Re: [CH] cross breeding

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Confused me too, BUT,  cross pollination wouldn't affect fruit 
colors. Cross pollination would only affect any seeds saved from 
the fruits. If cross pollinated, next years plants would be F1 hybrids.

Dave A
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> > This year I got around 60 pods plus each on on two single Rocoto/Manzano
> > plants.  Couldn't have been any cross pollination as one was in a
> > polytunnel, the other outdoors some hundred metres away.
> > 
> > Interestingly, I had yellow and reds growing together in a tunnel, and
> > didn't appear to get any cross pollination on either plant - both produced
> > only the colour they were supposed to.  Very interesting.
> 
> I don't understand this post at all.  First paragraph says there are two
> rocoto plants, one in a polytunnel and one outdoors 100 m. away.  Second
> paragraph says there are yellow and red ones growing together in a tunnel.
> This "does not compute".
>  ---   Brent
> 
> 

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