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Re: peppers cross pollinating?

I think the situation with peppers is a little more complicated, because
it's the SEEDS that make the pepper hot, so cross-polination, which is
affecting the seeds (like in corn) is actually a big part of the product
that you're eating.  I've heard the experts go to both ends of the spectrum
on the hot pepper issue.

Regards,
Laurie
San Francisco


>Kerri Urban wrote:
>>
>> I am planning to plant five different types of peppers in two adjacent
>> 4' X 4' beds.  I have heard that peppers will cross-pollinate.  Is this
>> necessarily a bad thing or will my bell peppers just have a little kick
>> to them b/c of the hot peppers?
>>
>        Cross pollination has no effect on the fruit. The effect is on the
>plants that grow from the seed.
>
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