[CH] CH] strange bell pepper

Love2Troll (Love2Troll@kc.rr.com)
Tue, 28 Aug 2001 19:08:20 -0500

>>Do I need to worry about cross-pollination or should my seeds be true?<<

Lora,

  Cross-pollination is very possible with peppers.  Here is what I do to
save seed:

Wrap stem below unopened blossoms with some cotton from a cotton ball to
prevent insects from entering bag.

Enclose buds with "bag" cut from a piece of nylon.  (stocking, pantyhose
etc)  My girlfriend Bertha has lots of "blown-out" ones.

Wrap twist tie or string around open end of bag and the cotton to enclose
buds.

Wait until fruit sets.

Remove bag and mark the  blossom stem with a colored twist tie or
equivalent.

Use resulting ripe pepper for uncrossed seed.


John