2006-08-11 05:06:08 · 5 answers · asked by dan460298 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
I have never been thrilled with my jalapenos, and I like very hot peppers (so I have switched to cayenne, habanero, and tabasco). Also, on the jalapenos (and other mildly hot peppers), I notice that individual peppers on the same plant can be quite different. So part of the "hotness" must come from water and sun (i.e., they are ripening under different conditions).
2006-08-11 07:11:00 · answer #1 · answered by prosopopoeia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you got the seeds from a fresh jalapeno pepper it could have been a hybrid bred especially for commercial sale. Hybrids usually have great properties but their seeds will not make a plant identical to the one that you got the seed from - they don't breed true. You might have grown a seedling that didn't have the great spiciness of its parents.
2006-08-11 12:29:38 · answer #2 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When did you pick them?
W/most veggie plants, they'll get more flavorfull (in this case hotter) w/ less irrigation. But, they have to be ripe in order to have their flavor. W/ fruit, it gets sweet, w/ hot peppers, they get hot.
2006-08-11 12:12:10 · answer #3 · answered by Fulltime in my RV (I wish) 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Outside temperature has alot to do with it and the sulfur content of the soil it was planted in...
2006-08-11 12:31:15 · answer #4 · answered by mid_mo_fencing 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it just depends sometimes whether they are spicy or not.
2006-08-11 12:24:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