Pepper sprouting tomato leaves

namwah · August 18, 2014

I have a pepper plant in a 5 gal container- Calif Wonder I think. After some water and heat stress this summer it is now sprouting tomato limbs and leaves. I know tomatoes and peppers are related but never knew they could morph like this. Any body know what is going on with this plant?
It is interesting and I plan to let it continue growing and see if it will produce a tomato fruit.

RayR · August 18, 2014

I think we need pictures of this one.

ginger2778 · August 18, 2014

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Originally Posted by RayR

I think we need pictures of this one.

+1

namwah · August 18, 2014

thought so..
Will post ASAP. It is weird

**carolyn137** · August 18, 2014

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Originally Posted by namwah

I have a pepper plant in a 5 gal container- Calif Wonder I think. After some water and heat stress this summer it is now sprouting tomato limbs and leaves. I know tomatoes and peppers are related but never knew they could morph like this. Any body know what is going on with this plant?
It is interesting and I plan to let it continue growing and see if it will produce a tomato fruit.

And what was in that container last year, and is the mix fresh this year, or not, and have you seen any low flying birds lately since they are notorius for spreading tomato seeds here and there.

And even if fresh mix this yearb a bird could have dropped a tomato seed in the mix early on this year.

Carolyn, who has had strange items come up in her containers some years,tomato plants with cukes and squash , radishes amongst the lettuce, etc,but she doesn't have Freda, who now grows everything for her, change the mix each year.

Redbaron · August 18, 2014

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Originally Posted by ginger2778

+1

+2

namwah · August 19, 2014

Ignore this post! Embarrassed to say I must have had too much sweat in my eyes, yeah that's it.
There was a volunteer tomato wrapped around stem. No genetic mutant.

ginger2778 · August 19, 2014

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Originally Posted by namwah

Ignore this post! Embarrassed to say I must have had too much sweat in my eyes, yeah that's it.
There was a volunteer tomato wrapped around stem. No genetic mutant.

No need to be embarrased. We are all human.

**carolyn137** · August 19, 2014

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Originally Posted by namwah

Ignore this post! Embarrassed to say I must have had too much sweat in my eyes, yeah that's it.
There was a volunteer tomato wrapped around stem. No genetic mutant.

Those low flying birds will get you every time as I posted above, unless you had previously grown tomatoes in that same container, which then accounts for the volunteer tomato.

No need to be embarraased, really, there's not one of us who hasn't had some weird things happen from time to time, and most don't even mention it, even when they found out the problems were solved.

Carolyn

Worth1 · August 19, 2014

I was so excited about this.
What a letdown.

Worth

snugglekitten · August 19, 2014

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Originally Posted by Worth1

I was so excited about this.
What a letdown.

Worth

Ya, this is like the "" for tomato growers.

ramapojoe · August 19, 2014

dang it
i was looking forword to a picture of it. i'd bet if they ever cross a pepper and tomatoe it would be deliscious

AlittleSalt · August 20, 2014

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Originally Posted by ramapojoe

dang it
i was looking forword to a picture of it. i'd bet if they ever cross a pepper and tomatoe it would be deliscious

Add in an onion growing on the roots and it would be a salsa plant ...mmm salsa plant.

August 21, 2014

I prepared a couple of large pots for our daughters house this spring. In each pot, I placed a Lime Green Salad tomato plant, radishes around the tomato plant, lettuce around the radishes; and onions around the outside edge of the pots. It would have been great if someone on this forum had seen the pots and asked how so many different plants were able to grow from the tomato plant.

All the veggies in the pots performed well. She harvested some more tomatoes yesterday. My LGS plants in my garden have been dead for a month.

Ted

ramapojoe · August 21, 2014

onion tomatoe
uhhhhhhhhhhhhmmm

August 18, 2014	#1
namwah Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: palmetto, florida Posts: 47	Pepper sprouting tomato leaves I have a pepper plant in a 5 gal container- Calif Wonder I think. After some water and heat stress this summer it is now sprouting tomato limbs and leaves. I know tomatoes and peppers are related but never knew they could morph like this. Any body know what is going on with this plant? It is interesting and I plan to let it continue growing and see if it will produce a tomato fruit.

August 18, 2014	#2
RayR Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Cheektowaga, NY Posts: 2,466	I think we need pictures of this one.

August 19, 2014	#7
namwah Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: palmetto, florida Posts: 47	Ignore this post! Embarrassed to say I must have had too much sweat in my eyes, yeah that's it. There was a volunteer tomato wrapped around stem. No genetic mutant.

August 19, 2014	#10
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	I was so excited about this. What a letdown. Worth

August 19, 2014	#12
ramapojoe Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: new jersey Posts: 97	dang it i was looking forword to a picture of it. i'd bet if they ever cross a pepper and tomatoe it would be deliscious

August 21, 2014	#14
tedln Guest Posts: n/a	I prepared a couple of large pots for our daughters house this spring. In each pot, I placed a Lime Green Salad tomato plant, radishes around the tomato plant, lettuce around the radishes; and onions around the outside edge of the pots. It would have been great if someone on this forum had seen the pots and asked how so many different plants were able to grow from the tomato plant. All the veggies in the pots performed well. She harvested some more tomatoes yesterday. My LGS plants in my garden have been dead for a month. Ted