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Telling apart young Jalapeno / Serrano Plants?

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flexy123

Every year I make the same stupid mistakes. So I labelled everything nicely, then I repotted them and now everything is mixed up.
 
I have a ton of younger plants, Serranos and Jalapenos. They're now about 15cm-22cm (8.6") tall.
 
How can I tell what is what?
 
I only found one post on the internet mentioning that Serranos have a "fuzzy stem" and that leaves are more pointed, but to be honest I cannot really see "fuzzzy stems" and also looking at the leaves I have difficulties telling them apart.
 
Can anyone help? If there are no obvious differences (yet), maybe if one looks at them via a lupe/microscope? There must be SOME things that are different?
 
The thing I can tell between my leaves is that the serrano has more leaves and they are a bit thinner i guess making it seem pointier than the jalapeno leaf. You will know once you start getting peppers as the pepppers are different in the same way. can you post any pictures?
 
Student of Spice said:
The thing I can tell between my leaves is that the serrano has more leaves and they are a bit thinner i guess making it seem pointier than the jalapeno leaf. You will know once you start getting peppers as the pepppers are different in the same way. can you post any pictures?
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Yeah I know about the peppers, I had them last season. Serranos were thinner. I still have proper labelled plants upstairs and will take some pictures in a few.
 
jalapeno1.JPG


JALAPENO (Note that this one is "fuzzy")

serrano1.JPG


SERRANO (This one is not fuzzy at all)

So it's exactly the opposite from what I read. Also...impossible for me to tell them apart from the leaves.


Edit: Those are in the full, bright sun, not even looking that good. Very yellowish.
I hope the ones in my green house under LED turn out better.
 
Not all Serranos exhibit the fuzziness you mentioned, at least not to the extent that others of the same feather do. It also seems in my experience to be a trait of a more mature plant. My suggestion is, grow them all and when they pod up, you will know. And enjoy the burn!
 
flexy123 said:
jalapeno1.JPG


JALAPENO (Note that this one is "fuzzy")

serrano1.JPG


SERRANO (This one is not fuzzy at all)

So it's exactly the opposite from what I read. Also...impossible for me to tell them apart from the leaves.


Edit: Those are in the full, bright sun, not even looking that good. Very yellowish.
I hope the ones in my green house under LED turn out better.
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This is where things are mixed up. the fuzzy one is a serrano as well as the other.
 
While in the grow room earlier and this thread on my mind, I checked my landrace serranos and they do indeed have the fuzz starting. not nearly what they will have later but it is visible.
 
I'm not saying that it can't happen... but I have not yet seen a fuzzy jalapeno. If there is such a beast, I would like to know (I run many varieties of jalapeno as they are one of my favorite flavors). The fuzz seems to help deter the pests that I have around here.
 
 
My black cobra is super fuzzy and gets left alone by most bugs.
 
 
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It's a fools errand trying to identify chiles without fotos of fruit/flowers.
 
This should also be posted in "Pepper ID"
 
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