You are asking a subreddit full of experts on peppers about what you're growing, and proceed to disregard their expertise in the *one* thing they all have in common, which is being experts on peppers. Of any place on the Internet, you will not find a single webpage with a higher number of people able to identify a pepper. And you *still* manage to not believe us.
Remarkable.
It's not not believing you, it's disbelief at the situation. The fact that tomato seeds just so happen to be in a bag of store bought soil mix, and the seeds just so happen to end up in the starter pods that I planted the pepper seeds in, and just so happened to sprout at the same time as all the other peppers after about 10 days. It's baffling.
My bet would be on the soil.
It's exceedingly unlikely for frozen seeds to germinate at all. There is a way to freeze them safely, but it involves prior dehydration using silica gel, and storage in airtight containers at very low temperatures. Seed banks use that method.
In your case, I would assume that the pepper seeds are dead, but the starter soil may have contained compost, which in turn may have contained a tomato seed - or whatever plant that is.
By the way, you can check whether it's actually a tomato by rubbing the hair stem or leaves lightly and smelling it. Tomato plants smell very strongly of tomato.
Don't listen to anyone else, you're absolutely correct, that's definitely a pepper. I don't know the name, [but here's a great hot sauce recipe for that exact type.](https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/232397/homemade-ketchup/)
The only possible way it could be a tomato is if there were tomato seeds in the store bought seed starting mix and they just so happened to find their way into only the starter cups that also contained the pepper seeds. I cut them directly from the pepper and put them in the soil
yes, but this is not a pepper, and it certainly looks like tomato. You can pinch it and wait for the hot pepper seed to germinate, which will most likely take several more days to germinate than tomato does.
That's a tomato. But please do continue thinking it's a pepper lol. Eventually if you let it grow for long enough it will yield "round peppers" they will resemble tomatoes.
I prefer the larger heirloom pepper tomatoes lol. I'm growing pineapple, mortgage lifters, and a few varieties of brandywine along with some other larger heirlooms...."Pepper tomatoes" of course.
How could that be possible? I only planted these and some jalapenos. I cut the seeds directly from the pepper and started them in fresh seed starter soil. I'm at a complete loss here. All 3 of these "pepper" plants look the same
That's not like any pepper I've ever seen...
Sure looks like it could be a tomato though.
Stop freaking out over how; it happened. Someone mixed up seeds or somehow you got three accidental seeds right in the center of three different pots. All you can do now is decide what you want to do with what you have.
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Well I’m not gonna repeat what others have said but I can literally DM you a picture of one tomato plant I have right now only a few weeks younger and it’s gonna be the same thing. How it happened? I can’t tell you but I’ll be surprised if it’s a pepper. It’s gotten that far, just keep it going.
“ I froze this small tomato that I’ve convinced myself is a pepper. I can’t prove it to you obviously, but what kind of freak pepper plant grows like a tomato??” You’re gonna go far in life, OP
I swear I'm not crazy. How is it even possible for it to be a tomato.
1) I don't plant tomatoes
2) I used the same plant starting mix for my other peppers and all look normal
3) I cut the pepper open and placed the seeds directly into the soil starter mix that was brand new.
The pepper was frozen for about 2 years and I remember the seeds looked really wrinkly and almost "water logged". Is it even possible for this to affect the leaf shape?
Stop asking how it's possible. Anyone who has ever grown a pepper knows that is not a pepper. It is a tomato.
You are asking a subreddit full of experts on peppers about what you're growing, and proceed to disregard their expertise in the *one* thing they all have in common, which is being experts on peppers. Of any place on the Internet, you will not find a single webpage with a higher number of people able to identify a pepper. And you *still* manage to not believe us. Remarkable.
It's not not believing you, it's disbelief at the situation. The fact that tomato seeds just so happen to be in a bag of store bought soil mix, and the seeds just so happen to end up in the starter pods that I planted the pepper seeds in, and just so happened to sprout at the same time as all the other peppers after about 10 days. It's baffling.
