Re: [CH] cross pollination
=Mark (mstevens@exit109.com)
Wed, 03 Aug 2005 11:24:22 -0400
If the plants did cross-pollinate, the resulting genetic change would only
be evident in the seeds bearing the next generation of plants. In other
words, the pods you are seeing may be misshapen, but as long as the plants
were 100% Habanero, the peppers they produce are habaneros. If you took
the seeds from those pods and planted them, and they had in fact cross
pollinated, you would then see the hybrid plants.
Another way to view it using the analogy of mammalian reproduction, if a
male German Shepherd mates with a female Dalmatian, it does not turn the
Dalmatian into a hybrid Shepherd-dalmation.. You gots to wait on the puppies!
At 10:51 AM 8/3/2005, Yvonne Burchfield wrote:
>Hi all,
>I am coming out of lurking to ask a question. Please forgive me if I sound
>stupid. The excessive rain here in Georgia recently has drowned much of my
>garden but two jalapenos plants and two habaneros have survived and are
>producing a lot of pods. My question is this: I have noticed some odd shaped
>pods on my habs. The pods are shaped like a jalapeno but are the beautiful
>orange color of the habs, has the thin walls like a hab, has a heat level
>like a hab. Not all of the pods are like that. Most of the pods look like
>the typical hab. Is it possible that these "odd pods" are the product of the
>plants crossing pollination? If I saved the seeds would they grow? I am just
>so curious.
>
>Yvonne Burchfield
=Mark
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