Are there any sweet peppers with brown seeds?

Andrey_BY · December 11, 2006

Do you know any brown-seeded sweet pepper varieties?

I was asked if I could find any such seeds for our Belarusian Inst. of Veg. Gardening for their project with more desease tolerant new sweet pepper varieties.

How about hot peppers with such seed color? Do you know any of these?

cdntomato · December 11, 2006

Andrey, I'm no expert on this. Best to ask John Fiedler or John Taylor (both post here) or I can link you to someone else who is a REAL expert and willing to share.

Anyhoo, as far as dark-seeded chiles, pubescens species are the way to go.

Best,
Jennifer

PS Please email me your snail addy again; I have stuff to send you. :wink:

cmpman1974 · December 12, 2006

To my knowledge, the only peppers I have seen with brown / black seeds belong to the C. Pubescens family as Jennifer said.

Chris

Andrey_BY · December 12, 2006

Thanks to all for replies. I know about C.Pubescens, but also have heard about some sweet varieties with dark seeds...

bluelytes · December 12, 2006

Have you tried chocolate bell pepper seeds?? Those should be dark, no??

Best;
blue

Andrey_BY · December 13, 2006

They were always milky-yellow for me :wink:

Andrey_BY · January 26, 2007

Recently got some Manzano/Rocoto varieties from Australia, but they all are quite hot. Did anyone try any semi-hot or non-pungent C.pubescens varieties with brown-black seeds?

By the way, can C.pubescens be crossed with C.annum?

Fusion_power · January 26, 2007

The crossability matrix in this faq from gardenweb might help.

http://faq.gardenweb.com/faq/lists/p...441005626.html

Fusion

Love2Troll · January 26, 2007

Sorry to be so late in responding. I only occasionally check this forum and have had problems logging in the last week or so. (successful only 3 times) Am so happy to see is a more active forum lately.

There are no brown-seeded capsicums. Immature C. pubescens will have brown seeds that might or might not be viable. A mature color will be very dark brown or black.

C. pubescens will not cross with C. annuum. They will cross with C. eximium and C. cardinasii and from there you can continue to cross the hybrids with other species.

Jennifer,

How nice to 'hear' from you!!!!

jt

Love2Troll · January 26, 2007

In the time it took me to compose my reply Darrel gave the best answer.

$ late etc

Andrey_BY · January 27, 2007

Thanks a lot for important info.

Then I need some C. eximium and C. cardinasii seeds...
Is there anybody here who can help with with them? :wink:

December 11, 2006	#1
Andrey_BY Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Minsk, Belarus, Eastern Europe (Zone 4a) Posts: 2,278	Are there any sweet peppers with brown seeds? Do you know any brown-seeded sweet pepper varieties? I was asked if I could find any such seeds for our Belarusian Inst. of Veg. Gardening for their project with more desease tolerant new sweet pepper varieties. How about hot peppers with such seed color? Do you know any of these? __________________ 1 kg=2.2 lb , 1 m=39,37 in , 1 oz=28.35 g , 1 ft=30.48 cm , 1 lb= 0,4536 kg , 1 in=2.54 cm , 1 l = 0.26 gallon , 0 C=32 F Andrey a.k.a. TOMATODOR

December 12, 2006	#3
cmpman1974 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Michigan - Zone 6B Posts: 136	Seeds To my knowledge, the only peppers I have seen with brown / black seeds belong to the C. Pubescens family as Jennifer said. Chris

December 12, 2006	#4
Andrey_BY Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Minsk, Belarus, Eastern Europe (Zone 4a) Posts: 2,278	Thanks to all for replies. I know about C.Pubescens, but also have heard about some sweet varieties with dark seeds... __________________ 1 kg=2.2 lb , 1 m=39,37 in , 1 oz=28.35 g , 1 ft=30.48 cm , 1 lb= 0,4536 kg , 1 in=2.54 cm , 1 l = 0.26 gallon , 0 C=32 F Andrey a.k.a. TOMATODOR

December 13, 2006	#6
Andrey_BY Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Minsk, Belarus, Eastern Europe (Zone 4a) Posts: 2,278	They were always milky-yellow for me :wink: __________________ 1 kg=2.2 lb , 1 m=39,37 in , 1 oz=28.35 g , 1 ft=30.48 cm , 1 lb= 0,4536 kg , 1 in=2.54 cm , 1 l = 0.26 gallon , 0 C=32 F Andrey a.k.a. TOMATODOR

January 26, 2007	#7
Andrey_BY Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Minsk, Belarus, Eastern Europe (Zone 4a) Posts: 2,278	Recently got some Manzano/Rocoto varieties from Australia, but they all are quite hot. Did anyone try any semi-hot or non-pungent C.pubescens varieties with brown-black seeds? By the way, can C.pubescens be crossed with C.annum? __________________ 1 kg=2.2 lb , 1 m=39,37 in , 1 oz=28.35 g , 1 ft=30.48 cm , 1 lb= 0,4536 kg , 1 in=2.54 cm , 1 l = 0.26 gallon , 0 C=32 F Andrey a.k.a. TOMATODOR

December 11, 2006	#2
cdntomato Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Kingston, Ontario Posts: 554	Andrey, I'm no expert on this. Best to ask John Fiedler or John Taylor (both post here) or I can link you to someone else who is a REAL expert and willing to share. Anyhoo, as far as dark-seeded chiles, pubescens species are the way to go. Best, Jennifer PS Please email me your snail addy again; I have stuff to send you. :wink:

December 12, 2006	#5
bluelytes Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 250	Have you tried chocolate bell pepper seeds?? Those should be dark, no?? Best; blue

January 26, 2007	#8
Fusion_power Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,251	The crossability matrix in this faq from gardenweb might help. http://faq.gardenweb.com/faq/lists/p...441005626.html Fusion

January 26, 2007	#9
Love2Troll Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 64079 (Missouri) Posts: 252	Sorry to be so late in responding. I only occasionally check this forum and have had problems logging in the last week or so. (successful only 3 times) Am so happy to see is a more active forum lately. There are no brown-seeded capsicums. Immature C. pubescens will have brown seeds that might or might not be viable. A mature color will be very dark brown or black. C. pubescens will not cross with C. annuum. They will cross with C. eximium and C. cardinasii and from there you can continue to cross the hybrids with other species. Jennifer, How nice to 'hear' from you!!!! jt

January 27, 2007	#11
Andrey_BY Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Minsk, Belarus, Eastern Europe (Zone 4a) Posts: 2,278	Thanks a lot for important info. Then I need some C. eximium and C. cardinasii seeds... Is there anybody here who can help with with them? :wink: __________________ 1 kg=2.2 lb , 1 m=39,37 in , 1 oz=28.35 g , 1 ft=30.48 cm , 1 lb= 0,4536 kg , 1 in=2.54 cm , 1 l = 0.26 gallon , 0 C=32 F Andrey a.k.a. TOMATODOR