Specialty Lunchbox Mix Peppers planted Nov 12, 2020

[fldave]

My 34 day old Specialty Lunchbox Mix Peppers from David’s seeds are flowering.  The seeds were given to me as a gift.  I cannot find any Indoor pollinating process information for them online.  Do the flowers self pollinate without human or bee intervention, do I need to just shake each flower, or do I need to spread pollen from flower to flower with a brush? 

[Sher]

Looking forward to seeing those peppers!

For peppers and tomatoes, you just shake the plant once a day. Like beans, they are wind pollinated.

[fldave]

Thanks sher01.  I didn’t know if all pepper plants were the same or, like cucumbers, different varieties have different pollination needs.  

[ERR0R1755]

The vast majority of peppers are self-pollinated and can be pollinated with a fan, or an electric toothbrush, or the Be The Bee, or a paintbrush, etc. You can even just shake the plant a bit and that tends to do it.

The only exception is "Capsicum cardenasii", which is a species of wild pepper. That is self-incompatible and requires two or more plants in order to pollinate it. (if you're growing indoors, you would have to manually pollinate it)

[fldave]

Thanks ERROR1755.  I will us my Be-The-Bee for the flowers that I can get to easily and shake the plant to do the ones that I can’t get to without causing damage. This plant is very dense at the core where all of the flower buds are growing. I like the idea of a small artist’s paintbrush to flick the hard to reach ones too ... I will have to try that.

[fldave]

We have baby peppers!

[Sher]

Wonderful!!! 

[Shawn]

Nice, I bet in you look further in the leaves you will find more.

[fldave]

Yes there are others that are camera shy.