This is one of the main reasons I am overwintering 14 pepper plants this year. All the plants but 3 came from seeds I purchased from known seed companies and the pods were true to form as much as I can determine. I did have one purchased variety that was supposed to be Purple Serrano but the pods were very much like Pink Tiger, so even best cross pollinating prevention efforts aren't guaranteed.
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Originally Posted by carolyn137
But also know that hot peppers can and do x pollinate with almost any other peppers you might be growing. it's the main reason I gave up growing hot peppers since no way was I going to cage them to keep out the insects that do the X pollinating.
Carolyn
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