Frank writ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi Chilis: I'm going to try to control as much as possible the pollination to the 15 pepper plants that I plan to plant closely together. May I assume that if I force pollinate from one plant to another that this has "set" the plant and no other genetic material from other plants can henceforth be introduced? I would hate to go through the trouble of tying cloth bags on the stems, or physically separating the plants by screens. Frank ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FYI Caroln Male for tomatoes says 4 to 6 ft is enough SSE says 25ft seperation is enough USDA says 1/4 to 1/2 mile seperation is enough. Known record for a honey bee carrying pollen is 18 miles. I have watched a Bumble bee stop at 1 blossom on each plant in a 40ft row of tomatoes. ~ She had a yellow and orange band. Want to be positive, cover them up. Lord Byron