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Lemon Drop Pepper Question

hotpepperguy

hotpepperguy

I decided to try to grow some Lemon Drops this year and was wondering if anyone could tell me if these are indeed Lemon Drops. I have been growing peppers for over 8 years now and never grew these types of peppers. I thought they were supposed to be more elongated and skinnier but my pods are super fat and more orange Habanero like.
 
I got three Lemon Drop plants growing but i took pics from two of the plants.
 
Here is the first plant:
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And here is the second plant:
 
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I've researched Lemon Drops before i went ahead and planted the seeds and i know they are from the baccatum family which is know for producing a lot of pods. This plant no question is producing a lot of pods but don't look like the Lemon Drops i've seen online. Could i have been duped by the seed pack? Either way i am not too concerned as these plants are producing a lot of pods.
 
Any comments would be appreciated, thank you!! :) 
 
Those definitely look like habaneros.  Sorry, but it looks like they're doing really well!
One easy way to distinguish baccatums are the yellow markings on the flower petals.
 
Jubnat said:
Those definitely look like habaneros.  Sorry, but it looks like they're doing really well!
One easy way to distinguish baccatums are the yellow markings on the flower petals.
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I was thinking the same thing. I grow orange Habs every year for the past 8 years so i am thinking i might of mixed up the pots and mistaken them for lemon drops.
 
Thanks for the tip on the flower petals, i'll have to go take a look at some in a little bit.
 
However....there are Lemon Drops that are different.



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I grew them last year. Your pods appear to be bigger, but maybe you bought one of those.
 
JoynersHotPeppers said:
Shiny like habs, pretty sure they are habs
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I was thinking they were Habs as well. I guess i'll just have to see when they ripen. I got tons of peppers growing like i do every yeah but i mixed up the pots a little. All my plants are producing tons of pods, i will post pics in the grow log section soon.
 
I don't think they are Baccatums as there are several peppers from a node in those pics, Chinense IMHO and most likely in the habanero pepper family.
 
SavinaRed said:
I don't think they are Baccatums as there are several peppers from a node in those pics, Chinense IMHO and most likely in the habanero pepper family.
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But I did some research and i thought Baccatums produces more pods per node than the Chinense varieties? I could be wrong but i grow orange Habs every year and never seen this many peppers per node. I wish i didn't mix the pots up now but either way i got tons of pods on all my plants, my Red Habs, Caribbean Reds, Carolina Reapers, Serrano's, Cayannes, all got tons of pods :)
 
hotpepperguy said:
 
But I did some research and i thought Baccatums produces more pods per node than the Chinense varieties? I could be wrong but i grow orange Habs every year and never seen this many peppers per node. I wish i didn't mix the pots up now but either way i got tons of pods on all my plants, my Red Habs, Caribbean Reds, Carolina Reapers, Serrano's, Cayannes, all got tons of pods :)
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I'm pretty sure that is not the norm and more the exception than the rule with multiple peppers per node. I have yet to see more than 1 per node and I grow several different varieties each year with 12-20 plants each year.
 
I was doing some research online and they have this Habanero variety called Habanero Golden. The plant looked just like my plants, with a lot of pod production plus fat pods. Maybe the seed company mixed them up. The Habanero Golden does ripen to a yellowish, lite orange color.
 
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