the seed genotype, i.e. I wouldn't have expected cross-pollination to
have made any difference.
--
Stewart Robert Hinsley