We have a bit of a quandry.
Picked up a 4-cell pack of transplants with this tag:
http://tinypic.com/r/xcu2cy/6
Description is of peppers and the picture definitely shows the calyx
and stem of peppers.
But, the planting instructions are more for squash-type plants plus
the leaves on the plants are squash-like rather than pepper-type
leaves.
The tag contains no information as to the the grower. The plants were
purchased at the garden center of a big box store so asking the staff
there would be a total waste of time.
They got planted in the squash part of the garden so I guess we'll
just have to wait and see what they produce.

Ross
Southern Ontario, Canada.
Ag Canada Zone 5B

Ross@home wrote:
We have a bit of a quandry.
Picked up a 4-cell pack of transplants with this tag:
http://tinypic.com/r/xcu2cy/6
Description is of peppers and the picture definitely shows the calyx
and stem of peppers.
But, the planting instructions are more for squash-type plants plus
the leaves on the plants are squash-like rather than pepper-type
leaves.
The tag contains no information as to the the grower. The plants were
purchased at the garden center of a big box store so asking the staff
there would be a total waste of time.
They got planted in the squash part of the garden so I guess we'll
just have to wait and see what they produce.

Ross
Southern Ontario, Canada.
Ag Canada Zone 5B

Yes the planting instructions are for a curcurbit and the photo is of a
pepper. If you had posted a photo of what you actually have instead of the
label it would be easy to determine which it is. Did you not have your
coffee that morning? If you use google images to find some pictures of each
you ought to be able to work it out yourself, the two types have quite
different characteristics even as little seedlings.

David

On Fri, 6 Jul 2012 10:22:18 +1000, "David Hare-Scott"
wrote:

Ross@home wrote:
We have a bit of a quandry.
Picked up a 4-cell pack of transplants with this tag:
http://tinypic.com/r/xcu2cy/6
Description is of peppers and the picture definitely shows the calyx
and stem of peppers.
But, the planting instructions are more for squash-type plants plus
the leaves on the plants are squash-like rather than pepper-type
leaves.
The tag contains no information as to the the grower. The plants were
purchased at the garden center of a big box store so asking the staff
there would be a total waste of time.
They got planted in the squash part of the garden so I guess we'll
just have to wait and see what they produce.

Ross
Southern Ontario, Canada.
Ag Canada Zone 5B

Yes the planting instructions are for a curcurbit and the photo is of a
pepper. If you had posted a photo of what you actually have instead of the
label it would be easy to determine which it is. Did you not have your
coffee that morning? If you use google images to find some pictures of each
you ought to be able to work it out yourself, the two types have quite
different characteristics even as little seedlings.

David


Pepper squash is also known as acorn squash, so someone who labeled
may have inadvertently included squash instructions. The photo,
however, is of squash peppers.

Slight invert of the words and the error may have been avoided.

Of course, not everyone who shows up here is a veggie expert, nor
interested in nor skilled with google.

And not all those who reply to such questions are pricks, either.

Boron

"Boron Elgar" wrote in message
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On Fri, 6 Jul 2012 10:22:18 +1000, "David Hare-Scott"
wrote:

Ross@home wrote:
We have a bit of a quandry.
Picked up a 4-cell pack of transplants with this tag:
http://tinypic.com/r/xcu2cy/6
Description is of peppers and the picture definitely shows the calyx
and stem of peppers.
But, the planting instructions are more for squash-type plants plus
the leaves on the plants are squash-like rather than pepper-type
leaves.
The tag contains no information as to the the grower. The plants were
purchased at the garden center of a big box store so asking the staff
there would be a total waste of time.
They got planted in the squash part of the garden so I guess we'll
just have to wait and see what they produce.

Ross
Southern Ontario, Canada.
Ag Canada Zone 5B

Yes the planting instructions are for a curcurbit and the photo is of a
pepper. If you had posted a photo of what you actually have instead of
the
label it would be easy to determine which it is. Did you not have your
coffee that morning? If you use google images to find some pictures of
each
you ought to be able to work it out yourself, the two types have quite
different characteristics even as little seedlings.

