[CH] Seedling aromas
George Nelson (70431.3065@compuserve.com)
Tue, 16 Apr 2002 23:09:03 -0400
Jose Cisneros wrote: "As I was watering them I noticed that the leaves of
the Aji Amarillo and some of the others exude an odor of perfume, very
spicy, much like the flavor of the peppers the plants produce. Has anyone
else notice this?"
Yes I have noticed that on the Aji Amarillo from the seeds Mike Bowers
provided. My experience with it was it did not last, however. By the time
the plant was ready to go out into the yard, the aroma was gone. It was
too strong to be left over from inside the fruit, so the seedling must have
been making it.
Most of my plants are C. annuum of one kind or another, so I am not aware
of any other varieties with aromas on the seedlings except for a variety
from Nepal. It supposedly has a bell-shape (flared at the blossom end) and
the seedlings have a lemon-peel fragrance. What kinds do you grow that
also have a fragrance?
George Nelson