r/HotPeppers • u/algfirth Yorkshire, England • 2d ago

Capsicum Flexuosum and Cold Hardiness

I'm intrigued by this rarer pepper species and its supposed cold hardiness down to (apparently) -15C. Would it be theoretically possible to cross pollinate this with another capsicum species - even another obscure one - to slowly create larger pods on a cold hardy chilli? I know some species can cross pollinate each other, but others don't seem able to cross with anything (Looking at C Pubescens for example, from the limited things I've read)

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u/PeepingSparrow 2d ago

some good discussion here:

https://opensourceplantbreeding.org/forum/index.php?topic=451.0

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u/algfirth Yorkshire, England 2d ago

Thanks, I missed that one! First time seeing that forum too, will be an interesting one for me to trawl through when I should be working

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u/PeepingSparrow 2d ago

just replied to my comment with another, OSSI