To those who tried it..
Some hates it and say it taste soapy others loves it and say it have a good citrusy lemon flavor, I watched a UTube video of on a channel called Pepper Ranger and the guy said that he previously planted lemon drops and he hated them but the ones one of his viewers sent him were great.. So my question is, could it be that there were some seeds that were cross pollinated that tasted bad? Could it be that some sellers had the bad ones and others had the good seeds? What's your opinion on some being tasty and others tastes bad.. Where you got your seeds from that tasted good/bad?
by InstructionOne633
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Link to [Pepper Ranger ](https://youtu.be/l947WRjsLI8?si=irJO14MjWs0_VU3j) video.
Aji pineapple are very similar (to the extent that they may even be more or less the same variety, never been able to find good info on that), but from seeds I’ve grown of both they could easily be confused for the other but had slight differences so it’s possible it could have been those. Of course even just peppers of the same variety will have differences, so it could just be that.
Although I know people have said they get a soapy taste from different baccatums, so I think it’s just the species in general. Rather than just lemon drops.
Also soapy doesn’t necessarily mean bad. I’m not sure what leads to the soapy taste, but it’s possible it might have similarities to how some people find coriander/cilantro soapy. Like I don’t get that from baccatums, nor do I get it from coriander either (although if I stick a spoon of dried coriander powder in my mouth I can kind of get what I think people are talking about when they refer to the soapy taste but it’s still not that pronounced for me and I don’t notice it fresh).
Could also be citron Chilli, they look very similar, maybe there got mixed up
I really liked mine. I wonder if those who think they taste soapy are also those who think cilantro tastes soapy.
Regardless, one thing I know for sure is if you have too much nitrogen or sulfur everything tastes bitter and whatever flavor is predominate it will be very predominate. I made a raised bed garden once and the only nice looking ‘soil’ around was a pile of well composted horse manure. So I used that. Everything grew fine but everything come harvest time tasted mega-strong to the point it was inedible. I grew beets and turnips and some other things frost tolerant (summer above 8000 feet in mountains) and they were nasty. So maybe that is a problem. I grow peppers indoors (including lemon drop once) and use a hydroponic fertilizer with analysis of 11-11-40 specifically formulated for peppers. They turn out great. Maybe there is something to it. I know soils and nutrients affect how things grow. It’s why the famous sweet onion is grown in Georgia.
Great yield but not my favourite taste. I prefer the flavour of Blended Lemon which is a milder cross