Fake News from the Garden: 5 Plant Myths Debunked

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By Modern FarmerAug 30, 2018, 12:38 pm84 pts
By Brian Barth Did you know that you can tell the sex of a bell pepper by how many bumps it has on its bottom? Actually, you can't. But lately, plenty of Internet memes on Pinterest and elsewhere suggest that you can. The problem with this claim is that bell peppers are not male or female. Botanically, it's a…

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