I bought a few green pepper plants this spring. I thought I was getting conventional green bell peppers.
However, they are growing rather oddly shaped. They are sharing large-pot space with cucumber vines and as a result maybe are not getting as much light as they'd like.
Can anyone ID what variety of pepper these may be?
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Did they say that they were bell peppers, or sweet peppers, or something like that? There are many varieties of peppers that have a shape like that, sweet and hot. I have one this year that is fairly common - Peppadew. That's a trademarked name, but there are similar peppers out there.
Did they say that they were bell peppers, or sweet peppers, or something like that? There are many varieties of peppers that have a shape like that, sweet and hot. I have one this year that is fairly common - Peppadew. That's a trademarked name, but there are similar peppers out there.
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I’m thinking the shape looks more like one of the South American species. (came back to add — yeah that sounds like an oxymoron ... meant somewhat like Brazillian Starfish or maybe Mushroom Chile — that one is Jamaican I guess)
You could give one a taste to see if it is indeed a hot pepper or mild. (They can be aggressive even when green — be careful if you are not used to super hot pppers — tiny bit and have milk or ice cream on stand by)
Here is one of my favorite on-line catalogs for peppers to use as ID reference — you might want to take a look.
https://www.chileplants.com/
— let us know if you find out.
You could give one a taste to see if it is indeed a hot pepper or mild. (They can be aggressive even when green — be careful if you are not used to super hot pppers — tiny bit and have milk or ice cream on stand by)
Here is one of my favorite on-line catalogs for peppers to use as ID reference — you might want to take a look.
https://www.chileplants.com/
— let us know if you find out.
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