Seed from hybrid sweet peppers

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sheeplady Lansdowne, Canada Nov 08, 2010

I bought a Jingle Bell sweet pepper plant this year and it did really well. I believe it is a hybrid. Are the seeds worth saving?

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Farmerdill Augusta, GA(Zone 8a) Nov 08, 2010

As long asyou are not concerned about purity of variety. The off spring will be predominantly mutts not purebreds, but they should germinate and grow ok, if you allowed the fruit to mature. Jingle Bell is 1 1992 introduction which means it is a recent hybrid. Many of these are crosses with inbred breeding lines, so that the F2 generation is not obviously different than the F1.

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sheeplady Lansdowne, Canada Nov 08, 2010

I just can't resist saving those seeds! Yes, I saved seeds from the red ones, fully mature. The Jingle Bell bore heavily with little care. It will be interesting to see how the "mutts" do. Interesting; thankyou Farmerdill :)

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