Help identify pepper

13 years ago

Long story. Planted 3 types of seeds in starter peat blocks and labeled the box. Young grandaughter knocked planter off table and labels got mixed up.
So I now have pepper plants flowering and I can't identify one of them. I thought I had planted datil from seeds I saved from last year. The other 2 were purchased on E-bay. The 2I purchased were Thai Dragon and Thai hot.
I can identify the dragon easily and the others are in question. The datil are supposed to be long and yellow. Instead I have round green peppers, some growing in the plants inner area between 2 branches. They also are flowering on the tops in clusters as expected. Maybe they are a different type of Thai , other than what I expected to see. None look like Datils, but my saved seeds may not have been viable.

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nj2obxgeorge
Original Author
13 years ago
Additional picture.
nj2obxgeorge
Original Author
13 years ago
Another pic
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sjetski
13 years ago
Sorry i can't identify your plant, the pods are still a little too immature for that. One thing that complicates matters is purchasing seeds off Ebay. Unfortunately there's a few too many unscrupulous vendors that sell mislabeled seeds, or hybrids, which will further complicate your attempts to ID the plant.

I would try posting again after several pods have ripened, this will increase our chances of ID'ing it for you. Or perhaps, in the meantime, try posting a close-up picture of the largest pods, then maybe someone would attempt an educated guess.

The leaves, and because the pods look like they are growing in singles, lead me to believe that the plant is an annuum type, which would mean it is not a true Datil. I may be wrong however so take that observation with a big grain of salt.

Good luck either way.

- Steve

This post was edited by sjetski on Mon, Jul 15, 13 at 12:04
SgtPepper
13 years ago
There's no clusters. I don't know what type of hot peppers that don't have bud clusters.
nj2obxgeorge
Original Author
13 years ago
May have solved my own problem. The e-bay vendor of my Thai Hot also sells Hot Cherry heirloom seeds. His pictures on his web site of the Hot Cherry look exactly like my plants. Maybe a seed missabled in packaging.
I have singles growing in the interior branches , but it appears I have clusters on the top of the plants. Will have to wait a little longer to see if I get red peppers.