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Post by daylilydude on Jan 28, 2018 7:57:04 GMT -5
We know what a tomato plant smells like when rubbing the leaves, but what does the flower smell like, as a matter of fact... is there any vegetable flower that has a scent or am I just not smelling them?
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Post by coppice on Jan 28, 2018 8:14:43 GMT -5
I'm not sure if its the flower or the plant of tomato that I smell.
For valerian, its the flower for sure, until its picked, and roots exposed.
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Post by paulf on Jan 28, 2018 10:15:02 GMT -5
I think tomato blossoms are odorless to humans...good experiment for June.
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Post by september on Jan 28, 2018 10:41:10 GMT -5
I never thought to smell the flowers of vegetables, I think you'd have to really stick your nose right into the blossom like the insects do, but sure would be fun to try to smell some difference like in hot versus sweet peppers. Maybe I'll remember to do it next summer.
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Jan 28, 2018 12:44:32 GMT -5
I've never smelled anything from a tomato flower. If it has its own scent, I guess it's covered by the smell of the rest of the plant. Squash flowers have a slight sweet scent - I've noticed it when hand-pollinating. Some peas have a sweet scent as well. With most varieties you really have to stick your nose right up to a flower to smell it, but I could smell the flowers when just standing close to Blauwschokkers plants. Some herb flowers have noticeable scents as well. I don't recall smelling any other vegetable flowers, though. Now you've got me curious, daylilydude, so I'm going to try to remember to sniff the veggie flowers this year!
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Post by brownrexx on Jan 28, 2018 15:26:39 GMT -5
I never noticed any obvious scents except for possibly some of the herbs. Of course with dill the entire plant smells good to me so I don't know about the blooms.
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