Seedlings with no seed shell attached to leaves

bigdummy · March 20, 2006

We have all seen the way the empty seed shell hangs on your plants leaves, especially in peppers.

What if you selected the peppers plants that cast off their seed coats all by them selves, and use only those plants for all your seed saving. Would you be able to develope a plant line that would come out of the starting mix clean (no seed coat attached)?

Or is this totally a physical & environmental attribute and I would be wasting my time?

Big Dummy

March 20, 2006	#1
bigdummy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: WI zone 3 Posts: 19	Seedlings with no seed shell attached to leaves We have all seen the way the empty seed shell hangs on your plants leaves, especially in peppers. What if you selected the peppers plants that cast off their seed coats all by them selves, and use only those plants for all your seed saving. Would you be able to develope a plant line that would come out of the starting mix clean (no seed coat attached)? Or is this totally a physical & environmental attribute and I would be wasting my time? Big Dummy