[Market-farming] Hot peppers and sweet peppers

William H Shoemaker wshoemak at illinois.edu
Mon Mar 29 11:48:06 EDT 2010


Pollination won't affect flavor of the resulting fruit in peppers. The fruit
tissue is developed solely from mother plant tissue. The pollen will only
impact seed tissue, particularly endosperm. Sweet corn is the only veg crop
I can think of whose harvested portion quality is affected by the pollen
donor. 

 

The exception is that many fruits have multiple pollen sources for multiple
seeds. The size of the fruit is then affected by the thoroughness of
pollination. Fewer pollinated seeds results in smaller fruit size. That's
one reason cross-pollinated crops, like cucumbers and melons, need to have
beehives located nearby.

 

Bill

William H. Shoemaker

Sr. Research Specialist, Food Crops

University of Illinois - Crop Sciences

St Charles Horticulture Research Center

535 Randall Road, St Charles, IL, 60174

630-584-7254, FAX-584-4610 

wshoemak at illinois.edu

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[mailto:market-farming-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of nancy bee
Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2010 2:01 PM
To: Market Farming
Subject: [Market-farming] Hot peppers and sweet peppers

 

Hello growers,

I am looking for some guidance as to whether planting hot peppers and sweet
peppers close together with potential for cross pollination  can affect the
flavor of the peppers grown. In other words, will I get hot sweets and sweet
hots?  I understand that peppers usually self pollinate, but can be crossed
by insects. 

I am not yet growing for market, but refining my growing techniques and
trying to learn. I am thinking about marketing a hot sauce - seems like a
good value added product.

Thanks in advance
Nancy in Corvallis Oregon



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