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I'm a stickler for trying to get pure seed for both my Tomatoes and Chillies, so this season I'm trying a different technique to try and get purer seed on some of my Chilli varieties, without the need to bag the blossoms.
There is a process where if a chilli flower is dipped in a PVA glue, it effectively stops the pollination from an outside source, which in theory will give purer seed when the fruit matures for seed saving. As the emerging fruit expands as it grows, it bursts the glued flower petals and continues to grows as normal.
Here are a couple of photos I took today while gluing a few Rocoto Jaune flowers.
There is a process where if a chilli flower is dipped in a PVA glue, it effectively stops the pollination from an outside source, which in theory will give purer seed when the fruit matures for seed saving. As the emerging fruit expands as it grows, it bursts the glued flower petals and continues to grows as normal.
Here are a couple of photos I took today while gluing a few Rocoto Jaune flowers.
Does it need tapping, or anything? I think I gently tapped my stems last year to encourage pollination, was this unnecessary? 
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