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Re:Plants “panic” when it rains by lawlessone on Thursday October 31, 2019 @06:33AM (#21407290)
I wonder would pouring water onto the leaves of chilis plants encourage it to produce hotter peppers?

The substance that makes chilis spicy is a natural anti fungal.

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Re:Plants “panic” when it rains by saimiam on Thursday October 31, 2019 @10:49AM (#21409417)
I have a chili plant at home with 4-5 baby chilies growing. Once those have ripened, I'm going to do this experiment.
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