Hi, Everybody,
It is springtime here, so I just bought some small potted capsicum (bell pepper) plants. I got two labeled simply "Orange" and two labeled "California Yellow" (no technical names.)
I also got four tomatoes, but selected all the same variety: "Moneymaker."
This got me wondering, with these different varieties (breeds, I guess), are the flowers compatible at all?
If a bee hops from a flower on the "Orange" capsicum plant, into a flower on the "Yellow" capsicum plant, would the pollen on its feet trigger the genetic signal to make a capsicum?
Can other plants, like, say a Beefsteak tomato and a Moneymaker tomato do that?
If so, how might that effect the fruit/veggie?
Thanks in advance...