Gypsy hybrid -- anyone saved seeds?

ddsack · August 15, 2009

I grow Gypsy hybrid every year because it's just the earliest sweet pepper I have found. Kind of small, but really nice to have salad peppers along with the early tomatoes. I don't mind buying seeds, but wonder if anyone has tried to de-hybridize or grow out any saved seeds. If so, what shape peppers did you get, were they early and were they worth eating?

**nctomatoman** · August 15, 2009

Yes, I've done that. Grew out two plants, both were different from the hybrid but fine - one was similar in color but more of a squat bell, the other similar in shape but a pale cream/yellow color ripening to orange red. Both productive and tasty.

ddsack · August 16, 2009

Craig, why did I already guess that you would have done this?

Is there any chance that you saved seed from the similar shaped one and grew out any further generations? Continued variations?

I have a nice ripe orange fruit right now that I will save seeds from when I slice it up tomorrow. Think I might try a few plants next year.

**nctomatoman** · August 16, 2009

No, never did follow through - I start into far more projects than I get to finish or see through (typical for me - more of an idea/starter type than a detail/completer type....oh well!) Dwarf project is showing signs of that - love to plant them, see what's going on, etc - but when it comes to disciplined photographing, record keeping, entering the info into Excel, it takes me loads of energy!

August 15, 2009	#1
ddsack Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Northern Minnesota - zone 3 Posts: 3,231	Gypsy hybrid -- anyone saved seeds? I grow Gypsy hybrid every year because it's just the earliest sweet pepper I have found. Kind of small, but really nice to have salad peppers along with the early tomatoes. I don't mind buying seeds, but wonder if anyone has tried to de-hybridize or grow out any saved seeds. If so, what shape peppers did you get, were they early and were they worth eating? __________________ Dee **************

August 15, 2009	#2
nctomatoman Tomatoville® Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hendersonville, NC zone 7 Posts: 10,385	Yes, I've done that. Grew out two plants, both were different from the hybrid but fine - one was similar in color but more of a squat bell, the other similar in shape but a pale cream/yellow color ripening to orange red. Both productive and tasty. __________________ Craig

August 16, 2009	#3
ddsack Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Northern Minnesota - zone 3 Posts: 3,231	Craig, why did I already guess that you would have done this? Is there any chance that you saved seed from the similar shaped one and grew out any further generations? Continued variations? I have a nice ripe orange fruit right now that I will save seeds from when I slice it up tomorrow. Think I might try a few plants next year. __________________ Dee **************

August 16, 2009	#4
nctomatoman Tomatoville® Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hendersonville, NC zone 7 Posts: 10,385	No, never did follow through - I start into far more projects than I get to finish or see through (typical for me - more of an idea/starter type than a detail/completer type....oh well!) Dwarf project is showing signs of that - love to plant them, see what's going on, etc - but when it comes to disciplined photographing, record keeping, entering the info into Excel, it takes me loads of energy! __________________ Craig