Paleo Diet and Paleolithic Diet Questions & Answers

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This is my second year growing peppers (night shade type). Hot peppers are nice since the local animals generaly don't want to eat them. However sweet peppers is a different story. A local gardner suggested spraying dilluted palm of olive soap on the peppers to discourage animals from eating them. Will this mess up the food nutritionally or the bacteria on the peppers?

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John Sorrentino · Answer 1 · 2012-05-09 23:03:56Z UTC

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Not sure but I doubt it. I grow my hot peppers on the perimeter of my garden with the sweet peppers inside of them. I them place rid-all or other deer type spray around them, not on them. It seems to work.

answered May 9 2012 at 23:03

John Sorrentino
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Isn't there a possibility of the plants getting cross polinated? So sweet ends up being spicey? – primallykosher May 10 2012 at 1:15

That has not happened. I grow two different species. Hot chilies and sweet Italian cubodials. – John Sorrentino May 10 2012 at 12:54

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Pollination only affects the seeds inside. So unless you're saving seeds, you should get what you expect. – Matt May 23 2012 at 23:55

Does using soap to prevent animals from eating peppers affect nutrition of fruit?

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