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Not a Bell pepper - amazon seeds

dan5505

dan5505

I learned my lesson the hard way.  I'm pretty sure bells don't grow erect and thin.  What does?
 

 
 
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Scuba_Steve said:
Congratulations!  Your the first person in THP history that bought seeds from Amazon/eBay and hoped they WOULD get a bell pepper... and ended up getting something else!
 
Usually it is the other way around.  It will probably turn out to be a Death pepper or some other super rare variety, just for ironys sake.
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Lol.  On top of all that, I gave my mom some of these seeds.  Jalapenos are too hot for her.  Won't she be surprised when her bells turn into Death peppers.
 
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Those flowers are pretty large. Could very well be bells. Growing straight and tall (AKA - Leggy) like that could just be the plant wanting more light.
 
Edit: Nevermind! I just saw the pepper on the plant. Nope. Not bells! Thai of some sort? Cayenne?

I just went and looked at my Thai Dragon, and it looks remarkably similar.
 
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Thai makes sense.  Thanks guys!
 
I'll wait until the pods develop further before trying to narrow it down more.  I bought these back in December from Amazon and they shipped from China in a foil pack labeled "Bell".
 
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Phil said:
burpee.com will get you good bell seeds.
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Good to know.  Luckily, I started bells from two different sources, so I'm not completely out.  Earlier in the year I bought an unusually large and delicious bell pepper from the grocery store and decided to use the seeds from it.
 
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dan5505 said:
 
Good to know.  Luckily, I started bells from two different sources, so I'm not completely out.  Earlier in the year I bought an unusually large and delicious bell pepper from the grocery store and decided to use the seeds from it.
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Hopefully that works out for you. Don't know how true it is, but I've heard a lot of these new GMOs sold in stores are mutated so their seeds will grow, but not produce.
 
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Phil said:
 
Hopefully that works out for you. Don't know how true it is, but I've heard a lot of these new GMOs sold in stores are mutated so their seeds will grow, but not produce.

 
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If I remember, I'll post pictures when/if they start to flower.
 
 
Scuba_Steve said:
From my experience, most will not germ.  I tried some cherry bombs I bought.  Only about 5/100 germinated.
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Interesting.  I had 100% germination from the bell I bought.  I wonder if the variety and maturity of the pod causes the variation.  
 
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dan5505 said:
 
 
Interesting.  I had 100% germination from the bell I bought.  I wonder if the variety and maturity of the pod causes the variation.  
 
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Could just be a supplier specific thing. Organic suppliers probably haven't had their seed stock fiddled with, while large, industrial farms that supply the big chain stores could be a different story. I really hope I'm wrong.
 
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dan5505 said:
 
Good to know.  Luckily, I started bells from two different sources, so I'm not completely out.  Earlier in the year I bought an unusually large and delicious bell pepper from the grocery store and decided to use the seeds from it.
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i used the seeds from a bell pepper that i bought from the grocery store 100% germination rate,  ^^ their fast growing.
i think i started them on March to first of April.

 
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