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mcsee · October 12, 2018

I tried gluing flowers on Chilli/Capsicum blossoms a few years ago in a bid to obtain pure seed, rather than the fiddly bagging option. I almost instantly hit the wall with my gluing process, because the only PVA glue I could get was too toxic for the flowers and they dropped off before doing anything, the plant rejecting the flower, so to speak.

I read an old post of Karen O on the subject, but it seems it's not a practice anyone does, or at least posts about. Has anyone actually managed to get it to work, if so how did it work for you.

This season, I have two Sweet Capsicums and a Habanero all growing in close proximity and will try again, this time I'll be using a toxic free homemade version of the generic PVA glue.

My past effort.

October 12, 2018	#1
mcsee Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Victoria. Australia Posts: 543	Gluing Capsicum/Chilli Flowers - Rehashed. I tried gluing flowers on Chilli/Capsicum blossoms a few years ago in a bid to obtain pure seed, rather than the fiddly bagging option. I almost instantly hit the wall with my gluing process, because the only PVA glue I could get was too toxic for the flowers and they dropped off before doing anything, the plant rejecting the flower, so to speak. I read an old post of Karen O on the subject, but it seems it's not a practice anyone does, or at least posts about. Has anyone actually managed to get it to work, if so how did it work for you. This season, I have two Sweet Capsicums and a Habanero all growing in close proximity and will try again, this time I'll be using a toxic free homemade version of the generic PVA glue. My past effort.