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Pepper or weed? You decide.

caroltlw

caroltlw

HELP!
This is a little embarassing since I should know the difference, but is this a pepper plant? It came up in what was supposed to be tabasco but it looks nothing like that or any of my other peppers. There's a non-trivial chance that it sprouted from a seed that was already in the dirt I used. But I can't find anything growing around here that looks like it either. I have decided to nuture it for now.

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The most notable characteristics so far are the slightly crooked red stem and the fact that it's outpacing the growth of peppers the same age.
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I actually had a little laugh to myself with your thread title Carol, the first time i planted chilli seeds i had the same identification problem!

To me it looks as though you are doing a fantastic job of nurturing a rather healthy looking weed, not the good type either that one can smoke!

Im only a stupid noobie though so best wait for other opinions- sure does look like a weed though!!
 
I don't really know but in my short and not all that great growing career, I have never seen a chilli plant with a red stem. That's not to say they're not out there....

What type of chilli plant was it meant to be?
 
Ya, tabasco, but I THINK both of the T seeds I put in that cell came up also. Wasn't paying that much attention at the time.
 
joeknowsjolokia said:
Are you more of a blue jeans and a flannel shirt type of girl?:)
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Today I'm a sweatpants and long underwear shirt sort of girl. I *hate* being cold!
 
Might as well grow it to maturity
If youre lucky, you'll have some rare pepper
If not, you can have a really attractive ornamental weed :-)
 
doesn't look any tulips I have ever seen...but then again I don't look at many tulips :lol:

I will have to post a pic of something I don't know what is too...it came out of a pack of seeds from Pablo...maybe a strawberry...
 
It shall live another day, then.

Or maybe I've succeeded in crossing a jalapeno with poison ivy?? It burns AND itches.
 
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