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Post by imgrimmer on Sept 8, 2019 15:45:02 GMT -5
Today I found a pepper volunteer in my melon patch. I have no idea where the seed comes from. It has been years since I cultivated peppers here.
No matter where it comes from, I hope that I can bring it to fruiting.
Has anyone ever found pepper volunteers?
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Post by steev on Sept 9, 2019 20:59:30 GMT -5
Only in my compost pile.
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Post by imgrimmer on Sept 11, 2019 3:47:32 GMT -5
At least you found some  How cold does it get in your area in winter? You are in SoCal right? |
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Post by reed on Sept 11, 2019 4:37:28 GMT -5
I have volunteer peppers now and then. They don't come up till late. Usually they are little hot ones that I have grown for years and occasionally a crossed up one. There are two out there now but they are bigger and sweeter than normal. Don't know it they descended from those same little ones of if they came strait from last year's sweet ones. It gets pretty cold here, sometimes - teens F.
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Post by steev on Sept 11, 2019 9:44:01 GMT -5
No; I'm in NorCal; never gets lower than high 20'sF.
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Post by imgrimmer on Sept 11, 2019 14:58:35 GMT -5
I usually throw all pepper seeds into the bed to test if they can survive winter. So far no seedling showed up. But these are grocery varieties, suitable for greenhouse cultivation. Might be different with other varieties.
It is a plan for the future to breed a sweet pepper landrace in best case able to volunteer.
I have many Canoncito this year. They are not as early as they should be but reasonably short seasoned enough. Made first the cross pollinations, time will tell what comes out.
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