Re: hot peppers cont'd
Hello,
This would be a natural form of grafting, when two plants co-join.
It was natural occuring grafts like this that taught early
horticulturalists the technique.
Regards,
Tom
Thomas Olenio
Ontario, Zone 5a
On Sun, 21 May 2000, Hughes-Banderob wrote:
> Here is the most recent theory on the sweet pepper / hot pepper
> controversy:
>
> The reason why hot pepper plants spread their heat to neighbouring
> pepper plants is beacuse their roots entwine. Because the plants are of
> a similar genetic makeup, the root systems (and essentially the plants)
> become one and share everything.
>
> This would explain why only pepper plants planted directly beside one
> another exhange traits while pepper plants planted further apart (yet
> close enough for cross-pollination) remain distinct.
>
> Makes sense to me.
>
> On the question of whether or not Milkweed is a noxious plant, the
> answer is... maybe. In my area, milkweed is a noxious weed because the
> local bylaw says it is and must be removed from all properties by June
> 1st. However, each district has its own list of noxious weeds...
> contact your local government and they can provide the list to you.
> (that being said I also mow around a few milkweeds on my property as I
> do for native daisies, lupins, violas, etc. I like all plants)
>
> On the question of whether Steve is an obnoxious gardener the answer
> is... maybe. In my area, anyone going into a garden nursery and asking
> for milkweed plants by their scientific name is akin to walking into a
> hardware store and asking for a butter churn in Portugese.
>
> Of all the times I laugh at the funny comments and jabs I read on this
> list, I laugh the hardest at Steve's why-does-everyone-pick-on-me
> retorts. The funny part is, he really doesn't see it! He must be a
> riot to live with.
>
> Randy Banderob
> Millbrook, Ontario
>
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