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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,441

    Could be. I've never grown peppers but I think the leaves are that shape



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  • The leaves do look like they could be capiscum leaves- they are the right shape.  If it is it will die off soon as they need temperatures over 15 deg C or they simply die off.  I've tried to overwinter them in a frost free greenhouse but with no success.  This year I have five plants in my dining room.  3 have died from being in direct contact with the floor image

  • Can I try the window sill? It's hot in my flat

  • I concur with above I think it may be a chilli.....

  • Janeylondon they will do fine overwintered in a flat but beware they are prone to whitefly. I use sticks by Bayer that you put in the soil they provide a few nutrients to the plant and kill the whitefly!! As long as they are kept watered they should be fine ..... Looks like a healthy plant small and compact possibly an apache or similar 

  • Jim MacdJim Macd Posts: 750

    No, not chilli, I grow chillies and although the outline of the leaf is right the the growth habit and veining is wrong. I feel like I should know but can't quite remember. 

  • Welshonion wrote (see)

    Pinch the leaves and sniff.  It will then be obvious if it is a herb.  The plant to the left is definitely a weed.

    The plant to the left is definitely a wild, indigenous species. It isn't Herb Robert. I don't think it is pratense (which has several 'garden-worthy types - some with RHS AGM - despite being a 'weed'). It could be dissectum, but I'd plump for molle.

     

    The other could be a weed as wellimage The leaf shape reminds be of Thai basil or chilli peppers. I could be wrong.

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