Re: [CH] Cholula
bradley ellis (h0t5auce@mchsi.com)
Mon, 12 Aug 2002 05:18:24 -0500
<<Rodney Livingston wrote: "I am very curious to taste my Jal`s as the row
is surrounded by Serranos and Peter peppers on
one side . Tobasco and hab`s are on the other so my fingers are crossed that
I didn`t get any wimpy cross polination .">>
I don't think you have to worry about any wimpy results. It is my
understanding that any cross pollination wouldn't affect anything on this
year's crop. The fruit on the plants are the results of the seeds that were
planted this year. It would be the seeds IN the jals, serranos, peters and
habs that could produce some cross pollination results in next year's
plants.
Case in point: Last year I planted some Biker Billy's, a serrano, an anahiem
and a tabasco along with my normal overload of jalapenos. This year, a few
volunteer plants have popped up and I am finally getting to see what the
fruits look like. One of the plants looks like a serrano (tall stems
sprouting from the base and the leaves are kinda fuzzy) but the pods coming
from it are longer and chunkier than a reguler serrano. I also have another
plant that is very bushy like a tabasco, but the peppers aren't growing
upwards. I have another that has HUGE leaves (bigger than the anahiem, more
like a bell) but is producing some the tiniest jalapenos I've seen.
To those more learned on the list: Am I incorrect as to how the whole cross
pollination works?
Brad
... who is knee-deep in jalapenos