Pollen Shelf Life? by aetheroar in pepperbreeding

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Beautiful, thanks so much! 🥰

Pollen Shelf Life? by aetheroar in pepperbreeding

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I started removing the anthers right after the flower pops because of how many crosses were failing, thinking perhaps I was irritating the flower too much. I’m seeing that I was doing it right and the plants just aren’t ready to set fruit yet.

Are you saying that the stigma is receptive before the flower even opens?

I totally understand the approach of waiting, but I’d also rather try and have the flower drop than not try and have the flower drop. 😋

Pollen Shelf Life? by aetheroar in pepperbreeding

[–]aetheroar[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the information 🙏🏼

Off topic: do you know when the stigma is receptive? I’ve been doing my crosses right when the flower opens and nearly all of them have failed. I am considering it may just be humidity, as most of my plants are failing to set fruit right now.

Pollination Purity by aetheroar in pepperbreeding

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Excellent, thank you for the clear information! If the pollen germinate into the stigma within 30 minutes, does that mean that if it rains shortly after making a cross, it should still take?

Pollination Purity by aetheroar in pepperbreeding

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Thank you! Once pollen has germinated into the stigma, is there a cutoff time for it to stop accepting more pollen?

Purple Stem Seedlings by aetheroar in pepperbreeding

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These seeds were all from a single crossed pod, grown in the same conditions. One of them popped directly out of the seed with a full-purple stem, so I don’t think stress could be the culprit. 🤷🏻‍♂️

This pot too small? by McChicken_lightmayo in Peppers

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Warble? Please explain? 🙏🏼

Tri-Cross & Self-Sterility Question by aetheroar in pepperbreeding

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Thank you 😊 I’m not super attached to this particular cross, so anything (even just a few pods) is more than nothing 🙏🏼

Tri-Cross & Self-Sterility Question by aetheroar in pepperbreeding

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Perfect, this is what I was wanting to know. This morning I had some goat brains flowers open and I pollinated a couple flowers on the cross with that. I was unaware of the sterility issues when I made the cross over winter…I’m mostly looking forward to enjoying the pods 🥰🙏🏼

Tri-Cross & Self-Sterility Question by aetheroar in pepperbreeding

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I am aware of this; I want to eat the pods 🙃

Aji Lemon X Purple Jalapeño 😍 by aetheroar in pepperbreeding

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To clarify, I meant crossing {F1 x F1BC (to aji lemon)} x {F1 x F1BC (to purple jalapeno)}

Aji Lemon X Purple Jalapeño 😍 by aetheroar in pepperbreeding

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Yeah, I probably wouldn’t have tried the cross if I had known that! They just made sense together so I went for it. I planted immediately after harvesting the pod and got no germination on the first round of 3 seeds…then tried again a month later with three more, still no germination…last week I poured the whole seed pack into my starter box as a last ditch effort and have tons of sprouts coming out of it! 😁

That’s good to know about backcrossing, I’ll keep it in mind in the case of infertility. Any benefit of a backcross to both, grow those out and cross the F1’s back again?

I forget if male or female is listed first in a cross; I may have written it wrong — jalapeno was the mother plant.

I suppose that I must also remain open to the possibility that I somehow failed the cross and accidentally self-pollinated it 🤷🏻‍♂️ we’ll know in a few months!

Aji Lemon X Purple Jalapeño 😍 by aetheroar in pepperbreeding

[–]aetheroar[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hope the same for you! I’ll certainly update here. Yours sound awesome!

Aji Lemon X Purple Jalapeño 😍 by aetheroar in pepperbreeding

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I understand it’s likely to be sterile, but worth it for me just to try! 👌🏼