On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:37:21 -0400, Pat Kiewicz
wrote:

phorbin said:


In article -
september.org, says...


Are the stems round, or are they (at least slighty) square?

It almost looks like it could be some sort of exotic basil-ish sort
of thing, which would have square stems. But I can't convince
myself one way or the other, based on the pictures.

Juat noting that basil is easily tested for by squashing a leaf and
smelling it.

Hard to do that with a picture. 8^)

And some of the more exotic Asian/Thai basils I've tried, while very
aromatic, don't exactly look, taste, or smell like the more familiar
Italian basils.


Nothing aromatic about the plant at all. I crushed a couple of leaves
yesterday just to assure myself. It doesn't look like any other basil
I've grown or am growing, either.

As I said, the puzzle may be from a seed envelope with no picture and
only Asian lettering - or it may be some sort of amaranth. I'll let it
grow and see if it sets spikes/flowers.

Boron

On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:05:49 -0700, "gunner"
wrote:


"Boron Elgar" wrote in message
.. .
Something got planted in the deck garden and escaped a label. Since
several family members were digging through the seed envelopes (of
which there are at least 150, many with no photos or drawings) and
plating that day, I have (almost) no idea of what it is.

It was placed along side the pots that have lettuce spinach and
greens, so I am guessing it might be some sort of edible, but frankly,
it would be nice to confirm that. I have boldly tasted a leaf and it
is peppery - in fact, similar to a green pepper taste.

I have a bunch of Asian vegetable/greens seeds with no English on
them. Something along those lines perhaps? The leaves are not soft, as
spinach would be, they are bendable, surely, but more stiff. The
plants are about 12" tall right now.

Nevertheless, with all the fun had by everyone the day of planting,
this might be anything. Mystery can be interesting, I suppose. Please
don't let me lead you down the primrose path with the info above.

Any help is appreciated.

http://i40.tinypic.com/6qw86p.jpg

http://i43.tinypic.com/2uj1k6x.jpg

Boron

Did you by chance have pepper seeds in there? Kinda looks like one of the
Korean green pepper plants albiet a bit wide at the leaf base. The leaves
of chiles are sometimes used as a green. A suggestion for IDs is to put a
common point of reference, such as a short ruler, a coin, etc. in your
pic. Too far from your decking to get an estimate of the leaf size.



I have mixed hot peppers planted, but not in any sort of profusion,
such as this. Pepper leaves are not quite as "tough" as these leaves
are, either.

As I mentioned, the height of the plants is 12", so the leaves are
about 3" long, as you can see in comparison to that indicated height.

Boron