Andy: CHeck out the link below. It should give you the answer.
Bruce

Here is a link that might be useful: Cross Pollination Chart for Peppers

Thank you for the link, I know just like any other Veggies you wont see the hybrid until the next generation. i don't really know what the peppers by their scientific names.

The hab and ghost is a chinsense and the bell is an annuum so yes they can cross according to the chart.
Bruce

I'm wondering if it is like animals where you can get an offspring from two different species (seeds inside this season's fruit) that will mature (grow into a plant) but cannot reproduce (make viable seeds the next season)? Like when you cross a horse with a donkey you get a mule, but the mule can't bear any foals. That table is interesting.

ESO, thank you for the insight. I look forward to trying this summer.

Sunnibel: We think a lot alike. ;)

Kevin

Here is a link that might be useful: my query

This post was edited by woohooman on Thu, Mar 7, 13 at 16:31

Instead of going into the pepper-breeding game (a LOT of work), why not just look for a pepper that has what you want? There are a couple thousand varieties.

For instance, cubanelle might do what you want. I use them in place of bells. (Not all that hot, though, if heat is really what you are looking for. Ghosts are pretty meaty themselves - why not try one?

The trait for "heat" is extremely dominate, fwiw.

While you might gain some of the characteristics of the sweet, and maybe increased pod size or wall thickness...it's still a crap shoot favoring the "heat" characteristic.

I think nc-cm is probably right about the heat trait. However, I cannot imagine trying to cross a super hot with a sweet pepper and hoping for anything less. But then, that is all the fun of crossing peppers. Finding out exactly what you get.
Bruce

Woohooman, How did I ever miss that thread back then? :) I was looking over that chart thinking that either you wouldn't get a second generation out of most of those crosses, or that the "sporadic" sucess was likely due to some amount of self-pollination in those cross-species mixes.

andyandy said: " I'm looking for a pepper that has both traits. the sweetness of a good orange, yellow or red bell pepper with some kick."

Manzano/Rocoto might fit the bill.

andyandy said: " I look forward to trying this summer."

For a little "how-to", check out the link below.

Rick

Here is a link that might be useful: Fatalii.net Breeding how-to

How about chopping a sweet pepper that you like and sprinkling with hot pepper powder? You could experiment with quantities and varieties and marinating times etc.
Brien

andyandy:

How much heat? Actually, there are many mildly, hot peppers that are sweet if you let them ripen to final color. Jalapeno, serrano, poblano, pasilla, and anaheims to name a few.

Hell! Even the Nagas I grew last summer were real sweet. Of course, the focus on flavor went out the door about 30 seconds later...LOL

Sunnibel: Yeah. I was just hoping to isolate seed easier. Plant a chinense next to an annuum without the need for netting blooms. Oh well...learn something new every day.

Kevin