Ghost Pepper Pod That Produced Mild, Uncharacteristic Fruit
Grow log by nick · Original thread
What you can learnA concise example of a plant that grew and fruited but failed cultivar expectations.
Useful practices
- following AeroGarden pepper pruning guidance
- buzz-pollinating flowers
- evaluating fruit against expected cultivar traits
Problems encountered
- unusually short growth
- delayed fruit set
- tiny fruit with no heat
- possible incorrect or poor-quality seed pod
*The days were calculated automatically and approximately.
This plant ended up being a dud. It produced tiny tiny peppers with no heat at all. Certainly didn't look like a Bhut Jolokia. So I terminated it.Not sure if that's on AeroGarden or me. I've got an entire kit's worth of the same pods still sitting in storage. Maybe I'll try again someday.
Update #3
Did this plant get pruned?
It was pruned according to the AG guide, but it’s been unusually short from the start.
I have to look in my notes about pruning. Sometimes even tho it is said to prune you really do not have to. For example the Sweet Heats. I will find it later after my appointments and post it for you. Not that this would fall into it (maybe it would ). The wonderful joys of gardening, always a surprise even if you think you know what to except
nick, here is the post about "light seekers" and "chubby babies".