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The truth about hot peppers

by | Mar 29, 2016 | Life & Style

Courtesy Bonnie Plants Golden cayenne peppers.

Courtesy Bonnie Plants
Golden cayenne peppers.

 

By Melina Myers

Don’t be afraid to add a little spicy heat to your meals this season by growing a few hot peppers in the garden or containers.  It’s easier than you think and many of the hot pepper myths floating around the garden are simply not true.

Don’t worry about your hot peppers heating up your sweet peppers. Peppers are normally self-pollinated. If an insect happens to move the pollen from a hot to sweet pepper, it will not affect the flavor or heat of this year’s harvest. If you save the seeds from a cross-pollinated pepper and plant them in next year’s garden, the plants they produce may have hot or sweet fruit (or a little of both), but only time will tell.

For the full story see the March 30 issue and the e-Edition at http://www.etypeservices.com/Wylie%20NewsID245/default.aspx

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