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[-] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

I was finally able to cross pollinate two pepper varieties! They are:

  • yellow bell pepper - just some market variety.
  • dedo-de-moça - Capsicum baccatum, red, 5k~15k Scoville heat units (hotter than a jalapeño, milder than a cayenne), great flavour.

I want the breed to be: yellow, large, mild but not heatless, finger-shaped. And hopefully more resistant to insects than bell peppers are.

In the meantime I'm still waiting for my chocolate-coloured habanero to grow flowers, so I can cross-breed it. Likely with dedo-de-moça too, I like the shape.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

May the pepper gods bless you with bountiful harvest!

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[-] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Wow, for some people (me included) it's hard enough to even keep a plant alive. Cross breeding them is next level

[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

To be frank it's only the start - I'll need to plant and select at least five generations of the hybrid. But I'm really happy, the hardest part was done.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

You can cross-pollinate plants by using a little paintbrush to catch and move the pollen.

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