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As someone who grows their own jalapenos: My plants produce extremely mild peppers... So either the seeds I got were already bred to be mild or maybe there's
by koyote 3y ago
As someone who grows their own jalapenos:
My plants produce extremely mild peppers...
So either the seeds I got were already bred to be mild or maybe there's something else going on there :)
My habaneros are spicy as ever though, so it can't be exclusively be environmental.
- tbyehl 3y agoProbably being too nice to them. IME, a lot of (solar) heat and neglectful watering makes 'em mean.
- CobaltFire 3y agoGrowing up we grew 5 jalapeno plants and treated them all different to see what the outcome was. The one we hardly watered had the best tasting, hottest peppers. The second best plant (the one we abused almost as much) made twice as many though.