A brought one home today from the farmers market. I quick google search has some conflicting info about heat level but they seem to be corked and many pics are red. Overall it looks like a pretty nice variety.
Jalapeno Chichimeca is the hottest Jalapeno variety we have tried and furthermore with a great sweet flavour. They have very thick skin and are so juicy. They will for sure make some delicious hot jalapeno poppers. The pods are about 8-9 cm long and 3-4 cm wide, start off green and end up red and some of them get really corky.
ShowMeDaSauce said:I grew up with Early and Jalapeno M or Early M. We had a garden every year i can remember. The heat and flavor of the fast majority of store bought Jalas are severely lacking. Now days i see mostly the larger varieties being sold such as Mammoth, Goliath and Giganti. Ive grown those myself and year after year they have been heatless duds. Early and Jala M for the most part have been hot. Some years brutally hot for a jala. The ones i grew last year were exceptionally hot but production was horrible.
This year all my jalas are doing well. Mucho Nacho and the Early are much hotter than the Chichimeca. There are much smaller plants though but pretty similar in pod production numbers.
Billy Biker is on my short list right now, but I really haven't dug deep enough into the Jalapeño family tree to know what´s out there, really. Ie heard good things about the Mucho Nachos and the Billy Bikers; love the look of the Farmer´s Market Jalapeños but ie also heard they´re not truly Jalapeños. I guess, like every thing else, I´ll have to experiment and figure it out.ShowMeDaSauce said:Im totally happy with the Much Nacho but i REALLY want to try Biker Billy and a landrace variety sometime too. I need red ones for a hot sauce but i struggle terribly with getting jalas to ripen.
Its been hotter lately and the chichimeca has slightly dooped a few times in the heat. I need to sample another one to see if the weather has perked them up.