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What is an ornamental pepper?
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^ +1000 exactly.cruzzfish said:
There is no set list of plants that are ornamental, as it is determined purely by the individual's aesthetic tastes. But generally, if one is growing a plant "as an ornamental", then you value its look over its taste/uses/etc....
Looks purdy eat at own risk.
Does not mean it will taste bad but often does.
Does not mean it will taste bad but often does.
Usually Ornamentals have no taste,they are just hot...
I add them as a filler to powder blends for a Little more heat at best.
No hot pepper is Toxic as far as I know.
Beware though,If a grower sells a Pepper as Ornamental,they can use stuff while growing them that isn't cool to eat-causes Cancer or?
Seeds are cool to grow next year,but don't eat pods from a Nursery plant,just to be safe.
I add them as a filler to powder blends for a Little more heat at best.
No hot pepper is Toxic as far as I know.
Beware though,If a grower sells a Pepper as Ornamental,they can use stuff while growing them that isn't cool to eat-causes Cancer or?
Seeds are cool to grow next year,but don't eat pods from a Nursery plant,just to be safe.
My outlaws have had 2 ornamental pepper plants growing for years, dont know why but the damn things produce fruit all year round ...year after year??
I was always led to believe the ornamental peppers were bred/grown purely for aesthetics suited for pots to be placed on a balcony or porch etc
I was always led to believe the ornamental peppers were bred/grown purely for aesthetics suited for pots to be placed on a balcony or porch etc
It is a weird term. Ornamental banana trees do not grow banana. Wife wants one. I am like what the heck is the point. She is like it is ornamental. Other ornamental plants grow berry that are poison. Peppers, completely different story. BTW: Lots of folk think an ornamental pepper is one that grows fruit upright. Those are the ones we put out front because they do show the fruit / color better.
In plant breeding if we accidentally make something that has kind of crap yield or maybe tastes bad, but looks really cool, we say "well at least it has potential as an ornamental" and then usually forget about it. A colleague recently released an ornamental soybean, no idea who would ever buy that! Ornamental sweet potatoes are quite popular in planted beds, but no one will ever dig them up to find out if theres a potato under there or not.
When it comes to peppers, the ornamental always taste bad. If they didn't, they would just be marketed as peppers.
This discussion is happening over on r/hotpeppers on reddit today as well. Somebody is growing some small peppers and picked them to show us, and called them "ornamental peppers" because he thought that just meant small.
https://www.reddit.com/r/HotPeppers/comments/6ca9q3/first_ornamental_harvest/
When it comes to peppers, the ornamental always taste bad. If they didn't, they would just be marketed as peppers.
This discussion is happening over on r/hotpeppers on reddit today as well. Somebody is growing some small peppers and picked them to show us, and called them "ornamental peppers" because he thought that just meant small.
https://www.reddit.com/r/HotPeppers/comments/6ca9q3/first_ornamental_harvest/
AJ Drew said:
I guess she is not happy with the look of the current banana.
I ve seen ornamental pepper plants that are labeled non edible.
