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Post by fldave on Dec 16, 2020 10:13:54 GMT -5
My 34 day old Specialty Lunchbox Mix Peppers from David’s seeds are flowering. The seeds were given to me as a gift. I cannot find any Indoor pollinating process information for them online. Do the flowers self pollinate without human or bee intervention, do I need to just shake each flower, or do I need to spread pollen from flower to flower with a brush?  |
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Post by Sher on Dec 16, 2020 11:46:23 GMT -5
Looking forward to seeing those peppers!
For peppers and tomatoes, you just shake the plant once a day. Like beans, they are wind pollinated.
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Post by fldave on Dec 16, 2020 11:57:09 GMT -5
Thanks sher01. I didn’t know if all pepper plants were the same or, like cucumbers, different varieties have different pollination needs.
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Post by ERR0R1755 on Dec 16, 2020 13:19:19 GMT -5
The vast majority of peppers are self-pollinated and can be pollinated with a fan, or an electric toothbrush, or the Be The Bee, or a paintbrush, etc. You can even just shake the plant a bit and that tends to do it.
The only exception is "Capsicum cardenasii", which is a species of wild pepper. That is self-incompatible and requires two or more plants in order to pollinate it. (if you're growing indoors, you would have to manually pollinate it)
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Post by fldave on Dec 16, 2020 14:30:47 GMT -5
Thanks ERROR1755. I will us my Be-The-Bee for the flowers that I can get to easily and shake the plant to do the ones that I can’t get to without causing damage. This plant is very dense at the core where all of the flower buds are growing. I like the idea of a small artist’s paintbrush to flick the hard to reach ones too ... I will have to try that.
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Post by fldave on Dec 28, 2020 21:39:59 GMT -5
We have baby peppers!  |
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Sher
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Post by Sher on Dec 28, 2020 23:54:50 GMT -5
Wonderful!!!  |
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Post by Shawn on Dec 29, 2020 9:00:28 GMT -5
Nice, I bet in you look further in the leaves you will find more.
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Post by fldave on Dec 29, 2020 9:10:15 GMT -5
Yes there are others that are camera shy.
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