[Gardeneer]

Originally Posted by AlittleSalt

We have chosen to plant peppers in three different beds that are at least 100 feet apart.

Bed 1 - less than 1,000 Scoville (Cheyena Chuska, Jimmy Nordello, Sweet Red Cherry, etc.)

Bed 2 - 1,000 - 5,000 Scoville (Cherry Bomb, Pasilla Bajio, Poblano, etc.)

Bed 3 - HOT (Datil, Thai Chili, Aji Amarillo, etc.)

Hopefully this will discourage crosses between hot and sweet types. If a cross happens in bed 1 only - then it should result in a <1,000 Scoville pepper cross which would be acceptable for us next year. Same with beds 2 and 3.

Crossing can only affect the seeds in the pod and does nothing to the flavor or heat level. So that make sense to isolate the varieties, IFF you want to save seeds from them.