Oh! I had no idea, this is the first pepper plant I've seen with a fused leaf. I've only been growing them for a few years though, so maybe only 50-60 pepper plants in my lifetime.
Well sorry for the uninteresting thread folks ๐
Update: First plant isn't โfully healed as its still showing some symptoms, but it is significantly improved and pumping out (5) peppers! Both edema and symptoms on second plant are improved, but not to the extent of the first plant.
Things I changed:
* Switched from 1/4 strength to 1x strength...
I do recall reading a study not long ago on the differences between capsaicin and other "spicy molecules", specifically referencing piperine. It talked about how the tissue response, directly correlating to how spicy something seems, for capsaicin is logarithmic but in the opposite direction as...
Honestly it took a long time for my superhot (ghost) to fruit as well, much longer than any of my other plants. It kept getting bigger and bigger, and just dropping flowers without fruiting.
Then one day it exploded with peppers and continued to pump them out the rest of the season. That's...
The already mentioned rareseeds (Baker's Creek) has been great for me! No mislabeled seeds and good germination rates.
Fair warning they are owned and ran by kind of not great people without getting too into it, but if that doesn't bother you they have good product.
Unknown what varieties they are. I think one might be a kalugeritsa. The seedlings all got mixed up when I was transplanting, so most of the plants are mystery plants until their peppers ripen.
They're not very spicy in my opinion, maybe the spice of a fresh jalapeรฑo. The flavor is very smoky and interesting tho! Just thought I'd share
I wonder if they actually taste like ghost peppers, seeing as I've never had one ๐
Bulgarian Carrot Pepper for me! It was almost like biting into an orange, but very tangy/citrusy too. I don't think I can accurately describe the flavor but fruity and tangy are my best descriptors.
The first thing that came to mind after tasting it initially was "chutney".
I just sowed seeds for one of the varieties I missed due to the mixup, and considered planting one other variety with it.
Took only a second thought to remember the first mixup and decide only one variety gets sown this time ๐
Just thought I'd share a frustration that I'm sure many people here also experience! I'm someone who labels every plant I have, and if I'm seeding a large variety in a tray I'll use a whiteboard to map which seeds are which.
As my plants fruit, I'm realizing I STILL somehow mixed the seedlings...