Name: Mary My little patch of paradise (Zone 7b) Gardening dilettante, that's me!
I never knew that -- thanks!
Northwest Georgia Daylily Society I'm going to retire and live off of my savings. Not sure what I'll do that second week. My yard marches to the beat of a bohemian drummer...
Name: Sandy B. Ford River Twp, Michigan UP (Zone 4b) (Zone 4b-maybe 5a)
An interesting idea -- but I have to say it sounds like an old garden myth or something... right up there with my former MIL's belief that cutting the end off a cucumber and then rubbing the cut ends together would "draw out the bitterness." But, heaven knows I always have plenty of peppers to try it out on and I'm always open for garden experiments!
“Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight." ~ Albert Schweitzer C/F temp conversion
Actually I was basing it on my own experience, but could be that I'm wrong. I don't know any myths about vegetables.
Sometimes I cook with the 4 lobed peppers, but I only use the 3 lobed ones when eating them fresh in a salad.
Seems to make a difference to me.
Name: Sandy B. Ford River Twp, Michigan UP (Zone 4b) (Zone 4b-maybe 5a)
Well, Sharon, it could also be that you are right! (or, that you have just come up with a new veggie myth...)
I actually thought the 4-lobed or 3-lobed was more an attribute of the particular variety, but perhaps the varieties with 3 lobes are sweeter - ? Just because I've never heard this before certainly doesn't make it untrue, and now I can't wait to check it out myself!
“Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight." ~ Albert Schweitzer C/F temp conversion
You made me think and so I did a search. Some say it's the difference in variety, but I found this and if you scroll down to Food Tips on the lower right side, there is a similar statement:
So I don't know, it's just something I've always done. Four bumps get frozen and used for cooking later and 3 bumps are eaten fresh. I'm not sure where on earth I gathered that little bit of info.
Name: Sandy B. Ford River Twp, Michigan UP (Zone 4b) (Zone 4b-maybe 5a)
Hey, Sharon -- you probably know by now that I never hesitate to say what I think...
Again, there seem to be a lot of good ideas on the site you linked, but I believe there is also some misinformation... such as table salt being "highly acidic" (salt is neither acidic not alkaline) and the advice to substitute sea salt -- which is kind of funny, because, the current fad for using various types of sea salt notwithstanding, all salt (NaCl) originally came from the "sea". And the healthiest of foods can be contaminated in one way or another and be "bad" for us.
All I really "know" for sure about the bell peppers is that the 4-lobed ones lend themselves much more easily to cutting in half (lengthwise) for stuffing and sitting level in the pan!
“Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight." ~ Albert Schweitzer C/F temp conversion
Name: josephine Arlington, Texas (Zone 8a) Hi Everybody!! Let us talk native.
I didn't know that either, and I am wondering if the same plant makes both types or if the three lobe and four four lobe come from different plants?
I will have to try that and see, but I will have to buy them, I don't have any peppers planted although I love them.
With all the Texas native plants I am growing I don't have room for vegetables which is kind of a shame, maybe I need to make another bed just for vegetables.
Wildflowers are the Smiles of Nature.
Gardening with Texas Native Plants and Wildflowers.
It's going to be interesting to see if the 3 bumps all come from the same plant or if they come from different ones, isn't it? I really don't know. It's one of those things that I have believed for so many years I never really thought much about it, until now.
Josephine, this year I planted my few veggies in pots on my deck, so far it's working.
14" and 16" pots and they could have been larger, each holds a tomato or a pepper plant plus one herb, usually the squirrels leave the basil alone, so to keep them away I added a little basil plant to each pot. I keep it cut back and so far it's working.
I felt the same way about making another bed.
For the first month or so I thought I wasn't going to have to stake the tomatoes, but then we had a massive wind/hard rain storm for about an hour the other day, and though I didn't lose either one of the plants, they were really beaten down. So now they are staked and are looking fine. I do have to keep them watered in this heat.
This is fascinating. Of course I'm going to try it. And I really am curious if the 3 bumped & 4 bumped both grow on the same plant. And even more curious to see what everyone says. I just love experiments!
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