Help identifying leaves...

9 years ago

Just on a lark, I planted some Bhut Jolokia seeds that I bought as dried peppers in my local grocery store. I'd stored them for about a year, then finally got around to separating the seeds out and planting them in 1/3 cr*ppy soil from the front yard, 1/3 rich potting soil, and 1/3 sand from the back of my pickup, reasoning that this MUST be similar soil conditions to Northern India :)

Planted in mid-May, right when it started seriously thinking about getting HOT here in Eastern Kansas. I figured the average temp for the last three days was at least 75F, the recommended soil temp from what I've read. Only a couple weeks later I danced with joy when I had sprouts. Realized that these were simply stray grass seed contamination, plucked them out and let the other little sprouts grow.

These pictures are what fits my Goooooogle image searches most accurately. Are these really the deal? Or should I face the hard truth that I have some useless inedible plant like a flower?

This post was edited by ruwalters on Mon, Jun 23, 14 at 11:09

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esox07 (4b) Wisconsin
9 years ago
I would say "maybe the bigger plant on the left is a Ghost. The little guy on the right is definitely a weed. I would say the plant on the left is only Possibly a Ghost though. The jagged edges on the leaves just doesn't look quite right. Here is my Ghost Pepper from last year that is about the same size.
ruwalters
Original Author
9 years ago
Thanks for the info! Kinda my train of thought, but I didn't want to pluck the little feller on the right just quite yet...I've seen more variation than I expected with image search, and the leaves seems to morph as they grow...

Even if the big guy on the left is not Bhut Jolokia, my curiosity has gotten me now.

Will update in [an undefined time period] :)
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ruwalters
Original Author
9 years ago
Argh. The Bhut Jolokia leaves are heart-shaped, with the place where the leaf is attached to the stem being ahead of the leaf itself. Gosh, I wish I knew proper botanical terminology :0

Anyway, the dealybopper is not in back of the thingy, like on the leaf pic that esox07 submitted. Darn it, I'm gonna grow this thing anyway! Wonder what it'll be?
habjolokia z 6b/7
9 years ago
Neither is a pepper and the bigger one looks to be a type of nightshade plant, just google nightshade plant look at the images. The growth pattern of the new leaves is off also for peppers.

Mark
ruwalters
Original Author
9 years ago
Cool, I think...

Yay! Weird gardening experience...I LIKE it!

But I'm gonna grow some ghosties, too.