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title: "This is a pepper plant (serrano or jalapeno, I think) I’ve grown from…"
description: "This is a pepper plant (serrano or jalapeno, I think) I’ve grown from seed…it’s falling over (hence the newly added support) and I don’t know why. The roots…"
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# This is a pepper plant (serrano or jalapeno, I think) I’ve grown from…

_Gepostet von Erin am 2024-10-13_

This is a pepper plant (serrano or jalapeno, I think) I’ve grown from seed…it’s falling over (hence the newly added support) and I don’t know why. The roots haven’t outgrown the pot. The soil is still damp, so I’m not inclined to water yet. It has drainage space between the bottom of the plastic and ceramic pots. It sits in a south facing window. Any tips?

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## 11 Kommentare

### Aisha kommentierte am 2024-10-13

No tips but are you sure that’s a pepper? It looks like a tomato.

### Erin kommentierte am 2024-10-13

I agree it does look tomato-y! But yes it’s a pepper, I’m the one who saved the seeds from the pepper.

### Sunny kommentierte am 2024-10-14

It’s a tomato plant. 🍅 It needs at least 8 hours of full sun or 12-14 hours under a grow light. Low or insufficient light can make it pale and limp.

Insufficient fertilizer can make it pale and limp, as well. Use a fertilizer specifically for tomatoes, high in phosphorus.

Tomatoes and other vegetables need to grow in big pots, 3 gallons and bigger. You have to repot repeatedly until it’s big enough for the larger pots. It’s very late in the growing season or I would recommend planting it outside in a pot or in ground. It’s tricky.

#### Erin antwortete am 2024-10-14

thank you for your input, but I assure you that it is indeed a pepper plant. I cut open a pepper and saved the seeds from within. Definitely a pepper. Not a tomato.

#### Sunny antwortete am 2024-10-14

Wow! It’s the jagged leaf edges and fuzzy texture that are throwing me off.  
The recommendations are the same. A fertilizer higher in phosphorus and potassium is good for the peppers.

### Sarah kommentierte am 2024-10-14

My pepper plants did the same when I started them from a seed. Even though I had them in a sunny spot they still needed help from a grow light. They finally got a stronger trunk when I stuck them outside. I would suggest a grow light.

#### Erin antwortete am 2024-10-14

thanks!

### eatyacarbs kommentierte am 2024-10-14

serrano and jalapeno plants both have smooth edged leaves — all pepper plants that i’ve grown, in fact — bell, poblano, all smooth edges, no fuzz

#### Erin antwortete am 2024-10-14

folks, i don’t know how else to express that the seeds from within a pepper have no choice but to grow into a pepper lol

#### Sunny antwortete am 2024-10-14

🤣

### Aisha kommentierte am 2024-10-14

This plant would like to identify as a tomato but is, in fact, still a pepper. 😆

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