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Re: Barren Pepper Plants
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At 05:45 PM 8/9/99 -0400, you wrote:
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>I had a funny experience with peppers. I planted jalapenos a while
>ago, and they grew fine. During the winter, I didn't get as many
>of course, but what I got was a jalapeno that wasn't hot. I assumed
>that it must have been a milder variety. This plant was prolific,
>and during the following spring/summer, I had lots more peppers. I
>put one on my food thinking it was going to be mild and boy was I
>surprised. It was HOT! I was tricked.
>
> Susan Seifert in Sunny Central Florida, where we are praying for rain!
>
Years ago, I was told by a fellow in the ag dept at UC Riverside that a hot
pepper plant can unaccountably yield a or some mild peppers, and a mild
pepper plant can produce a or some hot peppers. Not all of the crop would
be against type. Crossing only affects the seeds. If you pick a mild pepper
late in the season, whose seeds have been contaminated by
cross-pollination, it might taste hot because the seeds are touching the
veins and placenta. But in general, if you have a mild pepper plant and all
of the peppers are hot, I'd suspect bad seeds. Hot pepper plants can be
gulled into producing mild peppers by coddling them, too much water, N,
etc., and mild temps. Margaret L
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