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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…

_Erin님이 2024-10-13에 게시함_

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?

![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/KcB0BSI_boppipiHDlqW-oxEtfsuCyJMWffaJNOrbls/aYNk5CL6TtyY0blXwBsF7A.webp?size=large)

## 11개의 댓글

### Aisha님이 2024-10-13에 댓글을 남겼어요.

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

### Erin님이 2024-10-13에 댓글을 남겼어요.

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

### Sunny님이 2024-10-14에 댓글을 남겼어요.

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.

#### Erin님이 2024-10-14에 답변했습니다.

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.

#### Sunny님이 2024-10-14에 답변했습니다.

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.

### Sarah님이 2024-10-14에 댓글을 남겼어요.

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.

#### Erin님이 2024-10-14에 답변했습니다.

thanks!

### eatyacarbs님이 2024-10-14에 댓글을 남겼어요.

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

#### Erin님이 2024-10-14에 답변했습니다.

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

#### Sunny님이 2024-10-14에 답변했습니다.

🤣

### Aisha님이 2024-10-14에 댓글을 남겼어요.

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

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