Tri-leaf Carolina Reaper

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Posted by juicejox none (My Page) on

Thu, Sep 25, 14 at 7:03

Hey, I planted some carolina reaper chilli's recently and since the seedlings have emerged I noticed one seedling is growing leaves in sets of 3 unlike the usual 2 for the others. Is this a common mutation for chilli plants and any advantages to tri-leaf plants? thanks

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Posted by Garretds7 7 (My Page) on
Thu, Sep 25, 14 at 18:44

Juicebox,
Hi there. I couldn't say for sure... But I grew a bunch of tobacco and had the same thing happen to one of them as they sprouted. I did ask a similar question to others. I was told it happens occasionally and it would grow up to be just like the others. And it did just that, was like all the rest. It being a different plant, I couldn't tell you whether the results would be the same. I took a picture of the one I saw and it grew just as the others...

Actually, there were 2 of them one in each cell - tooth pick for marker...

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Posted by nc-crn 7b (My Page) on
Thu, Sep 25, 14 at 23:26

It's uncommon, but far from unusual...especially in pepper plants.

The plants tend to grow just fine and similar to others.

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