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Purple Jalapeno

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Tkromer

Well I've never grown these before, but I think this little fellow (albeit undersized) is ripe. What say you who've grown these before?
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Did the pepper transition from red to purple? My purple peppers transitioned from purple to red, and were delicious at both stages.
 
Started out this color with bits of green/yellow to it, transitioned to fully this shade (which IMO is between red and purple).
 
i grew them in the 2010 season, they were good as jalapenos go, seemed a little hot but not as hot as say mucho nacho or biker billy, they transition from green to purple to red, they are a bit smaller than the average jal there not a bad choice :cool:

thanks your friend Joe
 
I was thinking about trying a bunch of non-chinense varieties next year for a change (mostly frutescens and baccatum, but maybe some annuums), and was considering doing a jalapeno and cayenne comparison. If not next year, the year after. The purple jalapeno was one of the varieties I was considering. I heard they're actually pretty good.
 
Well after reading these I picked it thismorning and ate it.

NO SEEDS -- weird!
It was good, very normal jalapeno flavor although on the mild side. Could be related to the lack of seeds?

I see that smaller is normal, I think this first pepper was still a bit of a runt though correct?
 
I think thats just a normal jalapeno ripening. A lot of times they will turn black, or purple, before they turn red. Jalapenos take a long time to ripen. Its better to pick them when they are green and big so that more can set.
 
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