I have a Ghost Pepper plant and a Carolina Reaper plant both flowering right now. They are in a 4 ft by 4 ft area in my side yard about 2 ft away from each other. How high of a chance is there that they would cross pollinate themselves and the seeds would hybridize? Has anyone had this happen and would it be worth trying to grow the seeds?
by MidnightUnlucky5944
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Almost guaranteed they’re going to cross pollinate. No point in not growing the seeds since CR already has GP genes in it. It’s going to be edible and hot whatever comes out
I think there’s a fairly high chance that the plants will hybridize a good amount, if you have bees, you’ll have cross-pollination. However, peppers self pretty readily and there’s no way to ensure that any given fruit has hybrid seeds in it.
If you want hybrids, the best way to ensure you get hybrids is to put a mesh bag around a bud, hand pollinate it and then put the mesh bag back on until fruit starts to set.