At my local supermarket where I always buy Jalapenos there normally is nothing nothing special about them, once in a while there will be a few with some black on them. Today the Jalapenos were absolute monsters! The longest one I could find was a full 6 inches in length. The fattest one I could find was nearly 6 inches in circumference. The ones I brought home all weighed over 3 ounces, with the heaviest at 3.6 ounces. To me these are huge. Are these peppers huge to anyone else?
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there is so much different Jalapeno!
they were hot or just watery?
keep the seeds and grow some!
they were hot or just watery?
keep the seeds and grow some!
those look niiice!!!
I haven't eaten them yet. I will definitely save the seeds. I am going to go back to the store and ask about the source of these peppers.
Could I plant the fresh seeds? Or do they have to be dried out first?
From what I understand it is unlikely to grow from a seed that comes out of an unripe pod. If there is a red one in the batch grab it and give it a try.
It seems to me that jalapenos have more variance in heat than most other peppers they range from bell pepper to serrano id say, i have always found the ones w/ corking have the best heat and flavor though regardless of the size or color
I used to think this way too, but then I got a bunch with a lot of corking and they had no heat.
So I checked with the produce manager and he couldn't give me any info about the peppers. The box that they were in said "Sweet Superior Fruit LTD. CO." of McAllen, TX. Peppers were grown in Mexico. McAllen is right on the border with Mexico.
As nmorris279 said, germination will be less likely with seeds from a green/unripe pod. Still worth a try because Jalapenos can stay green for a long time and can still be ripe enough to have decent seed. You don't need to dry the seeds first, in fact that would be a disadvantage because they would only have to rehydrate again to get going.
The problem with all the really big Jals is they are usally hybrids that don't produce the same size pods from collected seeds.
Here are some of the larger ones I found around here, they were really good, with pretty good heat as well...didn't use a tape measure, but those are 4" tiles and you can see that they are all much longer than that. Some around the 6" mark I would imagine...maybe even slightly longer.
Who's hungry???
I bought Mucho Nacho Jalapeno seeds from HD and they are really doing well and already full of pods. From the looks of it they are going to be monsters as well. Pods formed well after my regular Jals but are already almost tripple the size. There are several other jumbo Jal varieties out there. I bought these because they claim to be hotter than regualar Jals as well...Looks like I'll be finding out soon enough!
Here are some of the larger ones I found around here, they were really good, with pretty good heat as well...didn't use a tape measure, but those are 4" tiles and you can see that they are all much longer than that. Some around the 6" mark I would imagine...maybe even slightly longer.
Who's hungry???
I bought Mucho Nacho Jalapeno seeds from HD and they are really doing well and already full of pods. From the looks of it they are going to be monsters as well. Pods formed well after my regular Jals but are already almost tripple the size. There are several other jumbo Jal varieties out there. I bought these because they claim to be hotter than regualar Jals as well...Looks like I'll be finding out soon enough!
Ate the jumbo Jalapenos tonight. Nothing special about them. Regular taste and heat.