Non-serrated Apple

General Fruit Growing
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I’ve never seen an apple without serrated leaves but if I didn’t know better I’d say this one was a pepper plant.

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I see pepper.

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Genuinely curious - what makes you sure it’s not actually a pepper plant?

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That is a typical pepper plant. I grow too many of them. :slight_smile:

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I suppose it could be. Maybe some of the compost had a pepper seed that was still viable. I’ll keep growing it out to see what happens. Its the oddball out of a group of apple seeds.

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Yup, pepper

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Either way, free is good!

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I can live with anything that isn’t a weed.

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The ugly duckling of apple seedlings…

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Think of it like this. Your “apple” seedling is about to produce fruit for you to eat in just one year. If you take care of it and bring it indoors for winter, it might live 10 years and produce more fruit each year.

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I have tried bringing peppers in with no success.

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I’ve done it several times, but it is difficult to give them enough light to maintain the plant in winter.

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That’s very true about the light.

Another challenge is to keep them from lignifying which can become a barrier to further growth.

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Then just know everything I in it’s place for a reason.

No more weeds!

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I’ve let the peppers dry a bit out (not completely!) then cut it back a lot, and let it sit in a cold(ish) room at about 5-10°C. Had two that lasted 4 years! Repotted every spring (plus some granulated fertilizer) and brought outside in the greenhouse - they exploded with leaves! :relaxed:…

Then I let them get a bit too dry :flushed: … (forgot to water and they both died)…

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I always have intentions of overwintering peppers. Is it worth it though?

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No! Start seeds in January give the seedling 14 hours of light and you should be picking by April/May

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For most common peppers, it is better to start from seed each year. There are a couple that do better if overwintered. Peppers are true perennials, but we grow them in temperate climates where winter cold kills them. While I have overwintered a few plants, I generally prefer to start fresh seed each January or February.

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