Saving pepper seeds.

[dmforcier]

Originally Posted by ilex

Yes, but crossing % is much higher. Like 50% or more. Flowers are open and very attractive to polinators.

Negative! Peppers are aggressive self-pollinators. Even in crowded environments crosses rarely run higher than 10%.

And given other options, I rarely observe any pollinator interest in pepper flowers.

You want to distract birds and bugs, plant basil. You practically have to beat the bees away with a stick.