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Re[2]: peppers cross pollinating?

>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?

Laurie replied:
>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.

Well, I'm no expert, but I once grew a patch of green bell peppers
next to a patch of "Anaheim" or what is now called New Mexican mildly
hot peppers. I got small skinny bells with a very bitter flavor and
huge Anaheims that tasted very good, but a lot milder than I expected.
I guess it depends on which characters you want for your plants
:-)
I personally would separate them after my experience.
Shawn
swestaway@smtplink.coh.org
Claremont, CA USDA9b Sunset19

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