[Market-farming] SEED Company reliability
Owsley lucy
boulderbelt at voyager.net
Fri Jan 2 06:08:23 EST 2009
We had a single hot yellow marconi pepper plant last year grown from
seed we saved (out of 25 or so plants). I assume the year before we
had at least one marconi plant too close to the Jalapenos, Hot
Hungarian wax or Cayennes and we got a cross. it was fun searching
for that plant after getting complaints (and a couple of compliments)
from our customers.
On Jan 1, 2009, at 12:28 PM, Allan Balliett wrote:
> Paul - I've definitely seen this. You're explanation is the best that
> I've heard but Garbriel Howearth, master pepper seedsman originally
> of Seeds of Change, told me that of course the pollen changes the
> fruit 'where do you think the fruit comes from'?
>
> In addition, I have bought bell pepper seed (from Seeds of Change)
> that has grown out with a definite 'heat' to bell peppers that looked
> normal otherwise.
>
> In x-pollination, of course, timing is everything.
>
> -Allan in WV
>
>> The only time you'll see a "cross" in this year's production is when
>> you are eating the "seed" as in corn. And, I've heard, although not
>> experienced, that since a lot of the "heat" of a hot pepper is in
>> the seed membranes, you can sometimes get some "heat" in a sweet
>> pepper if it is crossed with hot. Doesn't change the fruit, only,
>> again, the seed. Has anyone actually experienced this? Or is it
>> just a "market farming legend"? Ours are always side by side and we
>> haven't seen it. We have
>
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Lucy Goodman
Boulder Belt Eco-Farm
Eaton, OH
http://boulderbelt.blogspot.com
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