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Wow, Patrik, congratulations ! I'm still waiting for a lot of mine to pop up, but I have already more than 50 that sprouted! The Brown Rocoto is one of them ...

Great to hear that your Brown Rocoto sprouted, it is a great pepper! Good Luck!

Wow! Flowers in winter in Sweden ... Nice to eat fresh pods before Easter and a simple way to get isolated pods too

Yes! Claudio, I was wondering about this. If the the pollination is indoor without insects, do you think it is enough to call it isloated?

If the the pollination is indoor without insects, do you think it is enough to call it isloated?

According many sources (including Bosland-DeWitt) the influence of wind in peppers pollination is almost null.Most of work is done by insects, otherwise single flowers pollinate themselves.So we can suppose that flowers pollinated indoor (without insects) are "isolated".By the way, also TNT bags are based upon this fact, because pollen in the wind can easily pass thru tissue-not tissue (but insects are kept out).

Thanks!Really helpful!RegardsPatrik

very nice pictures, what's your photo setup?

very nice pictures, what's your photo setup?

Nothing special, just my simple digital camera and some help from picasa photo program.RegardsPatrik