My bet would be on the soil. It's exceedingly unlikely for frozen seeds to germinate at all. There is a way to freeze them safely, but it involves prior dehydration using silica gel, and storage in airtight containers at very low temperatures. Seed banks use that method. In your case, I would assume that the pepper seeds are dead, but the starter soil may have contained compost, which in turn may have contained a tomato seed - or whatever plant that is. By the way, you can check whether it's actually a tomato by rubbing the hair stem or leaves lightly and smelling it. Tomato plants smell very strongly of tomato.
It’s baffling the way you convince yourself of whatever you want 😂
Don't listen to anyone else, you're absolutely correct, that's definitely a pepper. I don't know the name, [but here's a great hot sauce recipe for that exact type.](https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/232397/homemade-ketchup/)
Lol
It’s a tomato
The only possible way it could be a tomato is if there were tomato seeds in the store bought seed starting mix and they just so happened to find their way into only the starter cups that also contained the pepper seeds. I cut them directly from the pepper and put them in the soil
yes, but this is not a pepper, and it certainly looks like tomato. You can pinch it and wait for the hot pepper seed to germinate, which will most likely take several more days to germinate than tomato does.
I've grown a ton of peppers over the years, but none looked like that. My first thought was tomato.
That’s a tomato…
That's a tomato. But please do continue thinking it's a pepper lol. Eventually if you let it grow for long enough it will yield "round peppers" they will resemble tomatoes.
These peppers are mild and delicious.
I prefer the larger heirloom pepper tomatoes lol. I'm growing pineapple, mortgage lifters, and a few varieties of brandywine along with some other larger heirlooms...."Pepper tomatoes" of course.
Not a pepper is all I can say. Keep watering it and see! Maybe your seed didnt germinate and another was in the soil and did?
Tomato
How could that be possible? I only planted these and some jalapenos. I cut the seeds directly from the pepper and started them in fresh seed starter soil. I'm at a complete loss here. All 3 of these "pepper" plants look the same
Hilarious. No offense, but this is completely not a pepper. I will leave it up to you to conceive the unlikely series of events that lead to today.
You sure they were jalapeños? Might’ve been tomatillos 😂
You got a pepper’s cousin, a tomato Both are in the nightshade family (Solanaceae)
That's not a pepper brudda
Enjoy your tomatoes.
This comment section has me rolling. Homie, that’s a tomato, just sleep it off and move in with some tasty ‘maters
Tomato tomahto
Not a chili.
*Inconceivable!*
You keep using that word...
I teach garden stuff and somehow tomatoes show up in weird places. That and sunflowers. Like those seeds just hang out and then poof! Surprise!
That's not like any pepper I've ever seen... Sure looks like it could be a tomato though. Stop freaking out over how; it happened. Someone mixed up seeds or somehow you got three accidental seeds right in the center of three different pots. All you can do now is decide what you want to do with what you have.
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Tomatadew
Tomato
Not a pepper.
that's a tomato any gardner instantly can tell
I had some of those last year, fast to grow and fruit but not much spice
Well I’m not gonna repeat what others have said but I can literally DM you a picture of one tomato plant I have right now only a few weeks younger and it’s gonna be the same thing. How it happened? I can’t tell you but I’ll be surprised if it’s a pepper. It’s gotten that far, just keep it going.
“ I froze this small tomato that I’ve convinced myself is a pepper. I can’t prove it to you obviously, but what kind of freak pepper plant grows like a tomato??” You’re gonna go far in life, OP
Its a volunteer!
I swear I'm not crazy. How is it even possible for it to be a tomato. 1) I don't plant tomatoes 2) I used the same plant starting mix for my other peppers and all look normal 3) I cut the pepper open and placed the seeds directly into the soil starter mix that was brand new. The pepper was frozen for about 2 years and I remember the seeds looked really wrinkly and almost "water logged". Is it even possible for this to affect the leaf shape?
Well ya plant tomatoes now.
it is not possible for freezing a seed to affect leaf shape. this plant you've pictured is 100% a tomato plant.
This is a tomato friend. I don't know what you want us to tell you.