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If I may...peas don't cross that easily so you don't have to 'isolate' them.. If you are growing more than one type chilli and pepper...you may want to 'isolate' their flowers to get true to type seeds.BUT...you selection of varieties sound good and should be easy enough for 'newbie' saver BE WARNED!...you have just stepped to a slippery slope and you about to get infected with seed savers fever
Quote from: goodlife on February 25, 2014, 17:44:06If I may...peas don't cross that easily so you don't have to 'isolate' them.. If you are growing more than one type chilli and pepper...you may want to 'isolate' their flowers to get true to type seeds.BUT...you selection of varieties sound good and should be easy enough for 'newbie' saver BE WARNED!...you have just stepped to a slippery slope and you about to get infected with seed savers fever Good point - thanks! I thought the rocotos couldn't cross, being of a different family. I've checked and I'll definitely bag them.
The plants have a bit of frost resistance
I don't want to sound 'anal' about cross pollination issue... but according this page.. http://www.fatalii.net/Growing_chile_peppers/Breeding..pubecens=rocotos do cross with many other species for breeding..though it is another thing how easily this happen when it is left to the nature and no cotton buds are involved..AND not able to cross with annuum's group will cut out change of cross pollinating with the most common chillies and peppers. I didn't actually know myself if they could..or not... be able to cross pollinate..I just assumed all chillies were able to cross pollinate each others, so I had a look to educate myself.Little bit of more knowledge never hurt..it just start to be slightly crowded in my head..not everything 'soak' in anymore..
This is a bit off topic. but - I have finally grown my rocoto peppers last year and had a wonderful surprise. The plants have a bit of frost resistance!!! I had them in the greenhouse which is just about in the warmest spot in the garden and of course this winter has not been very cold (and I hope it won't get really cold now!) And - they are still alive! The tomatillo plants right next to them were killed by frost, the rocoto lost a bit of top growth but the majority of the plants looks ok and I have real hopes that these plants will carry on. In fact, I have harvested a red pepper today! Not that hot in this weather, but nice and 'warm' thinly sliced in salad.I was also surprised just how tall they get!I didn't think you had to bag them either unless you had another variety of the same species.
Lets try again...'capsicum crossability matrix'.. http://www.fatalii.net/Growing_chile_peppers/Breeding
I must learn to keep my mouth in order....
I forgot to add Galina has kindly agreed to help out with this year’s Circle. And after the delays of last year (mostly me!) I'd like to propose we finish our 2014 circle in January of 2015 which should give a chance for all seeds to be harvested and dried in good time and avoid the Christmas period. Seeds would need to be sent in by mid-January to be returned at the end of that month, ready for seed sowing in February.
How do others feel about this schedule?
Just caught up on all this - thanks for all the rocoto info! :D