[CH] Cross polination

robhuns1 (robhuns1@earthlink.net)
Wed, 28 Mar 2001 13:03:39 -0500

Hi all,

In the past I've never saved seeds so I was never concerned about
cross-pollination. This year I got 10 seeds to grow chocolate habaneros. I
only got 1 plant from those seeds. I'm also growing Red Savinas which I now
have more plants than I can shake a sauce bottle at. I want to save seeds
from the chocolate habanero plant but since my hab garden is going to be
predominately red savina will the chocolate and the red savina plants
cross-pollinate? While this might be an interesting cross I would like to
get some pure chocolate hab seeds for next year. How far apart should the
plants be to prevent cross-pollination(if this is an issue at all)? Thanks!

                                        Rob :-)