Hey everyone, my family and I have been trying to figure out if we have a plant or a weed and well, I thought someone here might be able to help us.
Quick back-story:
I've been trying to grow peppers for at least 5 years. The peppers are a variety from the Commonwealth of Dominica in the West Indies. There, they are known as "season peppers", though I think it is the same variety that is also known as an "aji pepper" in other parts of the Caribbean, including Puerto Rico.
Well, this year, I finally saw some pepper shoot out of the plant pot. However, it turned out my mother planted some habanero seeds and possibly some other pepper in the pot (without telling me of course
). So, when the weather got warmer, I moved the pot outside and in less than 24 hours, my sons knocked over the pot, grabbed the soil from the ground, threw it back in the pot and told me "We knocked over your pot, but it's okay."
As you can imagine, the pot now had no sprouting plants, just soil.
Fast forward a few months and this is what we've got in the pot -
(sorry for the extra large pic)
The darker, smaller leaves are peppers (of some sort) and I am transplanting to smaller pots for now. However, those lighter, larger leaves are a mystery. I pulled out one and it is growing out of a dark brown round seed. Is this some sort of tree? Or is it just a gargantuan weed? BTW, I do not have this 'plant/weed/tree' anywhere else in my small backyard.
I'd appreciate any help I can get and will take more pics if necessary. My family would love to solve this mystery
TIA!
Quick back-story:
I've been trying to grow peppers for at least 5 years. The peppers are a variety from the Commonwealth of Dominica in the West Indies. There, they are known as "season peppers", though I think it is the same variety that is also known as an "aji pepper" in other parts of the Caribbean, including Puerto Rico.
Well, this year, I finally saw some pepper shoot out of the plant pot. However, it turned out my mother planted some habanero seeds and possibly some other pepper in the pot (without telling me of course
). So, when the weather got warmer, I moved the pot outside and in less than 24 hours, my sons knocked over the pot, grabbed the soil from the ground, threw it back in the pot and told me "We knocked over your pot, but it's okay."As you can imagine, the pot now had no sprouting plants, just soil.
Fast forward a few months and this is what we've got in the pot -
(sorry for the extra large pic)
The darker, smaller leaves are peppers (of some sort) and I am transplanting to smaller pots for now. However, those lighter, larger leaves are a mystery. I pulled out one and it is growing out of a dark brown round seed. Is this some sort of tree? Or is it just a gargantuan weed? BTW, I do not have this 'plant/weed/tree' anywhere else in my small backyard.
I'd appreciate any help I can get and will take more pics if necessary. My family would love to solve this mystery
TIA!
Now I wonder if the abandoned 'cat gangs' in the neighborhood had something to do with it too. Probably in retaliation for not leaving any food out like some of the neighbors do ha.