misc JalapenoGate

[hotboyinhell]

JalapenoGate.
I bought some "Jalapeno" plants this spring that turned out to be " Hot Banana".
Has anybody experienced this.

Seems to be a nation wide problem.

Hotboyinhell

 

[hotboyinhell]

JalapenoGate.
I bought some "Jalapeno" plants this spring that turned out to be " Hot Banana".
Has anybody experienced this.

Seems to be a nation wide problem.

Hotboyinhell

Maybe not hot enough to bother about for this forum but just wondered.

 

[Tinkerbelle]

I haven't experienced this but there's a lot of growers on the pepper forums on Facebook that have had the problem.

 

[Marturo]

Best reason to start your own seeds to avoid this.

https://peppergeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/pepperquickgrowguide.pdf

 

[HellfireFarm]

I wonder if that's related to the "jalapeno shortage" i've heard about - unscrupulous sellers using the wrong seeds to make sales..

 

[Grass Snake]

I heard there was a mix up with Bonnie plants specifically. Bonnie plants are the ones usually sold in big box stores. It can happen to any grower but when it happens to Bonnie plants it's an enormous whoopsie.

 

[Grass Snake]

 

[Marturo]

It would be interesting to know how many @ the Hot pepper buy Pepper starts.
I would think think most of us start are own for many reasons.

Can't find the varieties I want to grow at local outlets.
Never find plants for sale as healthy as my own starts.
Prices for starts are to expensive compared to seeds, soil, sun aka lights.

Most importantly, I must be there for the whole show, from seed to when they die it's the miracle I'm there for.

 

[growyourown]

i always buy my jalapeno seedlings for the following reasons:

-cheap (often less than $1/plant)
-doesn't take up room in my indoor grow space
-don't care enough to need any special variety

 

[BrendanPicante]

We have experienced wrong grows for years, I wonder why this was such a big thing this year. Do we have more new growers than ever maybe? Because of demand for plants (which I love, everyone grow chiles, please and thank you) maybe seeds and strains just got thrown out there to satisfy demand?

No one gave a crap about us fifteen years ago but suddenly we have this proliferation of false plants. It's just curious to me.

 

[SubtleEvolution]

We have experienced wrong grows for years, I wonder why this was such a big thing this year. Do we have more new growers than ever maybe? Because of demand for plants (which I love, everyone grow chiles, please and thank you) maybe seeds and strains just got thrown out there to satisfy demand?

No one gave a crap about us fifteen years ago but suddenly we have this proliferation of false plants. It's just curious to me.

There was definitely a boom of new home gardeners as a consequence of the pandemic. I could see the increased demand leading to cut corners and higher chances of mix-ups. No idea and no data to support if that increased demand has actually kept up enough to account for this year however. It's also possible more inexperienced growers simply means more chances for user error and therefore more reporting of issues.

I've heard rumors that there was likely a mix up at a large seed supplier, but haven't been able to find any reliable confirmation.

My "bell pepper" seeds ended up being some sort of wax and some spherical pepper I can't identify yet haha. But I bought them cheap at a hardware store and didn't expect quality control.

 

[BrendanPicante]

There was definitely a boom of new home gardeners as a consequence of the pandemic. I could see the increased demand leading to cut corners and higher chances of mix-ups. No idea and no data to support if that increased demand has actually kept up enough to account for this year however. It's also possible more inexperienced growers simply means more chances for user error and therefore more reporting of issues.

I've heard rumors that there was likely a mix up at a large seed supplier, but haven't been able to find any reliable confirmation.

My "bell pepper" seeds ended up being some sort of wax and some spherical pepper I can't identify yet haha. But I bought them cheap at a hardware store and didn't expect quality control.

Little Cherry type, it looks like. Those can be fun!