seeds Chocolate habanero seedling leaves look weird

fab980 · Mar 16, 2014

I've planted some seeds i got from Veracruz from peppers i suspect were some kind of chocolate habanero, now the new leaves on all the seedlings look pale and have the weirdest ragged edges, unlike what i've seen from any other peppers i've grown.
Is this something indicative of what kind of pepper it is?
Have any of you seen this on plants you've grown?
I'm not too worried; they seem to be doing fine, just curious.

cruzzfish · Mar 16, 2014

It could be nutes, bad gene, or lighting.

fab980 · Mar 16, 2014

All the other peppers i have are looking just fine under the same conditions, so yes i guess it must be something specific to the plant. When you say bad genes do you mean leaves that look like this are always a bad thing? As in: it's not a normal look for any pepper plants that might help me ID this variety? Think it's such a bad sign that it's probable they won't amount to anything? I'm planning on giving some of them away but i wouldn't like people to get stuck with duds...

chilli whisperer · Mar 16, 2014

It does look cool though

fab980 · Mar 16, 2014

Hahaha, yes. And even though they started out white, all of them are now getting a nice green colour starting from the middle of the leaves (like in the pic), so i think they ought to turn out fine. Im hoping it'll turn out to be something specific to these peppers, maybe something i can identify them with. Still such a long time to go till i have some peppers....

Pepperjack91 · Mar 16, 2014

It may die from not having enough chlorophyll. Once the cotyledons fall off

Helvete · Mar 16, 2014

Pepperjack91 said:
It may die from not having enough chlorophyll. Once the cotyledons fall off

is that what they call an "albino?"
I've only ever rarely seen it in leafy green plants like spinach, never in peppers so I wouldn't know how to recognize it personally.

fab980 · Mar 16, 2014

They shouldnt be albino's; i saw the plants the peppers came of, just looked a bit stringy for a habanero plant but the leaves were all green. And yeah i was afraid they wouldn't make it at first too untill the faint green in the middle of the leaves started coming on. Maybe they're just holding out for some brighter sunlight... Still doesn't explain the uneven edges, but i guess those'll straighten out too.