Do peppers grow true to variety?

[Likac66]

We had some lovely sweet peppers this week from the supermarket. They were labelled as pepperinos (nothing more than marketing, I would say) and the variety was Sweetbite. I'm guessing they are the same as these:

Sweet Pepper 'Sweetbite Yummy' - Pepper (Sweet) & Chilli Seeds - Thompson & Morgan

Anyway, I saved a few seeds and have popped them into some compost today. I figured these seeds should grow into the same variety but I have seen a couple of things online that seem to suggest they could grow into any variety?

I'm sure I've seen plenty of people on here who have saved tomato, chilli and pepper seeds from their own produce and/or supermarket produce. Will they grow true to their variety?

Thanks.

[zazen999]

You don't know if they were cross pollinated and you don't know if they are F1s. So you don't know!

Worth a try though. They will grow into something.

[Kirk]

No, they can cross pollinate and form a different variety.
What most likely occurred with your pepper is that it was pollinated by another of the same variety so has a reasonable chance of coming out the same, or very much the same, but there is no guarantee that crosspollination even with the same variety will not produce a somewhat different form.

It all depends on the genetics and the gene dominance.

[Likac66]

Oh, interesting...

Oh well, it could be a surprise then!

[rustylady]

Well, if they are the same as the T & M ones you've got a bargain - 1 packet (4 seeds) - £3.29 (doesn't state that they are F1). I bet your supermarket ones didn't cost that much!

It's certainly worth growing your saved seeds. I think most commercial growers will grow large quantities of the same variety so I would think there is a low risk of cross pollination.

[Likac66]

Well, if they are the same as the T & M ones you've got a bargain - 1 packet (4 seeds) - £3.29 (doesn't state that they are F1). I bet your supermarket ones didn't cost that much!

I thought that. Got to be worth a punt. And like you say, hopefully they will have been grown in bulk so cross-pollination less likely. They really were delicious so I hope I can grow some.

[Thelma Sanders]

If they were f1 peppers then the results could be vary varied, even if pollinated with the same variety - think how different children from the same parents can be

Still you won't know till you try - and that's why I'm growing 2 plants from a Ramiro pepper curtesy of T@scos

[Moopmoop]

I've got a few snack pepper seedlings on the go that were saved seeds out of fruit from T&sco, I've also got a few pointed peppers seedlings and the seeds came from peppers at my local farm shop. I too figured that they were worth a try. I've really gone off bell peppers from supermarkets recently, I noticed the other day that they are now £2 for a pack of three peppers and I don't think the taste is fantastic.

[solway cropper]

I've really gone off bell peppers from supermarkets recently, I noticed the other day that they are now £2 for a pack of three peppers and I don't think the taste is fantastic.

I can't remember the last time I bought something from a supermarket that tasted fantastic.

[Thelma Sanders]

My Ramiro peppers were nice enough that I wanted to grow some, and so were Moopmoops snack peppers - so it's not all bad

[Likac66]

And the peppers I had which started this thread!