David


Pepper squash is also known as acorn squash, so someone who labeled
may have inadvertently included squash instructions. The photo,
however, is of squash peppers.

Slight invert of the words and the error may have been avoided.

Of course, not everyone who shows up here is a veggie expert, nor
interested in nor skilled with google.

And not all those who reply to such questions are pricks, either.

Boron

I am going out on a limb here, but going from my own experience if you have
planted these in the squash part of the garden then they will be peppers.

Mike

Boron Elgar wrote:
On Fri, 6 Jul 2012 10:22:18 +1000, "David Hare-Scott"
wrote:

Ross@home wrote:
We have a bit of a quandry.
Picked up a 4-cell pack of transplants with this tag:
http://tinypic.com/r/xcu2cy/6
Description is of peppers and the picture definitely shows the calyx
and stem of peppers.
But, the planting instructions are more for squash-type plants plus
the leaves on the plants are squash-like rather than pepper-type
leaves.
The tag contains no information as to the the grower. The plants
were purchased at the garden center of a big box store so asking
the staff there would be a total waste of time.
They got planted in the squash part of the garden so I guess we'll
just have to wait and see what they produce.

Ross
Southern Ontario, Canada.
Ag Canada Zone 5B

Yes the planting instructions are for a curcurbit and the photo is
of a pepper. If you had posted a photo of what you actually have
instead of the label it would be easy to determine which it is. Did
you not have your coffee that morning? If you use google images to
find some pictures of each you ought to be able to work it out
yourself, the two types have quite different characteristics even as
little seedlings.

David


Pepper squash is also known as acorn squash, so someone who labeled
may have inadvertently included squash instructions. The photo,
however, is of squash peppers.

Slight invert of the words and the error may have been avoided.

Of course, not everyone who shows up here is a veggie expert, nor
interested in nor skilled with google.


I didn't think entering 'squash' or 'pepper' into a search engine was rocket
science but maybe it is where you come from. Once you get some images to
compare blind Freddy can tell one from the other. If you see that as being
expert territory I suggest you stop giving advice because you are a newby
yourself.


And not all those who reply to such questions are pricks, either.


You take much on yourself issuing insults like that when the suggestions
that I gave actually lead to a) finding a solution and b) the OP learning
something.

Of course if you think that posting a pic of the label suspected to be in
error instead of the unknown plant to be identified is a good effort at self
help that would explain why you think using the ubiquitous google is so
hard. My record here shows I am willing to help people but that doesn't
mean that they must be spoon fed and cosseted.

D

On Fri, 6 Jul 2012 10:22:18 +1000, "David Hare-Scott"
wrote:

Ross@home wrote:
We have a bit of a quandry.
Picked up a 4-cell pack of transplants with this tag:
http://tinypic.com/r/xcu2cy/6
Description is of peppers and the picture definitely shows the calyx
and stem of peppers.
But, the planting instructions are more for squash-type plants plus
the leaves on the plants are squash-like rather than pepper-type
leaves.
The tag contains no information as to the the grower. The plants were
purchased at the garden center of a big box store so asking the staff
there would be a total waste of time.
They got planted in the squash part of the garden so I guess we'll
just have to wait and see what they produce.

Ross
Southern Ontario, Canada.
Ag Canada Zone 5B

Yes the planting instructions are for a curcurbit and the photo is of a
pepper. If you had posted a photo of what you actually have instead of the
label it would be easy to determine which it is. Did you not have your
coffee that morning? If you use google images to find some pictures of each
you ought to be able to work it out yourself, the two types have quite
different characteristics even as little seedlings.

David

Thanks for the most gracious reply.
Yes, I had my one cup of coffee that morning as I do every morning.
Although I am unfamiliar with the *curcurbit* to which you refer, I am
fully aware of the herbaceous structure of both Cucurbitaceae and
Piperaceae seedlings, having grown both for the last 50+ years.
My post was more tongue-in-cheek about whether Monsanto or perhaps
Cargill were into the business of gene splicing these two vegetables
for some new source of revenue.
I apologize for the lack of emoticons in my original post.

Ross.
Southern Ontario, Canada.
Ag Canada Zone 5B